Riot-geared: the tensions behind France’s unrest

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🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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The killing of a teenager in a Paris suburb has ignited national unrest. We ask what is driving the disquiet, and what it means for a president squeezed on both political sides. In high-inflation times, rising wages worry economists—“wage-price spirals” are a textbook bogeyman. But perhaps the risk is overblown (10:34). And the researchers making burgers from extinct animals (18:22).

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1:07.0	Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.
1:10.3	I'm your host, Jason Palmer.
1:12.4	Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
1:20.8	There are a few things that give economists sleepless nights. Like when wages and inflation go up together, threatening a wage-price spiral.
1:30.6	Our correspondent says, not to worry, those spirals are far scarier in theory than they are in
1:36.1	practice. And maybe you want a meaty meal, but maybe you want it to be cruelty-free.
1:44.0	Researchers are chasing up one way to satisfy
1:46.3	both desires. How about making burgers from extinct animals?
1:54.7	First up, though, what might have been a routine traffic stop has turned into national riots in France,
2:12.2	shining a light on the country's policing and squeezing President Emmanuel Macron from both ends of the political spectrum.
2:20.0	Today, Mr. Macron will meet with leaders of both houses of Parliament as he tries to bring an end to the violence.
2:26.9	Last Tuesday, a teenager named as Nile M. was fatally shot by police in the Paris suburb of Nantes.
2:34.3	What's followed is nightly riots, looting and unease.
2:45.6	Over the weekend, Nile's grandmother called for the rioters to stop.
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