Editor’s Picks: June 7th 2021

<p>A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week: <a href="https://www.economist.com/briefing/2021/06/05/once-a-corporate-heavyweight-europe-is-now-an-also-ran-can-it-recover-its-footing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the new geopolitics of business</a>, <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/06/05/jair-bolsonaro-is-not-the-only-reason-his-country-is-in-a-ditch" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Brazil’s dismal decade</a> (9:25), and<a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2021/06/03/how-to-be-the-next-tesla" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> how to be the next Tesla</a> (16:30)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><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> &#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>