Editor’s picks: November 21st 2019

<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/2019/11/21/chinas-unruly-periphery-resents-the-communist-partys-heavy-hand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hong Kong</a> is not the only part of China’s periphery to resent the heavy hand of the Communist party. (9:20) What happens when <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2019/11/23/rethinking-mckinsey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">McKinsey</a>, the high priesthood of management consultancy, is itself disrupted? (16:51) And, if disaster strikes, the Swiss want to be <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2019/11/23/defending-switzerlands-coffee-stockpile" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">caffeinated</a></p><p><br></p><p>____________________</p><p>Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio editions:</p><p><a href="www.economist.com/radiooffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/radiooffer</a></p><p>____________________</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>