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Economist Podcasts

Radical shift: an interview with Argentina’s presidential frontrunner

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The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The libertarian right-winger is leading in the polls, a surprise for a country that has typically leaned left. He has drastic plans to shrink the state. Could he turn the country around? Why Germany’s highway system and techno lovers have come to a crossroads (11:22). And, a Noah’s-Ark-inspired economic theory of conservation made pertinent by the threat of climate change (19:59).


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0:00.0

Hello, I'm currently out of office.

0:04.4

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0:14.4

So I've gone to Barbados for a month for science. Yours, Toby. Take your holiday as seriously as British

0:26.7

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1:01.1

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

1:04.8

I'm your host, Oire Ogunbe.

1:07.2

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

1:13.6

In Berlin, a plan to expand the Autobahn, a renowned highway system, is being met with some opposition, from music lovers.

1:24.6

And they've found an especially noisy way to show their disdain.

1:30.3

And, in the story of Noah's Ark, God tasks a man with saving two of each animal ahead of a big old flood.

1:38.3

Now, bring that into the present and swap out the threat of a flood with climate change. Which creatures would you save?

1:51.0

First up though.

1:59.0

The This August, a libertarian right-winger Javier Milley emerged as a front-runner in Argentina's presidential election.

2:14.7

I want to give the thanks to all those who today have brought his granito of Aré election. It was a it was a

2:19.5

question.

2:23.3

It was a shocking

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