2025-04-24
23 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm your host, Jason Palmer.
Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
I'm lucky enough to be able to do some of my work from home.
To be honest, I kind of like it as part of a balanced working diet.
Turns out it seems that feeling is shared particularly by workers in the English-speaking world.
And electric vehicles are absolutely positively unequivocally hands down better for the environment when it comes to tailpipe emissions.
But that's not the only kind of environmental impact that vehicles have.
First up though.
I would say the Fed really owes it to the American people to get interest rates down.
That's the only thing he's good for.
Here's a pattern that we've come to know well in the second Trump administration.
It starts with an incendiary statement.
This time, a week ago,
a vibe straight out of Mr. Trump's time telling contestants on The Apprentice,
that they're fired.
Then the backing off, the climb down,
a claim that that's not what he meant or someone else is to blame for the kerfuffle.
The press runs away with things.