The Future of Brazil's Economy

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The Economist's Anna Wintour says investors should be cautiously optimistic about Brazil. She says the country has consistently punched under its weight in terms of economic growth. The new spending cap and tax reform could help, but it will take more than favorable global tailwinds to make a big difference, she adds. In this week's show, we look at how drones are transforming warfare on the battlefield.

Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman says a presence in top-level global sport is one route to modernising; critics call the effort a distraction from the country’s appalling human-rights record. Brazil’s government is pushing reforms that are clearly calming investors, who had fretted about a return to ruinously spendthrift policies (9:20). And how speedy “first-person-view” drones are changing the fight in Ukraine (16:25).

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