Goodbye Sicily, Hello Sarasota. The Post-Pandemic Travel Boom Is Over
That White Lotus-inspired trip to Sicily. The Instagram-perfect Joshua Tree glamping holiday. A party weekend in Miami. Ever since the first lockdown restrictions were lifted in 2021, Americans have b...
14 Elo 202412min
After a Deadly Student Uprising, Bangladesh Starts Over, Again
After weeks of protests and a brutal crackdown that led to several hundred deaths, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to step down and flee the country, putting an abrupt end to her ...
13 Elo 202416min
Want Money From the Middle East? There Are New Strings Attached
The sovereign wealth funds of the Persian Gulf used to be relatively easy places for US firms like Blackstone and Goldman Sachs to raise money. But recently, the power dynamics between Wall Street and...
12 Elo 202410min
Why Is Everybody Still Getting Sick All The Time?
Have you had the flu recently? Or RSV? Or just... some bug that you can’t quite shake? If so, you’re not alone. Bloomberg’s data team recently decided to investigate whether or not the perception that...
9 Elo 202416min
Are We in a Recession? The Sahm Rule Says Yes. Its Creator Says Not So Fast
On today’s Big Take podcast, economist Claudia Sahm explains the Sahm rule: how she came up with the idea, whether or not we’re in a recession, and why she wishes it was called something else.See omny...
8 Elo 202415min
Welcome to Ozempictown, USA (No, It’s Not Hollywood)
What happens when new weight-loss drugs like Ozempic transform a community? Bloomberg healthcare reporter Madison Muller went to Bowling Green, Kentucky to find out. That area has one of the highest c...
7 Elo 202414min
$200 Billion, Four Heirs And One Mighty Empire
Gautam Adani, the controversial Indian billionaire, gathered his two sons and two nephews for a family lunch one day and asked them a bombshell question: Did they want to carve up the Adani Group’s sp...
6 Elo 202416min
What’s Behind the Global Market Meltdown
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 had its worst day in nearly two years and the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed over 1,000 points. Shares on Japan’s Nikkei Index fell by over 12% — their worst showing sin...
5 Elo 202416min
