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Jun 2023
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Editor’s Picks: June 5th 2023

The Economist
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A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the economic consequences of the global collapse in fertility, Scotland’s holiday from reality (10:10) and the business of the rapper, Bad Bunny (18:10). 


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