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Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway explore the most interesting topics in finance, markets and economics. Join the conversation every Monday and Thursday.
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Andrew Ross Sorkin on the Stock Market Crash That Shattered America
Almost everyone is talking about us possibly being in a bubble. Regardless of how AI investment ultimately pan out, there is an incredible amount of r...
John Ganz on the Era When America Was Consumed by Panic With Corporate Japan
These days, there's a non-stop drumbeat of concern that China and its dominant companies will eat America's economic lunch, so to speak. Of course, th...
Why the Price of Money Surged in the Last 6 Years
What changed between 2019 and 2025? Why are interest rates so much higher? Why does it seem virtually unfathomable that the Fed will return to ZIRP an...
James van Geelen on the Next Phase of the AI Buildout
Money has been flowing into the AI space, with billions pouring into GPU clusters, data centers, gas turbines, and the infrastructure needed to train...
Lots More with Joe Abate on the Fed's New Target and the Rising Price of Money
We're used to talking about the Federal Reserve changing "benchmark interest rates." But the mechanics of how the central bank actually tightens or lo...
Terry Duffy on the CME's Big Push into Retail Trading
CME Group is one of the oldest exchanges around, tracing it's history all the way back to the late 1800s, when it specialized in agricultural commodit...
Tarek Mansour on Kalshi's Plan to Create Markets in Everything
For over 20 years, people have been talking about prediction markets or event markets are the next big thing. But mostly, with some niche exceptions,...
The King of Chicago Trading Wants to Build a GPU Market Bigger Than Oil
Don Wilson has built a career diving into some of trading’s thorniest problems, including figuring out ways to trade new and niche markets. Now, the f...
Introducing IVF Disrupted: The Kindbody Story
Kindbody, one of the largest fertility companies in the US, sought to disrupt egg freezing and IVF by combining spa vibes with Silicon Valley efficien...
Jack Morris on Finding the Next Big AI Breakthrough
We know that the top-tier AI labs are spending unbelievable amounts of money on talent. But what are these researchers actually working on? And how do...
Ozan Tarman on What's Driving The Nonstop Rise in Gold and Tech
There are two huge winning trades that people are looking at day after day. Gold keeps going up and US tech stocks keep going up. But what is driving...
Jim Cramer on the Retail Trading Revolution
In recent years, retail trading of stocks has absolutely exploded. This is happening despite the fact that investors are subject to a constant stream...
Michael Froman on the New 'Polyamorous' Global Trading System
When President Trump announced the tariffs on Liberation Day, it seemed to truly mark the end of the old world trading system. But of course it had be...
Henry Wang on China's Role in the New Emerging World Order
There is a widespread view that China is a superpower of rising status, and that a new global order is emerging with the country as an important pole...
Elon Musk's Pay Package and the Threat to the Delaware Corporation
If you look at prospectuses and earnings documents for almost any company, you're going to see a Delaware address. For more than a century, the state...
The Cardboard Boxpocalypse and the State of the US Economy
Almost everything we buy nowadays has been in a box at some point. Goods are shipped in boxes. Products ordered online arrive at our doorstep in boxes...
Vineer 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 sp...
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 Dal...
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 g...
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...
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 r...
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 slowi...
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...
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 t...
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 every...
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 ba...
Liz Truss on the 'Doom Loop' Engulfing the UK Economy
These days, everyone is talking about high interest rates across the rich, developed world, while warning of eventual fiscal disaster. But we may have...
Lev Menand on Trump's Attempt to Fire the Fed's Lisa Cook
Criticism and threats to Federal Reserve independence have been building for some time in this administration. But it was taken to a new height on Aug...
Adam Posen on a Surreal Jackson Hole in a Post-American World
The annual Jackson Hole symposium is, formally speaking, an academic conference. Economists and central bankers gather to discuss the most important,...
Tom Barkin on Why Central Banking Is on Hard Mode Now
According to Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Tom Barkin, much of the time central banking is straightforward. Sometimes it's clear that rate c...
Why Austan Goolsbee Is Still Concerned About Inflation
Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee is still more concerned about the inflation side of the Fed's mandate than he is about the employment side. This...
Lots More on What Just Happened With the Fed at Jackson Hole
We're still at the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank's annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, where we just heard Fed Chair Jerome Powell's big spe...
Kansas City's Fed President on What Everyone Will Be Talking About at Jackson Hole
It's Jackson Hole time again, when the most prominent minds in monetary policy meet in an idyllic Wyoming setting for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kans...
This Is What Happens When a Startup Dies
You always hear about startup exits. Big acquisitions. Big IPOs. But of course this isn’t the fate for most new ventures. Many of them die outright, w...
Lessons From the One Sovereign Wealth Fund in the United States
President Trump and others have talked about the idea of the US having a Sovereign Wealth Fund, a la the UAE or Singapore. It feels like a longshot, b...
Housing Is a Problem Even in a State With Declining Population
You can kind of understand why it's so hard to build housing in New York City. There isn't much available land. It's already pretty built up. And then...
Lots More With Skanda Amarnath on This Moment in Macro
Right now, you could make a good argument that inflation is still too hot, and that with the stock market booming, and the unemployment rate at 4.2%,...
The Investors Who Think Hazelnuts Will Be the Next Pistachios
We're in an age where shocks can occur on both the supply side and the demand side. On the supply side, the causes are well known. Pandemics, trade wa...
How to Move Freight Across the Icy Roads of Alaska
We're interested in trucking here at Odd Lots. It's one of those industries that can tell us a lot about the economy, both in terms of the short-term...
What an Alaskan Furniture Company Tells Us About Tariffs
Alaska is no stranger to supply chain issues and a higher cost of living. Almost everything has to be imported into the state, incurring longer lead t...