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Home disadvantage: risks in housing markets
· 23 min
Episode Home disadvantage: risks in housing markets
Rich-world house prices survived the last fit of interest-rate rises; our correspondent lays out why they may not this time. Nine months after Australia banned social media for under-16s, we ask if anything has changed. And a critical look at Israel’s hit show “Fauda” as it tackles the atrocities of October 7th.
Guests and host:
• Callum Williams, senior economics writer • Josh Spencer, Asia news editor • Andrew Miller, special correspondent • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
• housing markets, bond yields, interest rates • Australia, social media bans • “Fauda”, October 7th
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- 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
- 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
- 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
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