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Moves over: American house prices

Moves over: American house prices

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist


Moves over: American house prices

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist

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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Sep 8, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The highest interest rates in years should lead to a fall in house prices. But peculiarities of America’s mortgage market are driving them up. Egg-freezing was supposed to give women more control over childbearing; we look at scant data showing how successful it really is (10:57). And remembering Isabel Crook, an anthropologist who embraced China’s communist transformation, warts and all (15:44).  Join our team of audience-research participants and make a bit of cash here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Sep 8, 2023
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.