Voternomics

Nov 19 2024 407 ep. 24 mins 2.8k
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This famously is the year of elections. So the Stephanomics feed has been taken over by our bonus series, Voternomics. It’s a weekly look at the way geopolitics - and elections - are upending the longstanding assumptions of policymakers and business people around the world. Hosted by Stephanie Flanders, head of Bloomberg Economics and former  BBC economics editor, former government advisor Allegra Stratton and Opinion columnist and author Adrian Wooldridge.

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History’s Sobering Warning About America’s Future and Reflections on Year of Elections

Nov 19 2024 43 mins  
On our final episode of Voternomics, Peter Turchin, author of End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration, joins Bloomberg head of government and economics coverage Stephanie Flanders, The Readout newsletter’s Allegra Stratton and Bloomberg Opinion columnist Adrian Wooldridge with some sobering predictions for America’s future.Flanders, Stratton a

Wall Street Wanted Trump. Now They Have to Deal With Him

Nov 13 2024 27 mins  
On this week’s episode, we focus on the future of the US economy during a second Trump administration, and what it means for interest rates and Corporate America. Hosts Stephanie Flanders and Adrian Wooldridge are joined by Tim O’Brien, senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion and author of TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald, and John Authers, Bloomberg’s senior edi

In the City: What Does Trump’s Victory Mean for UK-US Relations?

Nov 07 2024 22 mins  
Donald Trump is heading back to the White house. What impact will that have on the US-UK relationship? On this week's In the City podcast, Sir Nigel Sheinwald joins Allegra Stratton and Francine Lacqua to discuss what this redefined relationship may look like. Sir Sheinwald served as Foreign Policy and Defence Advisor to the Prime Minister from 2003 to 2007, then became the UK amba

Trump's Decisive Victory: What Does It Tell Us and What Comes Next?

Nov 06 2024 25 mins  
Hosts Allegra Statton and Adrian Wooldridge discuss Donald Trump’s decisive election win. They question what Trump’s win can tell us about the US electorate, whether the rules of the game have changed in relation to US democracy and how Trump’s foreign policy could influence international relations.This episode also features the quick reaction installment of Bloomberg’s Big

Listen Now: US Election Coverage on Bloomberg Podcasts

Nov 04 2024 1 mins  
Be in the know this election with Bloomberg Podcasts. Follow Bloomberg News Now for up-to-the minute election results, all night long. And go deeper with The Big Take podcast, featuring in-depth global analysis of the US election every day this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why Endorsing Candidates Has Become ‘Terrible’ for Business

Oct 30 2024 33 mins  
On this week’s episode of Voternomics, hosts Allegra Stratton and Stephanie Flanders discuss decisions by US executives not to endorse either Vice President Kamala Harris or Donald Trump in the presidential election. From Warren Buffet to the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post, Charles Elson, founding director of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, argues such displays of

Why So Many Businesses Like Trump’s Promise of Tariffs

Oct 23 2024 36 mins  
On this episode of Voternomics, we discuss former US President Donald Trump’s self-proclaimed favorite word: tariffs. While mainstream economists warn that hiking taxes on certain imports is bad for business, not everyone appears to be of the same mind. That became evident last week during Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait’s interview of Trump before the Economic

Did Keir Starmer Manage to Settle the City’s Nerves?

Oct 15 2024 29 mins  
Stephanie, Allegra and Adrian are joined by reporter Ailbhe Rea to discuss Stephanie's exclusive interview with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the International Investment Summit in London, and his pushback over capital gains taxes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will the Middle East War Lead to a Second Arab Spring?

Oct 09 2024 27 mins  
This week we look at the economic toll the widening conflict is taking and how it could affect the political future of the region. Bloomberg reporter Sam Dagher joins from Dubai to discuss the dilemma facing Arab governments. Also on the episode is Eugene Kandel, a former adviser to Netanyahu who joins from Jerusalem to discuss the economic cost the continuing war is having for Isr

Macron’s Lonely Mission to Save Europe

Oct 03 2024 44 mins  
This week, we bring you highlights from Stephanie's conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Berlin Global Dialogue. He defends his decision to call for a snap election, and he issues a stark warning for the EU: a lack of investment and too much regulation will make the bloc unable to compete with the US and China. Berlin Global Dialogue Chair Lars-Hendrik Röller,