The vice-president turned in a confident if imperfect performance, leaving Donald Trump flustered (https://www.economist.com/united-stat.... But will it change anything? A global shortfall of blood plasma is hampering the development of new medicines; we argue for some simple market forces that could plug the gap (https://www.economist.com/leaders/202...) (11:40). And how Nigerians are slimming (https://www.economist.com/middle-east...) their legendarily lavish weddings amid a cost-of-living crisis (18.10).


Get a world of insights by subscribing to Economist Podcasts+ (https://subscribenow.economist.com/po.... For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page (https://myaccount.economist.com/s/art...) or watch our video (   • How to link your subscription | Econo...  ) explaining how to link your account.






Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.