Editor’s Picks: May 8th 2023

05/08/23 • 25 min

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A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, governments are living in a fiscal fantasyland, why Turkey is holding the most important election this year (11:02) and the coronation of King Charles III (17:30).

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