The economist aims to be a place for concise writing on important subjects from talented journalists. Meanwhile, at the university of sussex in england, an unusual archive does well the opposite. For four decades, it's collected rambling letters on life's trivialities from literally any one willing to contribute. F d i c, this economist podcast is sponsored by tulia.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s idea for saving the lira by backing deposits with dollars means the Turkish taxpayer will end up bailing out the Turkish depositor. Our correspondent finds striking insights in 40 years’-worth of humdrum submissions to a unique sociology project. And Saudi Arabia’s multi-billion-dollar push into the cinema industry it outlawed for decades.
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