Editor’s picks: October 10th 2019

<p>A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the strange new rules of the <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/10/10/the-world-economys-strange-new-rules" target="_blank">world economy</a>. (9:40) A long-feared clash between <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2019/10/10/turkey-launches-an-attack-on-northern-syria" target="_blank">Turkey and Syria’s Kurds </a>will have consequences across the Middle East. (17:00) And, a tale of adventure in a <a href="https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2019/10/12/an-expedition-reveals-the-perils-of-reading-dostoyevsky-in-antarctica" target="_blank">library of ice</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>