Yen here before: Japan’s “new capitalism”
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Today’s figures showing the first annual economic growth in three years may seem promising. But the grand plans of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio resemble past policies that have not worked. The finely tuned government of Bosnia is under grave threat from some of the same forces that caused its brutal war. And why roadkill is now on the menu in Wyoming.
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| 0:59.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 1:04.0 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:12.6 | Forming the government of Bosnia back in 1995 was a delicate diplomatic effort that put the country's horrific war behind it. |
| 1:20.6 | Now that power-sharing accord seems gravely threatened, by nationalism on one side and ethnic tensions on the other. |
| 1:29.5 | And somehow the principle from hunting of, you kill it, you eat it, doesn't tend to hold |
| 1:34.6 | when it comes to roadkill. In fact, until recently, eating roadkill was illegal in Wyoming. |
| 1:40.8 | We ask why the law has changed there and in other states. |
| 1:50.6 | Yeah. Wyoming. We ask why the law has changed there and in other states. But first... |
| 1:59.0 | Today, Japan's government released data showing that the country's economy had grown by 1.7% last year. |
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