Everybody's Business
Everybody's Business
Playlist by Everybody's BusinessBloomberg Businessweek brings you a smart and fun chat show about all things...business. Hosted by award-winning business and economics journalists Max Chafkin (author of The Contrarian: Peter Thiel a…Follow the podcast:
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See you in Court
This week Max and Stacey look at two legal battles reshaping the worlds of tech and public health. OpenAI, which started off as a nonprofit, is now worth roughly $850 billion as it eyes an IPO and battles Elon Musk. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman breaks down the company’s latest pivot into hardware, and …
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Tickets, please!
Summer plans often come with a price tag, and right now, that price tag is getting bigger. This week on Everybody’s Business, Max and Stacey dig into the economics of all kinds of tickets. First, the Strait of Hormuz has been opening and closing since the US attack on Iran in February, and the rip…
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The AI Hate is Existential
A Molotov cocktail hurled at Sam Altman’s home. Bullets fired at a city councilman who approved the building of a data center. The cultural mood around artificial intelligence has shifted, and this week on Everybody’s Business, we’re trying to make sense of it. Bloomberg tech reporter Sarah Frier j…
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Big Take: The Crypto Giant Amassing US Debt
In just over a decade, Tether has grown from an idea into a global crypto juggernaut, poised to become one of the world’s most highly valued private companies. But where did its dollar-linked stablecoin come from and where is it headed? Everybody's Business Host Stacey Vanek Smith guest hosted our…
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Filing Your Taxes Is Hellish By Design
Six weeks of conflict, a ceasefire on the horizon and a global economy that is forever changed. Stacey and Max make sense of it all and explain what the war in Iran means for oil prices, global trade and America’s place in the world order. Then, with Tax Day approaching, Bloomberg’s Ben Steverman b…
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Elon Musk Wants A Piece of Your 401(k)
It’s been one year since Liberation Day and the start of the chaos it’s wrought on the American economy. Max and Stacey take stock of what a year of sweeping trade policy means for your wallets with Bloomberg trade reporter Laura Curtis. And speaking of wallets, while Elon Musk is on his way to bec…
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Will Private Credit Doom Us All??
America’s favorite pastime is back, and so is...2008? This week, Max and Stacey cover the bases on the simultaneous cultural renaissance of baseball and the rise of the trillion-dollar private credit industry. Plus, the debut of a brand new segment! Hint: It's about an industry uniting both sides o…
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The Airport Lines Are Long
Spring break is here, and so is the chaos. With TSA agents going unpaid amid the partial government shutdown, staffing is short at airports across the country. This week, Stacey and Max trace the invisible threads connecting 2-hour security lines to systems crumbling beneath our feet. Bloomberg re…
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Those Gas Prices Aren’t Going Anywhere
This week we explore why very expensive oil might be sticking around despite President Trump’s on-again-off-again declarations of victory in Iran. We break down the "20-cent rule" for gas prices, the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint and the political fallout for the midterms. Plus: Bloomberg’s Ben Steve…
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The Hidden Crisis Behind the Iran Conflict
As conflict escalates between the US and Israel and Iran, Bloomberg’s Javier Blas reveals a vulnerability hiding in plain sight: the water systems that millions across the Middle East depend on. Plus: AI in wartime, and a gripping new podcast series on Chinese counterintelligence.
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