Editor’s Picks: March 30th 2020

<p>A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the role of <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/03/26/the-state-in-the-time-of-covid-19" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">big government</a> in the time of covid-19, (10:20) assessing the havoc the pandemic is causing in <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/03/26/covid-19-could-devastate-poor-countries" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">emerging countries</a>, (17:45) and, a guide to <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/03/26/videoconferencing-etiquette" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">videoconferencing etiquette</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>