

CAMOUFLAGED PERSONNEL with no insignia, protesters bundled into unmarked vans: the President Donald Trump’s plan to put federal officers into American cities is a worrying political ploy. Our annual Big Mac index examines which currencies are over- and undervalued; we take a meaty look at what burgernomics reveals. And Indian scientists simultaneously solve a water problem while taming a fire problem. Runtime: 21min
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By The Economist https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2020/07/28/it-looked-more-like-rendition-or-kidnapping-than-ordinary-police-action-troops-in-americas-cities