2025-03-13
21 分钟THE Economist.
Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.
I'm Rosie Blore.
And I'm Jason Palmer.
Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
The rise of hard right parties in Europe has long been chronicled,
but how exactly is this changing the political landscape?
Our data scientist has some answers.
And there's a cultural temptation to put a lot of weight on someone's very first words.
Say mama.
And on their deathbed last words,
we explore a new book that undoes some of the mythology about both.
But first,
you could be forgiven for failing to keep up with all of the news on tariffs in recent days.
It's what trade minded folk both feared and kinda expected.
President Donald Trump smacks tariffs on both adversaries and allies.
Tit for tat Levies result.
Sometimes Mr.
Trump backs down a bit or delays things, all of it very mercurial.
But there's something different,