Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economists.

I'm Jason Palmer, back as your host.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

The notion of assisted dying is controversial, even as laws expand to allow it all over

the world.

Our correspondent considers the new ethical battlegrounds, who can choose to end their

lives, why and when.

And a century ago, before the motor car was ubiquitous, most commercial vehicles were

electric.

But of course, petrol power won out.

New research looks into why loud, smelly cars became the standard that the world is

only now driving away from.

And first, Argentina's opposition had plenty to celebrate after midterm elections last

night, having handed the governing Parenis Party a set of embarrassment.

The Parenis lost control of the Senate for the first time in nearly four decades.

At a post-election rally, the mayor of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodriguez Larita, thanked

voters, mentioning economic precarity and unemployment.

Add to that, the country's continued dance with the IMF over billions in debt and a messy

pandemic response, and it's clear why he said voters wanted change.

For his part, President Alberto Fernandez sounded a cooperative tone, calling for consensus

and a shared agenda.

Mr. Fernandez will have a hard job ahead to define and carry out that agenda now that his

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