The World in Brief from The Economist
The Economist
4.3from 2,340 ratings
- 851
- Episodes
- 834
- Transcribed
- 2,340
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About The World in Brief from The Economist
The World in Brief tells you what’s on the global agenda in the coming day, what to look out for in business, finance and politics and, most importantly, what to make of it. Economist Podcasts+ subscribers and digital subscribers to The Economist should log in at economist.com/audio/podcasts/the-world-in-brief (https://www.economist.com/audio/podcasts/the-world-in-brief) for access to the full World in Brief. Sign up for Economist Podcasts+ here: www.economist.com/podcastsplus-worldinbrief (https://www.economist.com/podcastsplus-worldinbrief). For more information about Economist Podcasts+, including how to get access, please visit our FAQs page here https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts (https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- The Economist
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Feb 2024
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
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834 of 851 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
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American stock markets slump; Paraguay’s president resigns, and more
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Paraguay's president, Santiago Peña, resigned for, quote, the stability of our country. Protests broke out this week after Ueno, one of Paraguay's biggest digital banks, collapsed over allegations of irregular bookkeeping, among other things. Depositors have been frozen out of their savings. […]
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- 4.0 / 5
- 1,037 ratings
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- 4.5 / 5
- 1,303 ratings
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