Editor’s Picks: April 18th 2019

<p>A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the trouble with <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/04/17/techs-new-stars-have-it-all-except-a-path-to-high-profits" target="_blank">tech unicorns</a>. These billion-dollar businesses seem to have it all—except a path to high profits. Next, why did a fire at <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/04/20/why-people-care-about-ancient-buildings" target="_blank">Notre Dame cathedral</a> provoke more global grief than the recent deadly floods in Mozambique? (9:54) And, why Pakistan risks exterminating a <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/04/20/why-pakistan-lets-arab-bigwigs-set-falcons-on-rare-birds" target="_blank">bird that lays golden eggs</a> (15:23)</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>