January 28, 2019· 33 min

How Does The Chinese Economy Work?

Orality
Model
70%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,237 words)
M:28%
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,101 words)
M:94%
GuestMatt Boesler(3,242 words)
M:93%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic40%
literally, completely, very
Engagement57%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, so
Repetition100%
really (47x), sort (46x), know (42x)
Parallelism100%
And And I'm Joe Weisenthal...., So, Joe, you know I'm over in ..., So now that I'm in the Asia re...
Sound Patterns48%
29 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases3%
i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging11%
probably, might, could
Passive Voice9%
being published, is concerned, were supposed
Abstract Nouns19%
investment, recommendation, city
Subordination12%
because, since, while
Sentence Length52%
Avg: 17.9 words/sentence
Word Complexity49%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style43%
346 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style100%
literally, completely, basically

Description

Matt Boesler, an economics reporter for Bloomberg, had the opportunity to report from Beijing for a few months in 2018. He shares with us his experience there, and what he learned from the opportunity.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.