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The Intelligence: A despot’s calculation

The Intelligence: A despot’s calculation

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist


The Intelligence: A despot’s calculation

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist

ratings:
Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Feb 4, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Internal and international pressure on President Nicolás Maduro brings Venezuela to the brink of change. As Facebook turns 15, it’s lurching from crisis to crisis—and still making money hand over fist. We ask whether it has, on balance, been good for the world. Finally, there’s an Iranian pop star who was once a darling of the regime. What’s changed? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Feb 4, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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.