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The Economist
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🗓️ 21 December 2022
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Elon Musk may be stepping down as chief executive, but he has already changed the firm’s fortunes—and shown that social media’s free-speech struggle is far from over. A bit of fried dough in Kenya reveals how cost-of-living concerns in Africa manifest as shrinkflation. And why members of South Korea’s pop behemoth BTS are headed into the armed forces.
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| 0:00.0 | Technology is changing how we live. |
| 0:05.0 | Amber Group believes it's also leveling up the financial services market. |
| 0:09.0 | We're a leading global digital asset platform, |
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| 0:23.8 | and the ability to respond to situations fast. |
| 0:26.8 | Amber Group building the future of digital assets. |
| 0:29.9 | Find out more at ambergroup.io. |
| 0:38.5 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economist. |
| 0:41.6 | In New York, I'm John Fassman. |
| 0:44.2 | And in London, I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 0:46.3 | Every weekday, we provide fresh perspective |
| 0:48.8 | on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:53.4 | Deep-fried dough can be many things. |
| 0:56.0 | A doughnut eaten for breakfast. |
| 0:58.2 | A sufgania eaten for Hanukkah. |
| 1:00.4 | But in Kenya, it's mandazi. |
| 1:02.7 | And it's also a lesson in the effects of rising food costs. |
| 1:08.7 | And one of the members of South Korea's pop band BTS |
| 1:12.2 | is starting his stint in the army. |
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