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Hello, this is Money Talks on Economist Radio. Our weekly podcast on the markets, the economy

and the world of business. I'm Simon Long. Today, they don't well banks the way they used

to. Now you can just be sitting like at the other corner of the world and as long as you're

managed to bridge into the IT systems, then it's possible that you manage to get away with

a lot of data or a lot of money. We investigate the rise in cyber bank robberies. And should

economists take more inspiration from Charles Darwin's ideas about the natural world?

Economists have for years neglected an evolutionary perspective on the way the economy works.

First, for markets in general and tech companies in particular, the pandemic has been a giddy ride.

When lockdowns were first announced, some firms like WeWork, the Shared Office giant, took big hits

as did ride hailing apps. But the sudden shift to working online from home has been a

bonanza for other tech firms. One company that's truly been riding

this storm is SoftBank, the world's biggest technology investor by far. In the past four years,

the Japanese company has poured $90 billion into tech across five continents. In companies

ranging from pre-revenue startups to big names such as Uber and Bike Dance, the owner of TikTok.

It also has a big stake in DD, the Chinese ride sharing app featured on last week's money talks.

But between February and March last year, SoftBank's share price plunged by over 50%.

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