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Charlotte Howard @chowardchoward
Joined October 2013
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This week's pod explores the impact of tariff turbulence on America's politics and economy. Featuring @JohnPrideaux, @imkahloon, @daniella_raz and @S_Rabinovitch economist.com/podcasts/2025/…

Have tariffs weakened Trump’s appetite for political risk?

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, we gauge President Trump’s appetite for political risk after market shocks forced him to suspend most of his tariffs

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The dollar is meant to be a source of safety. Lately it has been a cause of fear. Donald Trump has replaced ironclad assumptions about America’s currency with stomach-churning doubts econ.st/4lFuKEH
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Ungar-Sargon: Do you know what would be a really good idea to bring down inflation… dropping interest rates. Why doesn’t he do that? Howard: If you were to drop interest rates, you would stoke inflation
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After a disastrous debate performance, will Joe Biden step aside? Listen to “Checks and Balance”, with @chowardchoward @imkahloon and Adam O’Neal econ.st/4bwLQ1i 🎧

After a disastrous debate performance, will Joe Biden step aside?

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, we consider whether the president could be replaced as the Democratic candidate

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For these last days of summer, an episode on American novels: economist.com/podcasts/2023/…?

What makes a Great American Novel?

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, we convene our summer book club

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For most American politicians, being charged with a crime would be the end of their presidential ambitions—why not for Donald Trump? Our “Checks and Balance” podcast investigates. With @JohnPrideaux, @chowardchoward and @imkahloon econ.st/3zDHOUj

Is prosecuting Donald Trump a mistake?

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, what the charges mean for the former president’s political ambitions

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Podcast of @TheEconomist on the opioid crisis hosted by @JohnPrideaux and @chowardchoward (with contributions by @imkahloon and @steviehertz) covers a lot of ground in compact, engaging fashion. economist.com/podcasts/2023/…

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In the age of climate change, a Democratic president has just approved a giant new oil project in the American Arctic. To understand why, and what's at stake, read my essay. economist.com/essay/2022/09/…

The Alaskan wilderness reveals the past and the future

The oil flows more slowly, the climate changes more quickly

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3 Mar 2023
Would Democrats be making a mistake if they nominated Joe Biden again for president? @JohnPrideaux, @chowardchoward and @imkahloon consider that on our “Checks and Balance” podcast econ.st/3KUa2B1
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24 Feb 2023
Does America have the will and the means to back Ukraine for as long as it takes? Our “Checks and Balance” podcast investigates, with @JohnPrideaux, @chowardchoward and @imkahloon econ.st/3EyzjMQ

How long will America continue to support Ukraine?

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, we consider whether the US has the will and the means to back Ukraine for as long as it takes

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Bravo @suelinwong and @johneshields
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17 Feb 2023
What can we learn from the Republican agenda by looking to statehouses? Our “Checks and Balance” podcast investigates, with @chowardchoward @alexandrasuich and @imkahloon econ.st/3Z1ReDo

What do statehouses tell us about the future of the Republican Party?

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, what state-level debates explain about the Republican agenda

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What do America and China want from each other? Our “Checks and Balance” podcast considers what’s next for relations between the two superpowers. With @JohnPrideaux, @chowardchoward and @imkahloon econ.st/3YYCHJ1

What do America and China want from each other?

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, we consider what is next for relations between the two superpowers

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In the past two years Dems have passed big laws with bigger goals: limit climate change, curb dependence on China and revitalize the US economy. Will they succeed? For the first in our series on this, see my story last week, written with Simon Rabinovitch: tinyurl.com/3k7tber8

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The Biden administration has just approved the Willow oil project in Alaska. To understand what’s at stake, see my essay on Willow and Alaska here: economist.com/essay/2022/09/…

The Alaskan wilderness reveals the past and the future

The oil flows more slowly, the climate changes more quickly

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Why haven’t two decades of growing incomes brought America a more settled politics? Our “Checks and Balance” podcast investigates the difference between perceptions and economic realities. With @JohnPrideaux, @chowardchoward and @imkahloon econ.st/3DqgFGL

What’s behind America’s rising incomes?

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, why politics has become more unsettled even as earnings have grown

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17 Jan 2023
Electric vehicles are “a good window into the broader industrial policy that President Biden is trying to pursue”, says @chowardchoward. Find out what that policy is on “Checks and Balance” econ.st/3Wf4brO

What do electric vehicles tell us about the future of American industry?

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, we discuss whether the US can meet its industrial and environmental goals in 2023

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What does Kevin McCarthy’s struggle to get elected speaker mean for the year ahead in Congress? Our “Checks and Balance” podcast investigates. With @JohnPrideaux, @chowardchoward and @imkahloon econ.st/3Cwq6Up

Can this Congress get over its chaotic start?

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, what the struggle to elect a speaker means for the year ahead

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What’s at stake as oil production ramps up in Alaska? Our “Checks and Balance” podcast investigates, in a special two-part series. Listen to part two with @chowardchoward econ.st/3YX3ZQC

What does the world’s thirst for oil mean for Alaska’s ice?

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, in the second of two episodes, we ponder what is at stake in Alaska as oil production continues

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This week on Checks and Balance, the first of two special episodes exploring the future of oil and ice in Alaska. I hope you enjoy it. Special thanks to expert producer @HarrietRNoble and sound genius @NicoRaufast economist.com/alaskapod-part…

Will there be a new oil boom in Alaska?

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, in the first of two episodes, we ask whether Alaska can reconcile the desire to drill with the need to limit climate change

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