Editor’s Picks: June 26th 2023

<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/2023/06/22/investors-must-prepare-for-sustained-higher-inflation?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=editorspicks&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sticky inflation</a>, the challenge of building <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/06/22/building-ukraine-20?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=editorspicks&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ukraine 2.0</a> (10:30) and why Modelo Especial is the <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2023/06/20/the-new-king-of-beers-is-a-mexican-american-success-story?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=editorspicks&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">new king of beers</a> (18:45).&nbsp;</p><br><p>We would love to hear from you. Please fill out our updated listener survey at <a href="http://economist.com/podcastsurvey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">economist.com/podcastsurvey</a>.</p><br><p>Please subscribe to <em>The Economist</em> for full access to print, digital and audio editions:</p><p><a href="http://www.economist.com/podcastoffer?utm_campaign=editors-picks&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/podcastoffer</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>