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Dunes and gloom: MBS’s annus horribilis

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Dunes and gloom: MBS’s annus horribilis

October 22, 202624:21
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This week, Muhammad bin Salman , crown prince of Saudi Arabia, was forced to postpone his annual investment summit. His other big bets on the kingdom’s future are also floundering. Sam Bankman-Fried , a crypto-billionaire supporter of effective altruism, calls our correspondent from prison. And things look hazy in Singapore and other Asian countries. Guests and host: Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent Shera Avi-Yonah, US business correspondent Vishnu Padmanabhan, Asia correspondent…