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.

Overuse of antibiotics has driven the evolution of microbes that are resistant to them,

so new drugs are constantly needed. But pharmaceutical companies lack the incentive to develop them.

Market prices are dirt cheap, and doctors are trying to prescribe them less.

And the treasures of antiquity that are dotted around Greece

are jealously protected by the state.

That's why a new art exhibition on Dilos,

smack in the middle of the tiny island's ancient sites,

is both surprising and intriguing.

But first... Today, Philippine voters will head to the polls for midterm legislative elections.

More than 18,000 government positions are up for grabs, including around 300 seats in the House of Representatives

and 12 slots in the Senate. In a political system where personality trumps party, some see the ballot

as a popularity test for the country's firebrand leader Rodrigo Duterte. If his loyalists do well,

the president will be able to consolidate his power.

Mr. Duterte was elected in 2016.

An anti-establishment populist, he promised hardline policies. Three years into his term, he's delivered.

He launched a bloody war on drug crime.

Almost every day, dead bodies are being recovered from the streets in Manila.

And in one notorious speech, even likened himself to Hitler. Hitler massacred 3 million Jews.

Now, there is 3 million, there's a 3 million drug addict.

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