2025-08-11
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.
Nowhere on the planet was more associated with the car than Detroit was.
Now that it's in a petrol-fueled past, what city will end up being the Detroit of electric vehicles?
And more people than ever have allergies.
Luckily, more treatments than ever exist for them.
We look at how science is taming even the most dangerous cases.
But first… Nearly 160 years ago,
the Russian Tsar Alexander II sold Alaska to America for the bargain price of $7.2 million .
The money helped, but the deal was partly to undermine the British, who had designs on it.
On Friday, history could repeat, or rhyme, anyway.
In Alaska, a Russian leader may again strike a bargain with America and squeeze Europeans aside.
My instinct really tells me that we have a shot at it.
Donald Trump says a peace deal for Ukraine is within reach.
It's very complicated, but we're going to get some back.
We're going to get some switched.
There'll be some swapping of territories.
The details matter here, a lot, as does the question of who will be in the room.