Articles From The Economist
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Drew Barlow reads feature articles from The Economist, an authoritative weekly focusing on world news, international politics, economics and business news and opinion.
| Title | Podcast Description | Author/Reader | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Economist - May 14, 2011 | Business: "Water Technology - Striking the Stone." & "Selling Music Companies - Siren song."; Briefing: "Internet Businesses - Another digital gold rush." | Reader: Drew Barlow | 00:25:16 |
| The Economist - May 2-6, 2011 | "Syria's Unrest: What the Arab papers say."; "Killing Bin Laden: Let's call it a day."; "Net Neutrality: The difference engine; download dilemma." | Reader: Drew Barlow | 00:23:38 |
| The Economist - April 24, 2011 | "Lessons from Deepwater Horizon and Fukushima."; "Japan's disaster and business reform."; "Silenced by gaman. The world admires Japan's stoic spirit." | Reader: Drew Barlow | 00:14:40 |
| The Economist - December 11, 2010 | "First Commercial Retinal Implant Goes on Sale. It may be crude, but so were the first cochlear implants." and "Dealing with WikiLeaks. Big crimes deserve tough responses." | Reader: Alison Lovie | 00:12:52 |
| The Economist - November 27, 2010 | "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Korea? Persuade China that it's in its interest to rein in the Kims"; "Corruption In India. Coping with the aftermath of a massive scam" | Reader: Alison Lovie | 00:11:17 |
| The Economist - November 19, 2010 | "Reform In Cuba. Raul Castro, the pragmatist" and "China Buys Up the World - and the world should stay open for business." | Reader: Alison Lovie | 00:14:24 |
| The Economist - November 6, 2010 | Two Book Reviews: "A History of the world in 100 objects. Bringing history to life." by Neil MacGregor; and "The Emperor of all maladies: A biography of cancer." by Siddhartha Mukherjee. | Reader: Alison Lovie | 00:11:48 |
| The Economist - October 30, 2010 | "Earning Money by Texting in the Developing World."; "The War in Afghanistan. Recent hopes of a negotiated peace are overblown." | Reader: Alison Lovie | 00:18:26 |
| The Economist - October 14, 2010 | "The Tale of Liu Xiaobo - Nobel Peace Prize laureate. If it wanted to make waves in China, the Nobel committee picked the right man."; "Public Sector Pensions - The three trillion dollar hole." | Reader: Alison Lovie | 00:14:55 |
| The Economist - October 9, 2010 | A Book Review of "Why the West Rules - for Now." The patterns of history and what they reveal about the future. | Reader: Alison Lovie | 00:10:41 |
| The Economist - September 25, 2010 | "The Millennium Development Goals. U.N. goals improving living conditions for the poor?"; "Child Malnutrition in India. Why India does a poor job of feeding the young and how it could do better." | Reader: Alison Lovie | 00:20:22 |
| The Economist - September 18, 2010 | "Somalia and America: Taking on the jihadists. Does it matter to the U.S. that Somalia is becoming a hotbed of global jihad?"; "Video Games. How their fast action helps decision making." | Reader: Alison Lovie | 00:11:05 |
| The Economist - September 11, 2010 | "Democracies in Latin America. Soldiers barge into Honduras president's residence."; "Russian Politics. Vladimir Putin looked smooth, tanned and rested." | Reader: Alison Lovie | 00:17:24 |
| The Economist - September 4, 2010 | "Fake Drugs. Drug smugglers can expect harsh penalties nearly everywhere - if the drugs are heroin or cocaine."; "America's Universities. Fifty years ago, America's car companies were admired. Now it's the Universities' turn." | Reader: Alison Lovie | 00:14:35 |
| The Economist - August 28, 2010 | "Iraq's Future. American troops are leaving!"; "American Unemployment. Americans are used to thinking of their job market as live and supple..." | Reader: Alison Lovie | 00:18:09 |
| The Economist - August 21, 2010 | Crime in Venezuela, The Last of the Jewish Arabs, Contest of the Century: China vs India | Reader: Alison Lovie | 00:17:10 |
| The Economist - August 7, 2010 | Floods in Pakistan, Crisis in Greece, Autobiography of Adam Smith - a book review | Reader: Alison Lovie | 00:16:03 |
| The Economist - July 24, 2010 | "Afghanistan's Prospects"; "Capitalism in Europe"; "Academic Fraud in China" | Reader: Alison Lovie | 00:18:53 |
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