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Dr. Ian Lustbader, Clinical Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone, discusses the debate over Covid booster shots. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News P&I Reporter Zach Mider tell the story of self-appointed private eyes who are running their own Permian monitoring programs and pressuring companies that are letting massive amounts of natural gas spill into the atmosphere. Dexter "Tiff" Roberts, Mansfield Fellow at the University of Montana and author of "The Myth of Chinese Capitalism", discusses the impact of China’s tech crackdown on their innovation and economy. Bloomberg News Technology Reporter Dana Hull provides a recap of Tesla’s AI Day. And we Drive to the Close with Prabha Ram, Co-Portfolio Manager at American Century Investments.

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