2025-05-06
22 分钟The global food system isn't just cracked, it's broken.
We're producing food faster and cheaper than ever before, yet over 800 million people go hungry.
The Food Imperative, a new global initiative from Economist Impact,
equips decision makers with the data and tools needed to build a more secure and resilient food system.
Because feeding the world shouldn't starve the planet.
Visit impact.economist.com forward slash food imperative to learn more.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm Jason Palmer.
And I'm Rosie Bloor.
Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
Our long-form series, Scam Inc.,
laid out the enormous scope of the global scamming industry,
run in part out of compounds in Myanmar.
Today we ask why, long after daring raids on the compounds,
so many slave labor scammers are still stuck there.
It has become commonplace to talk about the epidemic of mental illness among young people in America.
But there may finally be something to smile about.
The youth of today are getting very slightly happier.
First up though.
So this morning in Berlin, we were all prepared to see the German Bundestag elect Friedrich Merz,