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Money Talks from The Economist

The Economist

11 episodes

Join The Economist’s Mike Bird, Alice Fulwood and Ethan Wu for award-winning reporting and discussion on the stories that move markets. They speak to top bosses, investors and analysts around the world for unmatched insight into global finance, business and economics. Published every Thursday.

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Episodes

  1. Trailer: Tocqueville Road Trip

    · 3:27 · Trailer

    When Alexis de Tocqueville visited America from France in 1831 he saw a new kind of society. Not just a country, but an idea that would change the world. His book “Democracy in America” was a big influence on later…

  2. Trailer: Money Talks

    · 0:52 · Trailer

    Join The Economist’s Mike Bird, Alice Fulwood and Ethan Wu for award-winning reporting and discussion on the stories that move markets. They speak to top bosses, investors and analysts around the world for unmatched…

  3. Import-extort: what to make of Donald Trump’s titanic tariffs

    · 47 min

    After months of bluster, he’s finally done it. At a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden, Donald Trump overturned decades of American trade policy with a simple signature. The new wave of trade restrictions, if…

  4. Money Talks: Why weight-loss drugs will reshape the world

    · 37 min

    More than 1bn people around the world are obese. That means there should be extraordinary demand for drugs to cure or mitigate the condition. Novo Nordisk is now Europe’s most valuable company and Eli Lilly’s market…

  5. Money Talks: Why Amazon should be afraid of Temu

    · 44 min

    Amazon started with a plan to disrupt bookselling. It sold cheap books online, delivering them straight to customers’ homes. Three decades later it employs a million people in America and owns one hundred warehouses,…

  6. Money Talks: Is the West losing its sanctions war?

    · 43 min

    It's been two years since Russia brought war to Ukraine. America, Britain and the European Union may not have intervened by putting boots on the ground—but they have launched a massive financial counteroffensive.…

  7. Money Talks: Europe’s luxury crown

    · 39 min

    European firms dominate the global luxury landscape, accounting for two-thirds of sales and nine of the ten most valuable luxury brands. A strong emphasis on heritage and control of the supply chain have helped ensure…

  8. Money Talks: There’s no business like it

    · 48 min

    We raise the curtain on the business of New York’s iconic theatre district. Broadway has been struggling with rising costs and falling sales since the pandemic, but its financial drama started much earlier. The…

  9. Money Talks: Play it again, Sam Altman

    · 43 min

    In five days OpenAI’s boss was fired by its board; hired by Microsoft, the startup’s biggest investor; and returned to his post at OpenAI. Yet things cannot be as they were: the shuffle will have consequences for the…

  10. Money Talks: Touring America’s industrial revival

    · 45 min

    President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act promised $370bn for green infrastructure and industry. It has spurred a surge in massive construction efforts such as battery plants and electric-vehicle factories. Our…

  11. Money Talks: The future of crypto, part two

    · 44 min

    Last week, we spoke to the author Michael Lewis, who was embedded with Sam Bankman-Fried, as FTX, the crypto-trading empire he built, came crashing down amid allegations of fraud, which Mr Bankman-Fried denies. Mr…

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