Money Talks: Green bottlenecks
Money Talks from The Economist
The Economist
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2021
⏱️ 30 minutes
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The clean-energy business is thriving. Theories of decarbonisation are finally being put into practice. But how can the green boom avoid getting bogged down? Plus, the new geopolitics of business: American and Chinese big companies dominate. How did Europe become an also-ran and can it recover its footing? And, why the ghost storefronts of Fifth Avenue could stay empty. Rachana Shanbhogue hosts
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| 0:38.0 | The world's biggest economies are finally getting serious about going green, |
| 0:42.7 | but unleashing a clean energy booth will require more than low costs and good intentions. |
| 0:48.8 | You're listening to Money Talks on Economist Radio, |
| 0:51.6 | our weekly podcast on the markets, the economy and the world of business. |
| 0:56.0 | I'm Ratch Nashanberg, finance editor at the Economist and also on today's show. |
| 1:02.0 | America and China dominate the new geopolitics of global business. |
| 1:06.4 | How did Europe get left in the dust? |
| 1:08.8 | If you look at what I think of as the entrepreneurial failure in Europe, |
| 1:13.6 | it goes way beyond just tech. |
| 1:16.4 | And why the ghostly storefronts of Fifth Avenue could stay empty long |
| 1:21.2 | after New York's shoppers return. |
| 1:26.2 | I think that there are one, two, maybe eight shops for lease, |
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