Not-purchasing power: boycotts in Myanmar

The Intelligence from The Economist

• Episode: Not-purchasing power: boycotts in Myanmar
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• Duration: 00:20:18
• Published: 2021-03-22 11:08

As demonstrations against February’s coup continue, many are trying a subtler form of resistance: starving army-owned businesses of revenue. We ask whether the ploy will work. Snippets of Neanderthal DNA survive in most humans—and they are a mixed blessing as regards the risks of covid-19. And, not for the first time, Britain’s census questions reveal the preoccupations of a nation.

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