Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

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

It's no surprise that lockdowns have led to deep recessions and vast unemployment. What

is surprising is the gender divide within those numbers. Unlike most downturns, the current

crisis has put a disproportionate number of women out of work. And a new video game called

Command and Conquer just came out. Well, it's not new, it's a reissue of a 24-year-old classic.

The industry is tapping into a trick well known to Hollywood and record companies. Sometimes it's

smart just to polish up old stock. But first,

in America, the most sustained protests since the 1960s have continued in the wake of the killing of

George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. Yesterday, in response, the city's council pledged

to dismantle its police department. Our commitment is to end our city's toxic relationship with

the Minneapolis Police Department to end policing as we know it and to recreate systems of public

safety that actually keep us safe. But the anger extends beyond Minnesota, beyond even America.

Yesterday in Bristol, protesters tore down a statue of Edward Colston, a 17th-century slave

trader. In Brussels, it was a statue of King Leopold II who colonized what became a democratic

republic of Congo. Protesters clambered on top, shouting murderer and waving the Congolese flag.

From Sydney to Berlin to Paris, people around the world have turned out to protest against

not only an American tragedy, but also issues of racism in their own countries.

The uproar has created difficulty for America's allies and opportunity for rivals such as Russia and China.

Protesters were very from place to place, I think, but by and large, they've been peaceful,

multi-racial and young. Simon Long is the economist, Deputy Digital Editor.

I attended one in Parliament Square in London on Saturday. It was very crowded. People

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