Investor or Speculation? Tech, market madness  & the cost of mistakes

Investor or Speculation? Tech, market madness & the cost of mistakes

Technology changes the world - but not everyone who bets on technology wins. With the recent boom in tech IPOs we take a look at what the market with the help of FT’s John Thornhilll and explore a short history of market mania, from AirBnB, to canals, railways, Irish Navies, Homer Simpson plus a cameo from Ken Clarke late night in bar in Hong Kong Halloween night 1997. A few thoughts on global monetary policy too! What’s not to like?

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Ireland's Silent Sell Off and the Employee Ownership Solution

Ireland's Silent Sell Off and the Employee Ownership Solution

Every day that the Irish Financial Service Centre is open, they're selling an Irish business into foreign ownership. Since 2018, overseas acquirers have spent over €100 billion buying up Irish compani...

6 Jul 31min

The Death of the American Dream

The Death of the American Dream

SpaceX just IPO'd, surged, and torched billions of small investors. It's the new American economy. From prediction markets to crypto to day-trading teens, we look at how the US quietly turned itself i...

2 Jul 32min

The Man Who Broke the Global Economy

The Man Who Broke the Global Economy

Alan Greenspan just died at 100, and he might be the most consequential person of the last 30 years that nobody talks about. We unpack the wild story of the jazz clarinettist turned Fed chairman, the ...

30 Jun 41min

Why Did Brazil Never Make It?

Why Did Brazil Never Make It?

The country of the future has been stuck in the future for 100 years. We dig into Brazil's wild economic story; slavery, the secret "whitening" immigration policy that sent millions of Italians south,...

24 Jun 35min

The EU Is Cracking

The EU Is Cracking

Europe just got overtaken, and it knows it. From a bar in Brussels, we unpack the ancient fault line tearing the EU apart, why China's rise has spooked the continent more than anyone admits, and why t...

23 Jun 40min

World Cup Series: Haiti

World Cup Series: Haiti

Haiti just qualified for its first World Cup in 50 years, and they come from the poorest country in the Americas, a place where gangs run the capital and the average person earns $45 a month. We trace...

18 Jun 44min

Could Canada Have A Brexit Moment?

Could Canada Have A Brexit Moment?

Mark Carney is being hailed as the new leader of the free world. While he's facing down Trump abroad, his real headache is at home, Alberta, Canada's Texas, is gearing up for a referendum that could s...

16 Jun 42min

 Inside the World Cup's Narco State

Inside the World Cup's Narco State

We head down Mexico way to unpack the country hosting the World Cup, a $1.8 trillion economy living side by side with one of the most powerful criminal networks on earth. Drugs, guns, avocados, and th...

11 Jun 40min

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