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Join Reuters journalist Carmel Crimmins every week as she and her guests pick apart a key economic principle behind the world’s news. Get beyond buzzwords and technical terms to understand the ideas and debates shaping the global economic agenda.
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- An economist behind the Prop 40 California wealth tax · 40 min.California is voting on a historic measure to tax billionaires. The idea of a one-time 5% wealth tax is putting Silicon Valley on edge. Emmanuel Saez, one of the economists who…
- Prediction markets and social good: an interview with Kalshi's CEO · 1 t. 4 min.Prediction markets let people weigh in on everything from elections and sports matches to Taylor Swift concerts. Supporters say they aggregate information better than polls or…
- France's fiscal fault lines · 34 min.A generational dilemma lies at the heart of France's financial problems. Older voters rely on a social contract built during decades of stronger growth. But a rising pension bill…
- AI at work · 35 min.AI is already changing the labor market, but not in the way many people expect. Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP, joins host Carmel Crimmins to explain why AI appears to…
- Australia's housing squeeze · 38 min.Higher interest rates are testing homeowners Down Under. Australia's property market is cooling, with ripple effects across the wider economy. Host Carmel Crimmins talks to…
- The 5% yield · 38 min.The world's most-watched financial marker is hitting levels not seen in decades. So how worried should you be? Host Carmel Crimmins talks to U.S. economics editor Dan Burns about…
- Trump's EV U-Turn · 42 min.America's car industry spent years preparing for an electric future when President Trump flipped the script. Reuters U.S. autos editor Mike Colias joins host Carmel Crimmins to…
- The cost of quantum · 38 min.Quantum computers are coming, but who will pay for their development? On this episode of Reuters Econ World, Jonathan Ruane of MIT joins host Carmel Crimmins to unpack the…
- Right-wing populism · 39 min.Far-right and anti-immigration parties are a diverse bunch when it comes to the economy. Host Carmel Crimmins talks to Catherine De Vries, head of political science at the IE…
- The Treasury twist · 36 min.Scott Bessent wants lower borrowing costs but the bond market has other ideas. Host Carmel Crimmins unpacks the Treasury Secretary's plans for a "Treasury twist" and the battle…
- Europe's electric dreams · 38 min.Europe is making a multi-trillion euro bet that homegrown electricity can solve some of its biggest problems: high energy costs, geopolitical vulnerability, and industrial…
- Coughing up: the economics of sick leave · 41 min.Germany is cracking down on sick leave to cut costs and boost growth. But could it backfire? Host Carmel Crimmins talks to economist Nicolas Ziebarth about the hidden economics…
- China's gig economy · 42 min.The world’s biggest flexible workforce is both an economic buffer and a financial strain for China. Host Carmel Crimmins talks to Reuters economics lead writer for China, Marius…
- The price of war · 40 min.Russia is paying an increasingly high price for President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. Growth is spluttering and inflation is rising once again as Ukrainian attacks push up…
- The yen · 37 min.Japan’s currency is on a historic slide. Host Carmel Crimmins talks to Rocky Swift, chief correspondent for markets in Japan, about what Tokyo is doing to shore up the currency…
- Rerouting the Gulf · 38 min.Gulf nations are scrambling to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. Host Carmel Crimmins talks to Timour Azhari, chief correspondent in Saudi Arabia, about the mania for pipelines and…
- Fed talk · 40 min.Kevin Warsh wants the U.S. central bank to talk less. But is silence really golden for the economy? Host Carmel Crimmins talks to Federal Reserve correspondent Howard Schneider…
- Brexit: Is that it? – Live from London · 35 min.A decade after Britain voted to leave the European Union the debate around reversing it has re-ignited. Transatlantic tensions and the battle over No. 10 have put Brexit back…
- The World Cup economy · 32 min.Is it football? Is it soccer? Whatever the name, it’s big business. On this episode of Econ World, sports economist and author Stefan Szymanski joins host Carmel Crimmins to…
- Class dismissed: The economics of U.S. higher education · 37 min.America’s small private colleges are facing declining enrollment, rising debt, and mounting closures. Is higher education in crisis or simply adapting to a new market…
