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Alpha Beto: O’Rourke’s appeal

Alpha Beto: O’Rourke’s appeal

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist


Alpha Beto: O’Rourke’s appeal

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist

ratings:
Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Mar 20, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Beto O’Rourke launched his bid for America’s presidency. Despite his relative lack of experience, he’s already been raking in donations. We look at the source of his appeal. And palm oil is ubiquitous in many consumer goods used today, but it comes at a high environmental cost. Also, does the field of economics have a culture that is off-putting to women? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Mar 20, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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Get a daily burst of global illumination from The Economist’s worldwide network of correspondents as they dig past the headlines to get to the stories beneath—and to stories that aren’t making headlines, but should be.