Tag: The Intelligence from The Economist

• The Intelligence from The Economist: Wage against the machine: the distortions of minimum pay

  November 25, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/Yl9iKxO For decades governments have found minimum-wage rises a politically expedient means of redistribution. But the onward economic distortions have at last become clear. Of course AI can write… more ›

• The Intelligence from The Economist: Just getting started: El Salvador’s president for life

  August 14, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/sEQnkmN First he came for the gangs; then, for his critics. Now Nayib Bukele has come for El Salvador’s constitution, and there is little to stop him staying in… more ›

• The Intelligence from The Economist: Unsteady state: Somalia in disarray

  August 6, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/DGu6F9f The country had been on the rise: beating back jihadists, strengthening its federal structure and gaining international stature. That has all reversed. In Britain levels of crime have… more ›