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Avery Trufelman @trufelman.bsky.social · Feb 18

This is the best podcast I have heard in a long long time.
It's so good to be addicted to a series again... even though it also leaves me also shocked and horrified.

Sue-Lin Wong @suelinwong.bsky.social · Feb 7

My year-long investigation into the multibillion dollar world of online scams is out today — on the cover of The Economist and in my new 8-part podcast series, Scam Inc

Read the article: bit.ly/scam-inc
Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3CFzGaL

The Economist @economist.com · Feb 6

Online scamming is a vast, sophisticated and fast-growing global enterprise that compares in size and scope to the illegal drug industry. Except that in many ways it is worse. As our investigation finds, nobody is safe from Scam Inc econ.st/4gvEhdm

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John Shields @johnshields.bsky.social · May 12

A new series of Boss Class kicks off today with one of the biggest jobs in the world—the Google boss dealing with 2 billion users a day. And one of the best—a designer of space Lego. It's funny and useful. Have a listen econ.st/44Spfwv

Boss Class from The Economist: Innovation: Coming up with new ideas

Forget the hammocks and ping-pong tables. Creativity takes work. Managers at Google, Lego and a pair of AI startups share advice on breaking through.To listen to the full series, subscribe to Econo...

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Archie Hall @archiehall.bsky.social · May 2

A under-discussed backdrop to yesterday's election results—Britain today feels less pleasant, well-maintained and orderly than a decade ago: from potholes to phone-snatchers.

I've spent the past few months digging in to why for @economist.com.

A short 🧵 on what I've concluded.

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John Shields @johnshields.bsky.social · Apr 29

Super job on super team. Apply! www.economist.com/china/2025/0...

Wanted: a senior producer/editor for our Drum Tower podcast

An opportunity to join the staff of The Economist

www.economist.com

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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · Apr 24

Our cover this week.

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The Economist @economist.com · Apr 3

Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq

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Lane Greene @lanegreene.bsky.social · Apr 3

Our cover leader begins:
f you failed to spot America being “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far” or it being cruelly denied a “turn to prosper”, then congratulations: you have a firmer grip on reality than the President of the United States.

President Trump’s mindless tariffs will cause economic havoc

But the rest of the world can limit the damage

www.economist.com

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John Shields @johnshields.bsky.social · Feb 19

Best part of this job is when a thing you produced gets props from another producer whose work you admire bsky.app/profile/truf...