We owe tradition an awful lot.

Nostalgia makes you feel good.

Smell the wood paneling, breathe in the leather, taste the smoke.

Reminisce feel safe.

Tradition means we can act without thinking.

But the rules of business and society have changed.

Tradition is history.

No more stuck in the past.

Businesses come and go. No foundation is unshakable, no business

is bulletproof. See it coming and you'll see the opportunity. Disruption is the law of tomorrow.

Discover what you can do with it today at mishcom.

mishkonderea, it's business, but it's personal. Hello, I'm Helen Joyce, the finance editor of the Economist.

Welcome to Money Talks.

Coming up on the program, an assessment of

social safety nets in poor countries reveals a mixed picture. I mean the first

thing that jumps out at you when you look at these numbers is that Latin America is much more generous

as a rule than East Asia or South Asia. And reported merger talks between two legal

giants could herald a wave of transatlantic deals.

A lot of law firms will probably be looking at how that integration happens this time around if the

deal goes ahead.

If it turns out to be a success, then we might see more of these.

First, President Trump's repeated proposals for tariffs and Chinese products continue to threaten a trade war between the two countries.

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