Editor’s Picks: March 16th 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/2020/03/12/the-politics-of-pandemics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the politics of pandemics</a>, (09:40) <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2020/03/12/britains-nhs-is-well-suited-to-dealing-with-crises" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">stress-testing the NHS</a>, (17:50) and, the fallout of <a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/03/14/no-one-is-likely-to-win-the-oil-price-war" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the oil war.</a></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/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>