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Discover how the latest digital tools and infrastructure could create an era of unrivaled business and economic growth. Goldman Sachs is harnessing the power of its global analysis to break down the key factors driving the markets and the economy each week. Oliver Carroll writes about Ukraine for The Economist. He was given a rare chance for an interview at the headquarters of Major General Kudilow Budanov, Ukraine's intelligence chief. Learn more about the Anywhere Economy with the Economist Impact Report sponsored by DocuSign.

We sit down with Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine’s youngest-ever spymaster. He is intense, resolute—and oddly charismatic. A world of electrified transport is going to need lots of nickel for batteries. We argue that, environmentally speaking, gathering it from the seafloor clearly beats mining it on land (11:12). And remembering Donald Triplett, the first person ever to be diagnosed with autism (19:25).

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