The US Supreme Court cut back the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, US stocks lost $9 trillion in the first half of 2022, and frustration with China’s zero-Covid policy is pushing its middle class to try to leave the country.
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Mentioned in this podcast:
US Supreme Court curbs EPA’s power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions
US stocks on course for worst first-half slump in more than 50 years
Covid in China: Xi’s fraying relationship with the middle class
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