Combative, conservative, cut down: Charlie Kirk

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The Intelligence from The Economist

2025-09-11

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America's most prominent young conservative was assassinated while conducting one of his signature campus events. His death might only widen political divides. In Asia a broad trend of deflation points to lower prices but unhealthy economies. And what happens when spiritual leaders are given hallucinogens.
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  • The Economist.

  • Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economist.

  • I'm Jason Palmer.

  • And I'm Rosie Blore.

  • Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

  • It's sort of hard to keep up with macroeconomics these days.

  • Remember how for decades, Japan had a problem with deflation?

  • Now it's a regional hotspot for inflation.

  • It's just about everywhere else in Asia where price growth is worryingly low.

  • And this story is truly bizarre.

  • A group of religious leaders took part in an an experiment to see how taking psychedelics would affect their spirituality.

  • It was clearly a wild trip.

  • But first,

  • Under sunny skies at Utah Valley University yesterday, suddenly, there was chaos.

  • Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative voice allied to the Maga movement, had just been shot.

  • Confused students attending his prove me wrong campus event, suddenly scrambled in all directions.

  • The killing of a face, maybe the face of young American conservatism.

  • It's hard not to imagine that as a political assassination, which would put Mr. Kirk on an ever longer and deeply sad list.

  • This is another bleak day for America.

  • Adam Roberts is the economist's digital editor.