The Intelligence: Ready, Aid, Fire
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 22 April 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
At a time when Russia has been making significant gains, an allocated $61bn of aid for Ukraine will be felt on the battlefield almost instantly. Will it help turn the course of the war? In a world of endless supply chain disruptions, how can businesses shore up against the costs (11:26)? And the appeal of two-month-old stew (18:37).
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| 0:00.0 | The Economist. |
| 0:04.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:10.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist. I'm your host Ora Ogunbi. Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:28.0 | Supply chain disruptions just never seem to end. From the pandemic to the war in Ukraine and most recently a collapsed bridge in Baltimore that has put one of America's |
| 0:35.2 | biggest ports out of action. How can businesses shore up against the costs? |
| 0:42.1 | And would you eat from a stew that's been bubbling away for months? |
| 0:47.0 | Yeah, see, I was sceptical too, but it's a thing. |
| 0:51.0 | Perpetual stew is very much a thing, and becoming increasingly popular, especially with young people. |
| 1:01.0 | But first. |
| 1:07.0 | On this vote, the Ayes are 311 and the nays are 112. The bill is passed. Oh, one voting president. |
| 1:16.0 | I miss it, but thank you. |
| 1:18.0 | There was celebration in Congress this weekend. |
| 1:22.0 | It accepted President Joe Biden's pitch to spend a |
| 1:25.2 | hundred billion dollars on aid for America's allies under threat, Israel, Taiwan, |
| 1:30.4 | and especially Ukraine. |
| 1:33.0 | I'm not a dream of a rich. |
| 1:35.0 | Yeah, chico, |
| 1:37.0 | proper that Americans could be trinkin, |
| 1:40.0 | they get a board. |
| 1:41.0 | Today we have got the decision we were waiting for, said Vladimir Zelensky, Ukraine's leader. |
| 1:47.0 | It is a package that will be felt by our soldiers on the front lines and in our cities and villages |
| 1:52.0 | that suffer from Russian terror. |
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