Ian Bremmer sits down with World Trade Organization Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and first person from Africa to lead the organization, for a conversation about the good, the bad, and the future of global trade on the GZERO World podcast. In the last half century, globalization has dramatically increased economic output, created hu ... Show More
Nov 22
Gaming out a US-Venezuela war with ambassador James Story
<p>The US is ramping up pressure on Venezuela, with the USS Gerald R. Ford deployed to the region, CIA covert operations approved by the White House, and strikes on suspected narco‑trafficking vessels attributed to Caracas. Many analysts now see regime change as the ultimate goal ... Show More
26m 53s
Nov 20
Tap and go: The future of urban mobility
<p>As populations grow and communities evolve, transportation authorities and urban infrastructure are seeking ways to modernize.</p><p>In this episode of “Local to global: The power of small business,” host JJ Ramberg sits down with Chapin Flynn, Senior Vice President of Transit ... Show More
28m 18s
Nov 15
Andrew Ross Sorkin says the next financial crisis is coming
<p>In 1929, unchecked speculation and economic hype helped fuel the worst financial crash in modern history. Nearly a century later, New York Times journalist and CNBC anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin sees troubling parallels. On the GZERO World podcast, he joins Ian Bremmer to talk abo ... Show More
30m 18s
Nov 2023
A Turning Point for Global Trade
International trade has shaped the world for much of the past century. Countries benefited from the global flow of goods, and the world became richer and safer. At the same time, many Americans lost their jobs to cheaper overseas competitors. Now, a series of compounding challeng ... Show More
40m 12s
Feb 2019
Adam Tooze on Davos, econ 101 and the unexpected importance of China in the global economy
Adam Tooze, economic historian and author of Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World, joins the FT’s Brendan Greeley and Brown University’s Mark Blyth to discuss how our politics got us to where we are today, why our ideas about how the economy works may not b ... Show More
50m 13s
Jan 2023
World Bank warns of dangers of global recession
The global economy is "perilously close to falling into recession", according to the latest forecast from the World Bank, as the impacts of the Ukraine war and Covid pandemic continue to be felt across the world.
In fact, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are already struggling to keep thei ... Show More
27m 14s