Editor’s Picks: July 6th 2020

<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/2020/07/02/why-joe-bidens-instinctive-caution-makes-real-change-possible" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joe Biden</a>: Retro or radical? (9:34), the world is not experiencing a <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/07/04/covid-19-is-here-to-stay-people-will-have-to-adapt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">second wave of covid-19</a>—it never got over the first (15:25), and a <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/07/04/a-phoney-referendum-shows-putins-legitimacy-is-fading" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">phoney referendum</a> shows that Putin’s legitimacy is fading.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio editions:</p><p><a href="http://www.economist.com/podcastoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/podcastoffer</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>