Home disadvantage: risks in housing markets

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<p>Rich-world house prices survived the last fit of interest-rate rises; our correspondent lays out why they <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/09/20/house-prices-survived-the-last-interest-rate-rise-will-they-this-time?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">may not this time</a></u>. Nine months after Australia banned social media for under-16s, we ask if <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/09/03/social-media-curbs-for-kids-are-not-working-in-asia?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">anything has changed</a></u>. And a <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/culture/2026/09/18/can-fauda-capture-the-truth-of-israel-gaza-and-october-7th?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">critical look</a></u> at Israel’s hit show “Fauda” as it tackles the atrocities of October 7th. </p><p>Guests and host:</p><ul><li>Callum Williams, senior economics writer</li><li>Josh Spencer, Asia news editor</li><li>Andrew Miller, special correspondent</li><li>Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”</li></ul><p>Topics covered: </p><ul><li>housing markets, bond yields, interest rates</li><li>Australia, social media bans</li><li>“Fauda”, October 7th</li></ul><p><em>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—<u><a href="https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">subscribe to The Economist</a></u>.</em></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>