Artificial Intelligence is burning through electricity. Guest host Kim Vinnell speaks to tech reporter Jeffrey Dastin, energy correspondent Laila Kearney and Colleen Howe, who covers China's power industry, about the new energy race between tech giants, and intensifying geopolitical rivalries.
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Statistics: Trump's firing rocks the foundations of economics
The dismissal of the head of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is raising questions about the reliability of U.S. data. Host Carmel Crimmins gets a briefing on the importance of data by U.S. economics editor Dan Burns and emerging markets chief correspondent Karin Strohecker, and what lies ahead if economists can't trust it.
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Overtourism
Summer is here and crowds are getting booed in some places in the world. Host Carmel Crimmins looks at the economic trade-offs at play in mass tourism as backlash grows in places like Spain and Japan. Listen to Charlie
Devereux, in Madrid and John Geddie, in Tokyo, as they examine local responses and share a couple of top tips for those venturing out.
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Europe’s defence boom
The region’s decision to spend more on guns has helped make it an investor darling despite an economy still in the doldrums. But will the promised spending splurge give Europe’s economy a big boost or just stretch its weak finances even further? Host Carmel Crimmins talks to European Economics Editor Mark John about the potential implications.
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Fast lane
There’s a race going on between the world’s two largest auto makers, China and the United States, and the People’s Republic is out in front.
Host Carmel Crimmins talks innovation, protectionism, competition and who gets left behind with Reuters Greater China bureau chief Kevin Krolicki and global autos editor Brian Thevenot. Tortoise economies, and hot pot in cars to come.
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