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Hello and welcome to Money Talks from the Economist, our weekly podcast on the markets,

the economy and the world of business.

I'm Henry Tricks, also known as Shumpeter for my column on the business of doing business,

and I've seized the Money Talks mic again to turn our gaze back over the trials, tribulations

and triumphs of the past 12 months.

2021 did not, despite our best hopes, bring an end to the pandemic, and as the year rolls

around we once again face a surging viral threat.

But for all the suffering and destruction that COVID-19 has caused, our hope has been

sustained by the many heroic human efforts of innovation, entrepreneurship and dynamism

that Money Talks celebrates.

We've met Nobel Prize winners, VC Venturers and Kings of Crypto, delved back into the

history of everything from QE to grocery shopping and explored the future of international

travel, of banking and of money itself.

Now, I'm reliably informed that any time my producer utters the word quiz, my colleagues

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