Duty unbound: the January 6th hearings

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Last night, the <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2022/07/21/the-january-6th-committee-has-hobbled-donald-trump" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">committee</a> investigating the events of January 6th 2021 said that Donald Trump’s failure to stop his supporters’ attack was a “dereliction of duty”. The evidence was strong; whether it will change anything remains unclear. We examine the thinking behind the European Central Bank’s surprise <a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2022/07/21/the-ecbs-latest-attempt-to-hold-the-euro-zone-together?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">half-point rise</a> in interest rates. And the money motivations of Bangladesh’s <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2022/07/21/bangladesh-loosens-its-booze-laws?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">loosening booze laws</a>. <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>