2025-10-30
21 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.
There's no simple picture of the world's drinking habits.
The pandemic and generational change both put kinks in the curves.
And trends in the developing worlds don't match those in the developed one.
We get a snapshot of the booze biz.
And if you haven't heard of Sky as your god, then you need to get with the times.
By some measures, this Chinese rapper is more popular than household names such as Eminem and Drake.
Now he's on a global tour and could be coming to a stage near you.
But first, if you were to take a trip to Midtown Manhattan during the middle of the week,
you would see what looks like a city on the top of its game.
Mike Bird is our Wall Street editor and a co-host of Money Talks,
our weekly subscriber only show on business, finance and economics.
And on Friday, he'll be on Chexon Balance, our show on American politics.
He's a busy guy this week.
New York appears to be booming in many different ways.
It's a city that has really opened up a gap relative to other international financial centers.