{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/e421d786-ec36-4148-aa99-7a3b2928a779/f9b41841-d469-486d-a851-d4a5f88804d8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Babbage: Think of the children","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d9fe5e874247/62e286c1bd17c20012ef4160.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>An apparent spike in a rare childhood illness, <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/05/23/thoughts-that-the-young-are-not-much-affected-by-sars-cov-2-look-wrong\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kawasaki disease</a>, suggests the coronavirus may manifest very differently in children and raises questions over the role they play in spreading the pandemic. America’s <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/business/2020/05/23/americas-latest-salvo-against-huawei-is-aimed-at-chipmaking-in-china\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">latest offensive against Huawei </a>pushes the global semiconductor industry into uncharted territory; it may also harm American interests in the process. And, <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/briefing/2020/05/21/can-covid-help-flatten-the-climate-curve\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">flattening the other curve</a>—could fossil fuels be added to covid-19’s casualty list? Kenneth Cukier hosts</p><p><br></p><p>For more on the pandemic, see The Economist's coronavirus <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/news/2020/03/11/the-economists-coverage-of-the-coronavirus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">hub</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio editions:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.economist.com/radiooffer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.economist.com/radiooffer</a></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}