A new series from the Big Take podcast investigates the booming market for human eggs. It’s a global and opaque market where demand is so great, that even where regulations are in place, there are powerful incentives to evade them.

In this episode, host Sarah Holder is joined by Bloomberg’s Natalie Obiko Pearson to unpack an investigation in India that revealed how far some people will go to get a cut of this trade, even if it means exploiting a child.

Read more from Bloomberg Businessweek: The Egg

Plus, watch the documentary from Bloomberg Originals: Inside India's Fertility Underworld

A new series from the Big Take podcast investigates the booming market for human eggs. It&rsquo;s a global and opaque market where demand is so great, that even where regulations are in place, there are powerful incentives to evade them. In this episode, host Sarah Holder is joined by Bloomberg&rsquo;s Natalie Obiko Pearson to unpack an investigation in India that revealed how far some people will go to get a cut of this trade, even if it means exploiting a child. Read more from Bloomberg Businessweek:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-fertility-egg-trade/?srnd=undefined">The Egg</a> Plus, watch the documentary from Bloomberg Originals:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2024-12-12/inside-india-s-fertility-underworld?sref=SCKvL4TY">Inside India's Fertility Underworld</a>

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The Human Egg Trade: Episode 1 - The Lie

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has been a fixture in the economic policy world for decades. She was President Clinton’s chief economic adviser, a Federal Reserve governor and served as Fed Chair under President Obama.

As her tenure at Treasury comes to an end, Yellen sits down with host David Gura to discuss the possibility of additional sanctions on Russian oil and communication between the US and China, and she reflects on her long career as a pioneering economic policymaker.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has been a fixture in the economic policy world for decades. She was President Clinton&rsquo;s chief economic adviser, a Federal Reserve governor and served as Fed Chair under President Obama.
As her tenure at Treasury comes to an end, Yellen sits down with host David Gura to discuss the possibility of additional sanctions on Russian oil and communication between the US and China, and she reflects on her long career as a pioneering economic policymaker.

Janet Yellen: The Exit Interview

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South Korea’s family-run conglomerates – or chaebols – have been big drivers of economic growth, and because of that they’ve largely been seen as untouchable. Until now. The chaebols are being challenged, at a time when the stakes have potentially never been higher, with the country mired in political turmoil.

On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, Rebecca Choong Wilkins talks to Bloomberg reporter Youkyung Lee about how a surprise takeover bid for one of the world’s biggest refined metal producers, Korea Zinc, is sending a chill through the chaebol world.

Read more: Powerful Families Who Dominate South Korea Face an Investor Revolt

Further listening: The Six Hours of Martial Law That Stunned South Korea

South Korea&rsquo;s family-run conglomerates &ndash; or chaebols &ndash; have been big drivers of economic growth, and because of that they&rsquo;ve largely been seen as untouchable. Until now. The chaebols are being challenged, at a time when the stakes have potentially never been higher, with the country mired in political turmoil. On today&rsquo;s Big Take Asia Podcast, Rebecca Choong Wilkins talks to Bloomberg reporter Youkyung Lee about how a surprise takeover bid for one of the world&rsquo;s biggest refined metal producers, Korea Zinc, is sending a chill through the chaebol world. Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-12-10/korea-s-rich-powerful-families-face-revolt-amid-martial-law-political-chaos?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=share&amp;utm_campaign=copy">Powerful Families Who Dominate South Korea Face an Investor Revolt</a> Further listening:&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-six-hours-of-martial-law-that-stunned-south-korea/id1746141911?i=1000679357319">The Six Hours of Martial Law That Stunned South Korea</a>

The Most Powerful Families in South Korea Brace for the Next Revolt

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Since UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed last week, there’s been a deluge of posts on social media expressing rage at the insurance industry and solidarity with the shooter.

Bloomberg reporter Riley Griffin joins Big Take host David Gura to discuss what the shooting revealed about public sentiment toward American health care, and how United and its peers are responding to the attack and its aftermath. 

Since UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed last week, there&rsquo;s been a deluge of posts on social media expressing rage at the insurance industry and solidarity with the shooter.
Bloomberg reporter Riley Griffin joins Big Take host David Gura to discuss what the shooting revealed about public sentiment toward American health care, and how United and its peers are responding to the attack and its aftermath.&nbsp;

Inside UnitedHealthcare in the Days After CEO Shooting

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