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Reader to believe that the irs will be monitoring their bank accounts. monitoring every transaction in their bank accounts, if they have $600 or more in their bank accounts. which sounded absolutely insane, and it turns out it is insane. the times was not communicating correctly about whats in it. and the democrats had done no, you know, advance work on combatting what is happening in that particular proposal. it seems as if no one sat down and said, how do we talk about this? one you know becau...

Do you sense that? yeah, for sure. and i think the challenge of stories that confirm i what people already knewl is that they can sometimes shrug because theyre not surprised. - that said, i think theresl a real series of icij leaks, of which is the latest - and biggest, they have caused a bunch of legal action, at least in the states. i i mean, the us, the congress, in pretty large part due - to the fincen files, _ made it much harder to operate through anonymous shell companies. i that is a re...

Ok, ok, but i want to go back to the whole notion of making these stories, if you like, sexy. again from my personal experience working on a tv documentary on the enron scandal, the producer had to come up with some really imaginative visual metaphors to try and keep the viewer engaged and hooked. and, alexandra, im sure in a sense the economist has to think hard about this, too. keeping the reader hooked. i think, absolutely. and also i think what unites both of these stories is it confirms thi...

Like the pandora papers. ok, ok, but i want to go back to the whole notion of making these stories, if you like, sexy. again from my personal experience working on a tv documentary on the enron scandal, the producer had to come up with some really imaginative visual metaphors to try and keep the viewer engaged and hooked. and, alexandra, im sure in a sense the economist has to think hard about this, too. keeping the reader hooked. i think, absolutely. and also i think what unites both of these s...

These stories that the public has a kind of sense of leak fatigue? do you sense that? yeah, for sure. and i think the challenge of stories that confirm i what people already knewl is that they can sometimes shrug because theyre not surprised. - that said, i think theresl a real series of icij leaks, of which is the latest - and biggest, they have caused a bunch of legal action, at least in the states. i i mean, the us, the congress, in pretty large part due - to the fincen files, _ made it much ...

Yeah, for sure. and i think the challenge of stories that confirm i what people already knewl is that they can sometimes shrug because theyre not surprised. - that said, i think theresl a real series of icij leaks, of which is the latest - and biggest, they have caused a bunch of legal action, at least in the states. i i mean, the us, the congress, in pretty large part due - to the fincen files, _ made it much harder to operate through anonymous shell companies. i that is a real- meaningful adva...

Like the pandora papers. ok, ok, but i want to go back to the whole notion of making these stories, if you like, sexy. again from my personal experience working on a tv documentary on the enron scandal, the producer had to come up with some really imaginative visual metaphors to try and keep the viewer engaged and hooked. and, alexandra, im sure in a sense the economist has to think hard about this, too. keeping the reader hooked. i think, absolutely. and also i think what unites both of these s...

Ok, ok, but i want to go back to the whole notion of making these stories, if you like, sexy. again from my personal experience working on a tv documentary on the enron scandal, the producer had to come up with some really imaginative visual metaphors to try and keep the viewer engaged and hooked. and, alexandra, im sure in a sense the economist has to think hard about this, too. keeping the reader hooked. i think, absolutely. and also i think what unites both of these stories is it confirms thi...

These stories that the public has a kind of sense of leak fatigue? do you sense that? yeah, for sure. and i think the challenge of stories that confirm i what people already knewl is that they can sometimes shrug because theyre not surprised. - that said, i think theresl a real series of icij leaks, of which is the latest - and biggest, they have caused a bunch of legal action, at least in the states. i i mean, the us, the congress, in pretty large part due - to the fincen files, _ made it much ...

And actually the relationship - between tonnes of people reading and getting excited about story. and legislative or law enforcement action, its not always totally linear, right? i like sometimes you have one reader, but its the right reader, _ its the chairwoman - of the committee, so... margot, from your perspective, do you think this will lead to real change? well, you are already seeing in the us that lawmakers are pushing an anti—corruption bill called the enablers act, which is exactly t...