Editor’s Picks: November 29th 2021

<p>A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week: the <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/11/27/adventure-capitalism?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=editorspicks&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">venture-capital industry</a> is being turbocharged, what the fate of <a href="https://www.economist.com/china/what-peng-shuai-reveals-about-one-party-rule/21806441?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=editorspicks&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">star tennis-player Peng Shuai</a> reveals about one-party rule in China (10'52) and, when a museum is on fire, how do you decide <a href="https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2021/11/27/in-preparing-for-disasters-museums-face-tough-choices?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=editorspicks&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">what to save</a>? (19'09)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Tell us what you think at <a href="http://www.economist.com/epsurvey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/epsurvey</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>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>&nbsp;</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>