Jason Palmer

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3,896 appearances 104 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard yesterday

Jason Palmer’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 104 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 32.

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The Intelligence from The Economist · Slip the surly bonds? Scott Bessent goes on a yield trip · 26 Aug 2026 podcast

And that itself is unusual, right? voice-verified

If messing with uh buying and selling bonds, that's that's normally the central bank's job, no? voice-verified

So if he's a smart guy who has seen this story before and that's what he has chosen to do anyway, what does that tell you? voice-verified

That he doesn't have other tools at his disposal? voice-verified

So again, we're in a story where pleasing Trump is what's deciding policy now in the Treasury as it has been for so long in the Fed. voice-verified

Josh, thanks very much for your time. voice-verified

In battle, there's one surefire way to defeat your enemies. voice-verified

cut off their most urgent requirement for life water. voice-verified

Who can forget the story of the Ostrogoths trying to cripple Rome in 537 by destroying the aqueducts? voice-verified

Or a bit more recently, America threatening to take out Iran's seawater desalination plants. voice-verified

Water will always be a vulnerability. voice-verified

More vulnerable in some places than in others. voice-verified

Shoshong Joshi is our Washington Bureau Chief. voice-verified

Well let's first talk about what you mean when you say water facilities under attack. voice-verified

What's what's happened? voice-verified

Well, why is water security so low then? voice-verified

Why was this comparatively easy to do? voice-verified

So why hasn't anything been done in in that interim? voice-verified

Well, you would expect so, given the the recent attacks in particular. voice-verified

And before any of this legislation really bites and this fragmented system you describe gets sort of locked down, Iran or China could still do whatever they like. voice-verified

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