2025-05-19
22 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm Rosie Bloor.
And I'm Jason Palmer.
Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
You'll have heard of Wagovi,
a weight loss drug popular with many people who want to shed some pounds.
But another medicine could soon be eating Wagovi's lunch.
Our correspondent chews over which pharmaceutical company might get to have their cake and make money from it.
And you know that thing where people seem to look a lot like their dogs?
Some German researchers decided to put the weight of scientific inquiry behind that notion and now they have data.
It's not your imagination and it's not a coincidence.
First up, though.
In Poland, presidents can rarely impose their own agendas,
but they can certainly frustrate the governments.
Just ask Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
He came to power in 2023 in coalition with Greens, Liberals, and leftists.
This was after years of rule by the Law and Justice Party.
which had gleefully dismantled Poland's institutions and civil services.
Yet for all the reforms that Mr. Tusk promised,