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Vaneer Bhansali on Losing Fed Independence as the Biggest Tail Risk Right Now
Everyone wants to buy the hedge that will save their portfolio in a time of collapse. But this is easier said than done. You need to understand the specific risks facing your portfolio. You also need…
Published on 1 month ago
Rob Kaplan on the Fed, AI, and How Globalization Is Happening Without the US
In this live episode, recorded at the Future Proof Festival in Huntington Beach, California, we speak with Rob Kaplan, the former president of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank and the current vice cha…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
What China's Military Parade and Newest Jets Tell Us About the Battle For Air Supremacy
The recent parade in Beijing once again raised questions about the relative strengths of the US and Chinese militaries. Meanwhile, because of recent global conflicts (including the clash between Indi…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Josh Wolfe on AI and the Breaking of Silicon Valley's Social Contract
One day it's so over. The next day we're so back. This is what it feels like gauging the AI boom right now. Everyone's looking for signs of some kind of slowdown and that investments aren't going pan…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Everybody's Business: The Business of KPop Demon Hunters
For this week’s episode of Bloomberg’s Everybody’s Business, Joe Wiesenthal joins Max Chafkin and Stacey Vanek Smith to fact check President Trump’s recent claim that the “stock market needs the tari…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Lots More on the Big Problem With the Monthly Jobs Report
We've been in a strange labor market for a while now. The unemployment rate is still nice and low at 4.2%. But the pace of job creation has been slowing markedly. And furthermore, not only has the pa…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
What's Behind the Boom in Buy Now Pay Later
Buy Now Pay Later is everywhere nowadays. Companies like Affirm, Afterpay, and Klarna have brought installment payments into everyday life, while big banks and tech firms also now racing into the spa…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Dan Wang on China's Breakneck Economic Growth
In the past couple of years, the world has fully awoken to the incredible economic and technological growth exhibited by China. But what lessons are there for America? Are there even lessons for Amer…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Big Take: Taylor Swift Wedding Predictions Are the Hottest New Trade
Gamblers on prediction sites like Polymarket and Kalshi are already trying to cash in on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement — betting on everything from their wedding timeline to her next sin…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Emi Nakamura on Central Bank Credibility and the Taylor Rule
The post-Covid inflation will prove to be a treasure trove for academic economists, as they study what drives inflation, and the power that central banks have to contain it once it gets going. At thi…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago