Dunes and gloom: MBS’s annus horribilis

This week, Muhammad bin Salman, crown prince of Saudi Arabia, was forced to postpone his annual investment summit. His other big bets on the kingdom’s future are also floundering. Sam Bankman-Fried, a crypto-billionaire supporter of effective altruism, calls our correspondent from prison. And things look hazy in Singapore and other Asian countries.

Guests and host:

• Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent
• Shera Avi-Yonah, US business correspondent
• Vishnu Padmanabhan, Asia correspondent
• Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
• Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered:

• MBS, Saudi, Davos in the desert, Future Investment Initiative
• Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, effective altruism
• Indonesia, Singapore, wildfires, El Niño

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