The U.S. Economy's Silent Menace

<p>On this week&rsquo;s episode of <em>Trumponomics</em>, host Stephanie Flanders, Bloomberg&rsquo;s head of government and economics, dives into what she calls &ldquo;the curious case of the everywhere, nowhere tariffs.&rdquo;</p> <p>Since President Donald Trump&rsquo;s return t ... Show More

On this week’s Trumponomics, host Stephanie Flanders explores how Democrats are repurposing President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign theme—affordability—as their own political cudgel, and whether it could lead to more victories in 2026. Bloomberg political correspondent Nancy Cook ... Show More

On this week’s Trumponomics, we sit down with former White House Chief of Staff for Barack Obama and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. A former Democratic congressman and ambassador to Japan, Emanuel—who won’t rule out a run for president in 2028— joins host Stephanie Flanders to share ... Show More

Leading economist Chad Syverson speculates about the ingredients in productivity’s secret sauce. In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute’s Forward thinking podcast, co-host Janet Bush talks with Chad Syverson. Syverson is George C. Tiao Distinguished Service Professor of ... Show More

Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez talks to Dan Loney about the latest jobs report, why we're on pace to recover much faster than we did after the Great Recession, and why workers have all of the leverage.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a ... Show More

<p>Is the stock market&#39;s recent nosedive just the beginning of a larger economic shift? As tariffs and political uncertainty rock Wall Street, tech giants like Apple are facing unexpected hurdles in the AI race. Meanwhile, an old internet favorite is poised for a surprising c ... Show More

Modern industrial economies were made possible by automation and mass production, but also by something similar going on inside the world of management. Where once all the decisions were made by an identifiable boss, now they are farmed out to rule books, bureaucracies and comput ... Show More

M&A activity is down, as is private equity investment, and companies are facing a range of new geopolitical tensions. Still, there is a path to growth through M&A for those companies that maintain an active acquisition strategy, understand their capabilities, and avoid certain as ... Show More

AI is the future and investors need to prepare accordingly. In this episode of Stocks in Translation, TECHnalysis Research president Bob O’Donnell joins Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre and Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Allie Canal to discuss the impact of AI on technology, t ... Show More

It’s … Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news. On today’s episode: AI shuts out youth from the grind, China leaves U.S. soybeans behind, Gap has the then-and-now in marketing mind. Related episodes: AI creates, trans ... Show More

In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@shawn_OMalley_) discusses why great companies fail, as outlined by Clayton Christensen in his timeless book, The Innovator’s Dilemma, which was first published in 1997. The Economist actually named it one of the six most important business boo ... Show More

<p>This week, we’re bringing you something from our fellow FT podcast, The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Sir Angus Deaton won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2015. So when he says he is rethinking many of his assumptions about the field, it matters. Today on ... Show More

<p>Daron Acemoğlu is an economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the author of <em>Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity</em>. Today on the show, he and Soumaya discuss artificial intelligence and productivity gr ... Show More