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Pandemic power-grabs: autocrats’ covid opportunism
Pandemic power-grabs: autocrats’ covid opportunism
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21 minutes
Released:
Oct 22, 2020
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As it has with so many other trends, the pandemic has hastened the decline of democracy and human rights; covid-19 provides autocrats with perfect cover. The plummeting price for the cobalt that powers electronics has upended lives and driven crime in the Democratic Republic of Congo. And how physicists found an upper bound for the speed of sound. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
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Released:
Oct 22, 2020
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Podcast episode
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