{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/64faef9f722480001111166c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Moves over: American house prices","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1694166834330-4028ae9064f0895e805135eb2b07f0f3.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The highest interest rates in years should lead to a fall in house prices. But peculiarities of America’s mortgage market are <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/08/30/how-can-american-house-prices-still-be-rising?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">driving them up</a>. Egg-freezing was supposed to give women more control over childbearing; we look at scant data showing <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/09/01/how-successful-is-egg-freezing-at-preserving-fertility?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">how successful it really is</a> (10:57). And remembering <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/obituary/2023/09/07/isabel-crook-devoted-her-long-life-to-making-a-new-china?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Isabel Crook</a>, an anthropologist who embraced China’s communist transformation, warts and all (15:44).&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Join our team of audience-research participants and make a bit of cash <a href=\"https://economist.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3RcRPQcFKqCe36m\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.</p>","author_name":"The Economist"}