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🗓️ 14 July 2025
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After Thailand’s constitutional court suspended the country’s prime minister, our correspondent explains the need for fresh elections to avoid economic stagnation – and the possibility of the army stepping in. More celebrities are setting up businesses. And what the sea slug can teach us about evolution.
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| 0:00.0 | Blockchain. Crypto. It's happening to investments, currency, food trucks. Yes, payments are possible |
| 0:06.2 | with crypto now. But it's not just happening to tortilla chips. Also, microchips. You can trade |
| 0:11.8 | tokenized real world and digital assets. So it's happening to assets, trading, industries, |
| 0:17.4 | economies, and pretty much everything else. And it's happening with Ripple. |
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| 0:24.9 | for investment professionals and high net worth companies, |
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| 0:29.9 | When you're a forward thinker, you don't just bring your A game. |
| 0:33.3 | You bring your AI game. |
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| 0:49.0 | The Economist. |
| 1:01.0 | Hey. The Economist Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm Rosie Bloor. |
| 1:03.0 | And I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:04.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:12.0 | Celebrities have been endorsing products for decades, but now they're going much further, |
| 1:17.2 | starting up new companies and getting involved with the actual business. |
| 1:21.1 | Our correspondent considers the rise of the seller brand. |
| 1:26.9 | And sea slugs are well-known thieves, |
| 1:29.3 | for instance, stealing and then using their prey's defense mechanisms. |
| 1:33.3 | Now scientists have caught them stealing and using what are called chloroplasts. |
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