Could inflation prove more perilous to livelihoods than lockdown? The latest figures from France and its neighbours show light at the end of the public health crisis tunnel, but there's no time to celebrate. The recovery has spawned a bidding war over goods and raw materials that's cancelled out wage hikes for an in-demand labour force.
The escalation over Ukraine serves as a reminder that the planet has probably reached peak oil and that without fuel – in this case Russian gas – we're vulnerable to much more than coronaviruses. The same holds true for the prized rare minerals of the information age, like the cobalt in our cell phones. So how are ordinary citizens managing? And how are they reacting? We put the question to our guests.
Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Sophie Pizzimenti and Léopoldine Iribarren.
