Money Talks: The A to Z of economics
Money Talks from The Economist
The Economist
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Hosts Alice Fulwood, Mike Bird and Tom Lee Devlin take to the road this week with a single aim: bring economics to life. The mission takes them to some unexpected corners of the world and forces them to don some interesting attire.
Inspired by The Economist’s A-Z guide, Tom travels to one of the UK’s largest sandwich factories for a lesson in efficiency. Alice visit’s George Washington’s estate to understand how mercantilism made America the country it is today. And Mike learns how Singapore has overcome the limits of its sea border.
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| 0:00.0 | As Helen opened her Amazon parcel, |
| 0:03.0 | her stomach filled with butterflies, |
| 0:05.0 | rapid air technology, and a grill mode feature, |
| 0:08.0 | this air-fryer tickled Helen's taste buds for a price lower |
| 0:11.0 | than she'd ever imagined. |
| 0:13.0 | Five stars from Helen. |
| 0:15.0 | Find star-rated products at star prices. |
| 0:18.0 | Start your search on Amazon today. |
| 0:23.0 | Tom, please kind of get some levels from me, mate. |
| 0:26.0 | Yeah, if you just can't stand. |
| 0:28.0 | One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. |
| 0:32.0 | Is that all right, Dan? |
| 0:34.0 | Yeah, that's great. Thank you. |
| 0:37.0 | Please tell me I'm not the only one hearing the beefing things. |
| 0:41.0 | What was going on? |
| 0:42.0 | That was my idea. |
| 0:43.0 | Yeah, is that garbage truck? |
| 0:45.0 | Usually the bins get taken out just before we start recording. |
| 0:49.0 | But today, obviously, they get taken while we're recording. |
| 0:54.0 | Yeah, 720 every day, every other day. |
| 0:57.0 | Your bins are taken out every other day. |
| 1:00.0 | It's America, baby. |
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