The Intelligence: Coming to a Nikki end
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4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
After a 20-point primary walloping in South Carolina, the state she governed for eight years, Nikki Haley vowed to fight on against Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination. But why? Seasonal opportunities for natural-gas arbitrage have been juicier during the war in Ukraine—and one good place to store cheap gas between seasons is Ukraine (9:31). And examining America’s cousin-marriage laws (16:05).
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there. I'm off this week. |
| 0:04.6 | Apparently we're more productive at work after a good holiday. |
| 0:12.1 | So I'm counting this Caribbean rum distillery tour as professional development. |
| 0:22.4 | Yours calling. |
| 0:24.2 | Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways holidays take your holiday. |
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| 1:01.9 | apply. The Economist. Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:16.0 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 1:17.8 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:27.1 | Back in the days of the Soviet Union, one country got a disproportionate share of the Union's natural gas storage capacity. |
| 1:34.3 | Ukraine. We ask how a country at war can be a good place to park the stuff in seasonal, by-low, sell-high deals. |
| 1:43.3 | And in more than half of American states, |
| 1:47.0 | it's illegal to marry your first cousin. |
| 1:50.0 | Yet, from a scientific point of view, |
| 1:52.0 | there's less danger to it than you might think. |
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