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Hello, you're listening to Money Talks on

Hello, you're listening to Money Talks on Economist Radio and I'm Simon Long the

international editor here at The Economist. Coming up on today's show, how prepared

is the insurance market for the risks of the future?

The insurance industry sadly enough has not moved very far, very fast.

There are things happening on the margin, but the inconvenience of the industry

remains by and large, plodding dinosaurs.

And as we celebrate England's close-fought win in the Cricket World Cup, we ask why are tie-breaks

so important?

If you spent two weeks or even longer if you're watching the cricket, pouring all of your

heart into seeing your team play, you come see them in the final and it's a dead heat, that's

not going to please many paying punters.

But first, figures released this week show China's economy is slowing.

Almost anywhere else, GDP growth of 6.2% which China chalked up between April and June would be seen as super hot.

In China it was the lowest quarterly growth rate since 1992.

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