The Economist. It's Monday, the 4th of March, 2024.
I'm Tom Lee Devlin, co-host of Money Talks, our weekly podcast on business and finance.
Welcome to Editor's Picks,
where you can hear three highlights from the weekly edition of The Economist read aloud.
Outcover, in the US and Europe, asks a simple question.
How high can markets go?
Despite geopolitical uncertainty, valuations are not far from dot-com bubble peaks.
In the long run, however, there are fewer reasons for optimism.
In Asia, Outcover considers India's North-South divide,
which will be a defining issue at the country's looming election.
The wealthy South is where you will find the slick New India.
but Narendra Modi's BJP still relies on the poorer North.
And finally, our Bartleby column,
where we evaluate the surprising efficacy of the occasional office outburst.
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First up, the threat to skyrocket in stock markets.
Stock markets tend to rise gradually.
Recently, they have soared.