Out for blood: the Theranos trial

<p>Elizabeth Holmes founded a big blood-testing startup; her claims were founded on very little. As her <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/the-trial-of-elizabeth-holmes-gets-under-way/21804091?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">trial begins</a> we ask how the company got so far before it all crumbled. Research on primates is increasingly frowned upon in the West, leaving a <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/07/24/neuroscientific-research-on-monkeys-is-ethically-troubling-but-vital?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">strategic opportunity</a> in places such as China. And lessons in a lost novel by French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir.</p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</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>