2026-02-09
23 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm your host Rosie Blau.
Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
In the past decade, American universities have become a hunting ground for almost every phase of the culture wars.
Today, free speech, and why Republican states seem to have a problem with Plato.
And 50 years ago, Taxi Driver brought us a mouldering New York
and a misfit who raged against the society he couldn't find a way into.
No wonder, says our correspondent, that the film still feels so relevant.
First up though:
This weekend Japanese voters braved record-breaking snowfall to head to the polls.
There they delivered a record-breaking victory for Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae
who called this snap election just weeks ago.
Noah Snyder is our East Asia Bureau Chief.
It was a high stakes political gamble and it has paid off big time.
The result is set to reshape Japanese politics for years to come.
Noah, it was a political gamble, it paid off.
Just how significant is this victory for Takaichi and her party?
It's a really historic victory, Rosie.
It's hard to overstate.