Quit it cold, Turkey: policy tightens at last

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<p>Now that the economic reins have been taken back from the president’s son-in-law, the country is making <a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/11/14/will-turkeys-new-economic-officials-win-over-investors?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the right policy noises</a>—and just in time. China’s anti-poverty drive is not disinterested charity; it is about <a href="https://www.economist.com/china/2020/09/19/chinas-anti-poverty-drive-is-not-disinterested-charity?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">transforming citizens’ thoughts</a>. And chronicling Pepe the Frog’s <a href="https://www.economist.com/prospero/2020/10/26/the-transmogrification-of-pepe-the-frog?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">descent</a> into alt-right memedom.</p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></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>