2025-06-26
23 分钟The Economist.
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.
Trillions of dollars will be inherited globally this year.
Trillions with a T. But for most people,
that won't mean inheriting billions with a B. It'll be more like the value of a home.
We discuss how heirs can make sure they don't blow it, whatever the number.
And in India, people get lost a lot.
And that's not just because the sprawling cities are changing fast and many streets have no names.
It's also because the median postcode covers 90 square kilometres.
First up though.
In order to understand what comes next in Iran,
I think you have to understand the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Nicholas Pelham is a Middle East correspondent for The Economist.
He was born in 1939.
He was one of eight children, came from a poor family.
His father was a simple religious scholar from the northeast of Iran.
And if you were going to pick one child who was going to go on and become the supreme leader,