Editor’s picks: December 12th 2019

<p>A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/12/12/trump-impeachment-and-american-democracy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">President Trump</a> deserves to be removed for attempting to tip the 2020 election. (11:37) A long-promised <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2019/12/14/french-workers-strike-to-keep-their-lavish-pensions" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pension reform</a> in France will coddle the old and squeeze the young. (17:20) And, how <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2019/12/14/grime-music-bradford-style" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">grime</a> is helping Britain’s left-behind</p><p><br></p><p>Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio editions: <a href="https://create.acast.com/episodes/70db62bd-d811-45e0-8be8-60e3861944fe/www.economist.com/radiooffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/radiooffer</a></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>