Through the fire: an update from Hawaii
Economist Podcasts
The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
As the death toll surpasses 100, we report from Maui where fires have ravaged the island in the deadliest American wildfire in over a century. Why was this one so catastrophic? The plummet of coca prices in Colombia is messing with the market (09:58). And northern Europe fights to preserve its local languages in schools (17:09).
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm currently out of office. |
| 0:04.4 | An article I read recently said we're more relaxed and more productive after a good break. |
| 0:14.4 | So I've gone to Barbados for a month for science. |
| 0:22.4 | Yours, Toby. |
| 0:24.2 | Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways holidays take your holiday. |
| 0:29.0 | Atul protected. |
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| 1:05.9 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:09.1 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:10.4 | And I'm Aura Ogunbe. Every weekday, |
| 1:13.3 | we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. In Colombia, there's a massive |
| 1:21.7 | glut of coca leaves, thanks to efficiency gains in cocaine production, political change, and unintended consequences of policy. |
| 1:30.3 | Coke's resulting rock-bottom price has big consequences for the farmers who grow it. |
| 1:35.3 | And English has become the main language of instruction in many countries. |
| 1:41.3 | In some places, that's because of colonialism. |
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