2024-02-20
23 分钟The Economist. It's Monday, the 19th of February, 2024.
I'm Idris Kaloun, co-host of Checks and Balance, our weekly podcast on American politics.
Welcome to Editor's Picks,
where you can hear three highlights from the weekly edition of The Economist read aloud.
This week, our cover takes us to America,
where it can be hard to see beyond Donald Trump's hostile takeover of the Republican Party.
But, as we argue, it is a mistake to think about Trump and the MAGA movement in isolation.
They are part of a new conservative strain rooted in nationalism that is drawing strength in Europe and has aims to go global.
Next, we'll explore the world of online shopping, which is getting more competitive.
With the rise of retailers like Shein and Taymu, we ask... is Amazon in danger?
And finally, we look to China,
where the government has pinned their hopes on the island of Hainan as a new tourist destination.
First up, Donald Trump and a new conservative gospel.
In the 1980s,
Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher built a new conservatism around markets and freedom.
Today, Donald Trump,
Viktor Orban and a motley crew of Western politicians have demolished that orthodoxy,
constructing in its place a statist,
anti-woke conservatism that puts national sovereignty before the individual.
These national conservatives are increasingly part of a global movement with its own networks of thinkers and leaders bound by a common ideology.