Editor’s Picks: February 20th 2020

<p>A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how to make sense of the latest <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/02/20/how-to-make-sense-of-the-latest-tech-surge" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">tech surge</a>, (10:20) examining Jeff Bezos’s $10bn promise to fight <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/02/22/jeff-bezos-wants-to-help-save-the-climate-here-is-how-he-should-do-it" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">climate change</a> (15:30) and, Bagehot on Boris - the <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2020/02/22/britains-imperial-prime-minister" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">imperial prime minister</a>. Zanny Minton-Beddoes, The Economist’s Editor-in-chief hosts.</p><p><br></p><p>Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio editions:</p><p><a href="http://www.economist.com/radiooffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/radiooffer</a></p><p><br></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>