The Economist | Joe of good faith: Biden bows out @TheEconomist | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Joe Biden has at last succumbed to the pressure (economist.com/leaders/2024/07/21/joe-biden-has-given-democrats-a-second-chance-to-win-the-white-house?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) to step aside and has endorsed his vice-president, Kamala Harris. We ask how things should progress from this extraordinary moment. India could be better run if power were devolved from the national government. The solution? Create lots of new states (economist.com/leaders/2024/06/20/india-should-liberate-its-cities-and-create-more-states?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (10:03). And remembering Dr Ruth (economist.com/obituary/2024/07/17/dr-ruth-aimed-to-shake-america-out-of-its-puritan-ways?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners), who taught America to talk about sex (17:34).


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