Wall Street Week
The World’s First Trillionaire, Governance Meets Growth, Menopause Market Boom
This week, executives and investors gathered in Sun Valley to discuss consolidation in the media sector. And, SpaceX’s historic IPO has turned an entrepreneur into a trillionaire, giving rise to a new era in capitalism and widening the wealth gap. Plus, does SpaceX’s governance structure protect th…
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Team Favorite: AI-Era Internet, Spaceport Investment, Bolivia’s Investability
For the Independence Day holiday weekend, we bring you a team favorite podcast. This episode first aired June 5th, 2026. This week, the dollar remains the world’s dominant currency, but economist Ken Rogoff thinks rising debt and geopolitical shifts are eroding its position as the world’s reserve…
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USMCA: Can North America’s Trade Deal Survive?
This week, a special edition of Wall Street Week on the USMCA trade deal. The renegotiations are testing the future of an auto industry built on decades of cross-border integration. And, American farmers increasingly depend on exports to Canada and Mexico as other overseas markets become more diffi…
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Team Favorite: Britain’s Debt Problem, AI’s Local Burden, Poland’s Economic Boom, The Aluminum Shock
For the Juneteenth holiday weekend, we bring you a team favorite podcast. This episode first aired on May 29th, 2026. The UK’s debt burden and weak growth are reviving fears that financial markets could once again destabilize British politics and policy. And, investors see data centers as long-te…
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SpaceX Goes Public, Google’s AI Bet, World Cup Price Backlash
This week, the arrival of mega-IPOs is testing capital markets as investor appetite grows larger than supply. The federal government is making a direct investment in private technology companies, betting on quantum computing. Plus, Google is making its most radical change to search in twenty years …
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AI-Era Internet, Spaceport Investment, Bolivia’s Investability
This week, the dollar remains the world’s dominant currency, but economist Ken Rogoff thinks rising debt and geopolitical shifts are eroding its position as the world’s reserve currency. And, AI-powered search is reducing web traffic, forcing publishers to rethink how they attract audiences and gen…
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Britain’s Debt Problem, AI’s Local Burden, Poland’s Economic Boom
This week, the UK’s debt burden and weak growth are reviving fears that financial markets could once again destabilize British politics and policy. And, investors see data centers as long-term infrastructure, but neighbors worry about noise, water use, power demand and lasting costs. Plus, is Polan…
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Team Favorite: Anthropic , BYD Goes Global, The Billionaire Next Door
For the Memorial Day holiday we bring you a team favorite podcast this week. This episode first aired on March 24h, 2026 This week, regulators and banks are scrambling to catch up after the debut of Anthropic’s nearly autonomous system that can find cybersecurity vulnerabilities on its own. And,…
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Dalio's Warning, AI Arms Race, China Powers Ahead, NYC Tax Standoff
This week, Ray Dalio explains why markets shrug off wars and why this time might be different. And, why are AI executives warning about the dangers of systems they are simultaneously racing to build? Plus, China’s massive investments in energy infrastructure are increasingly shaping the global com…
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High Stakes Summit, New Zealand’s Talent Troubles, Stablecoin Adoption, Sparkling Water Boom
This week, China thinks it's cracked the code on Trump heading into a summit in Beijing. And, what happens when a country's best and brightest travel overseas and stop coming back? Plus, the most useful thing about crypto might be the one nobody's talking about: cheap and fast cross-border payments…
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