Editor’s Picks: May 30th 2022

<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/2022/05/26/how-xi-jinping-is-damaging-chinas-economy?utm_campaign=editors-picks&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How Xi Jinping is damaging China’s economy</a>, <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/05/25/why-america-should-make-it-harder-to-buy-guns?utm_campaign=editors-picks&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why America should make it harder to buy guns</a> (10:15) And <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2022/05/26/the-power-of-small-gestures?utm_campaign=editors-picks&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The power of small gestures</a> (15:13)&nbsp;</p><p><br></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>