Decades-long efforts to save Brazil’s Amazon have hit a brutal reality. Impoverished local communities often turn to agribusiness and other industries that drive deforestation. 

On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s Brazil bureau chief Vanessa Dezem joins host Sarah Holder to talk through the link between poverty and deforestation and the country’s new efforts to save its rainforest by building up local economies.

Read more: The Amazon’s Relentless Poverty Cycle

Decades-long efforts to save Brazil’s Amazon have hit a brutal reality. Impoverished local communities often turn to agribusiness and other industries that drive deforestation. 
On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s Brazil bureau chief Vanessa Dezem joins host Sarah Holder to talk through the link between poverty and deforestation and the country’s new efforts to save its rainforest by building up local economies.
Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-brazil-amazon-rainforest-protection-poverty/">The Amazon’s Relentless Poverty Cycle</a>

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To Save the Amazon, Brazil Is Betting You Can’t Just Save the Trees

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It sounds like science fiction, but it’s real: Venture capitalists, startup founders, and Silicon Valley elites are pouring money into a controversial technology called solar radiation modification that could cool the planet by blocking the sun.

Today on the show, host Sarah Holder talks to Bloomberg reporter Sophie Alexander about the international coordination needed for something like this to work, and why funding for it is ramping up even as researchers express concerns about the possible consequences. 

Read more: Silicon Valley’s Elite Pour Money Into Blotting Out the Sun

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It sounds like science fiction, but it’s real: Venture capitalists, startup founders, and Silicon Valley elites are pouring money into a controversial technology called solar radiation modification that could cool the planet by blocking the sun. Today on the show, host Sarah Holder talks to Bloomberg reporter Sophie Alexander about the international coordination needed for something like this to work, and why funding for it is ramping up even as researchers express concerns about the possible consequences. 
Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-10-25/silicon-valley-s-elite-back-controversial-research-into-blocking-the-sun?srnd=undefined">Silicon Valley’s Elite Pour Money Into Blotting Out the Sun</a> Bloomberg wants to hear from you! Help make shows like ours even better by taking the Bloomberg <a href="https://bit.ly/4eIFhe5">audience survey</a> and have a coffee on Bloomberg for doing so.
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Silicon Valley Elites Want to Block the Sun. Not Everyone’s On Board

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China is making steady progress in its quest to dominate key industries of the future, despite years of US tariffs, export controls and sanctions. 

On today's Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha talks to Bloomberg’s Rebecca Choong Wilkins about how the US is struggling to curb Beijing’s technological advances, and whether the upcoming election could change the dynamic.



Read more: US Efforts to Contain Xi’s Push for Tech Supremacy Are Faltering


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China is making steady progress in its quest to dominate key industries of the future, despite years of US tariffs, export controls and sanctions. 
On today's Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha talks to Bloomberg’s Rebecca Choong Wilkins about how the US is struggling to curb Beijing’s technological advances, and whether the upcoming election could change the dynamic.
 
Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-us-china-containment/">US Efforts to Contain Xi’s Push for Tech Supremacy Are Faltering</a>
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The US Pledged to Contain China’s Tech Ambitions. It’s Not Working

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With the US presidential election just over a week away, most major polls, including the latest Bloomberg/Morning Consult poll, show Vice President Harris and former President Trump in a dead heat. But Wall Street seems increasingly convinced Trump is going to win. And that is manifesting in what's come to be called “The Trump Trade.”

Today on the Big Take podcast, Bloomberg Opinion’s John Authers sits down with host David Gura to break down what the trade is, and what it reveals about how Wall Street sees this election and the future of the economy.

Read more: Prediction Markets Reflect That the Clock Favors Trump

With the US presidential election just over a week away, most major polls, including the latest Bloomberg/Morning Consult poll, show Vice President Harris and former President Trump in a dead heat. But Wall Street seems increasingly convinced Trump is going to win. And that is manifesting in what's come to be called “The Trump Trade.” Today on the Big Take podcast, Bloomberg Opinion’s John Authers sits down with host David Gura to break down what the trade is, and what it reveals about how Wall Street sees this election and the future of the economy.
Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-10-25/prediction-markets-reflect-that-the-election-clock-favors-trump?srnd=undefined">Prediction Markets Reflect That the Clock Favors Trump</a>

Wall Street Is Betting Big on a Trump Win

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To Save the Amazon, Brazil Is Betting You Can’t Just Save the Trees

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