Kicking and screaming: protests at World Cup
6/11/202622 min
Millions of people will tune in when the World Cup starts today. But demonstrators in Mexico, which hosts the first match, are using the international spectacle to draw attention to their causes. Commercial enterprises are on the cusp of making money in space: who will tax the heavens? And Narendra Modi is unsettling India’s middle class.
Guests and host:
- Hal Hodson, Americas editor
- Shera Avi-Yonah, business correspondent
- Leo Mirani, Ashoka columnist
- Rosie Blau, co-host of “The intelligence”
- Jason Palmer, co-host of “The intelligence”
Topics covered:
- World Cup, Mexico, protests
- Space, taxation, global commons
- India, Modi
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Jason Palmer· Host0:29
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Rosie Blau· Host0:36
[instrumental music] Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist. I'm Rosie Bloor.
Jason Palmer· Host0:46
And I'm Jason Palmer.
Rosie Blau· Host0:47
Today on the show, tax in space and will India's elite tighten their belts? [instrumental music] But first [upbeat music] When the whistle blows today for the first match of the World Cup, millions of people will be watching, but it won't just be football fans flocking to the great stadium in Mexico City. In recent weeks, there have been giant protests