Taken too soon: why so many Americans die young
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
An appalling record compared with much of the rich world is not just down to drugs and guns. We ask what changes, both in policy and philosophy, might reduce the death toll. A heat-transporting ocean current in the Atlantic could soon be on the wane—or switch off altogether (10:08). That would have disastrous consequences. And musing on airborne etiquette for business travelers (18:09).
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there. I'm off this week. |
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| 1:01.1 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:04.4 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:05.6 | And I'm Oire Ogunbe. |
| 1:07.4 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world the atlantic meridional |
| 1:17.2 | overturning circulation is the most important ocean current that almost no one has heard of if it were to |
| 1:24.2 | stop disastrous effects would follow on both sides of the Atlantic. |
| 1:28.3 | And bad news, it looks as if that day might be coming. |
| 1:32.3 | And there's a certain amount of etiquette that every airline passenger should follow. |
| 1:38.3 | Not that you'd know it sometimes. |
| 1:40.3 | But for business travellers, the suggested decorum is a little more restrictive still. |
| 1:46.4 | After all, you might find the boss three rows back. |
| 1:53.1 | First up, though. |
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