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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Nick Evershed and Josh Nicholas

The Crunch: How TikTok changed pop music; a wealth tax explained; and the best way to slice an onion

A composite image showing Lady Gaga holding a skeleton, an onion, and a plane overlaid on graph paper
This week: airplay, airlines and alliums. Composite: Alamy / Live Nation

Hello and welcome to the latest late edition of The Crunch!

In this week’s newsletter we have charts on the most mathematically sound way to slice an onion, which countries Trump’s new tariffs are going to target, how the airline industry is struggling to get sustainable fuel projects off the ground, how TikTok has changed the length of pop songs, whether a wealth tax could work in the UK and the record rise in uncertainty.

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