2025-02-07
24 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.
I'm Jason Palmer.
And I'm Rosie Blore.
Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
We started the week with some startling moves on tariffs by the Trump administration.
After some serious paroxysms of the markets, the scene is already very different.
We ask what's to be learned from all that White House whiplash and strap yourself in for some glitzy sporting action.
Today, there will be tension, there will be expert analysis,
there will be top flight players battling it out with dramatic voiceovers.
It'll be chess.
But first, in parts of Thailand this week,
panicked residents queued for fuel after the authorities deliberately cut
off power in several towns on the country's eastern fringe.
Thailand's Prime Minister has self authorised the move.
It was an extraordinary measure designed to curb an extraordinary industry.
Workers at scam centres operating just over the border
in neighbouring Myanmar have been conning people into fake investment schemes.
But the problem isn't limited to remote border towns.
All over the world, there are scam compounds like these stealing billions of dollars.