The Economist | Playing the fuel: reforming Nigeria’s subsidies @TheEconomist | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Large fuel subsidies in Nigeria are popular but ruinous to other public services (economist.com/leaders/2024/09/11/nigerias-catastrophic-fuel-crisis-has-a-straightforward-solution?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). Our correspondents report from Lagos on how home-grown oil refining could help wean people off this popular premium. Texas was once a haven for crypto-mining; now many people are souring (economist.com/united-states/2024/08/27/why-texas-republicans-are-souring-on-crypto?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) on it (11:06). And the terrifying rise of Indonesian horror films (economist.com/asia/2024/09/05/why-indonesias-horror-films-are-booming?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) (17.05).


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