Viewsroom: Who will win the World Cup?

Viewsroom

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4.4 • 58 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Germany may not be the bookies’ clear favorite to lift the trophy. But a data dive into player values, population and other factors predicts the team will emerge victorious. Meanwhile, Italy stages an economic and political comic opera. Plus: Ant Financial’s $10 bln kitty. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Where do you find a clear signal in a world of static?
0:03.2	In a time of rapid change cut through the noise,
0:06.2	the economist goes beyond the headlines to decode the forces shaping today
0:10.7	and defining tomorrow.
0:12.7	Get the full story.
0:14.1	It's more than news.
0:15.4	It's a trusted global perspective.
0:17.2	The economist know which way is up.
0:20.8	The views expressed on this podcast are those of the participants, not of Roald's news.
0:30.5	Can data predict this year's World Cup winner? Italy stages a political and economic tragic
0:36.1	opera and Ant Financial is trying to raise $10 billion.
0:39.9	These are the questions we'll be delving into on this week's views room,
0:42.8	a weekly conversation among breaking news columnists
0:45.1	about the ups and downs of the world of finance.
0:47.7	I'm Anthony Curry.
0:48.5	My co-host here with me in New York is Jennifer Sabre
0:50.8	and we'll be handing over later in the show to Quentin Webb
0:54.0	to discuss
0:54.6	and financial.
0:56.4	The World Cup is starting in mid-June, and Peter Tell Larson in London, you put together
1:01.0	this handy-dandy breaking views calculator to help our readers figure out, hey, who could actually
1:07.7	win this thing.
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