2025-12-30
21 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm Jason Palmer.
Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
In India, the bottom rung of the caste system is occupied by the Dalits,
once called untouchables, who make up perhaps a quarter of the country.
Our correspondent says their exceptionally rich cuisine is woefully overlooked.
And we take a ride on the River Thames with a bunch of other commuters.
The number of people moving around by river taxi is breaking Victorian era records,
and it is even becoming a slightly more environmentally sound way to get around.
First up though.
I know what you're thinking.
That overall the world economy did okay in 2025,
especially given all those tariff-driven recession fears.
You're thinking labor markets are pretty healthy and stock market returns have been pretty good.
But you know that average picture hides a lot of variation
and that some countries have had a far better 2025 than others.
If only there were a way, you lament, to rank which countries did best.
Well, fear not.
Our senior economics writer, Callum Williams, is here to help.