Countdown to Shutdown, Austan Goolsbee on Inflation, and We’re Singing in the Rain 9/25/23
The government funding deadline – midnight on October 1st – is looming and the likelihood of a federal shutdown is high. Pimco’s head of public policy, Libby Cantrill, describes the gamesmanship in W...
25 Sep 202333min
Antitrust Trial of (This) Century: DOJ vs. Google; China’s Moves around Taiwan 9/22/23
Over the next few months, the DOJ and a collection of state attorneys general will make their case to a D.C. District Court judge for why Google has allegedly violated anti-monopoly law through exclus...
22 Sep 202327min
Writers Strike Optimism & Bank Stocks “Univestable” 9/21/23
The Federal Reserve held rates steady but pointed to another hike this year. CNBC’s Steve Liesman discusses the Fed’s latest decision. Steve Eisman, the “Big Short” investor who called and profited fr...
21 Sep 202334min
Disney Parks, Neuralink Brain Implants, & Four-Day Workweeks 9/20/23
Disney CEO Bob Iger has announced plans to expand investment in parks and cruises; New York Times columnist and “Disney War” author James Stewart unpacks the House of Mouse’s new strategy, as well as ...
20 Sep 202329min
Instacart’s IPO, Cybercrimes at Clorox, & Musk’s ‘X’ on a Free Platform 9/19/23
After nearly a decade, Instacart investors are finally getting their exit. Reddit co-founder and 776 founder Alexis Ohanian was one of Instacart’s early investors, and he explains the headwinds and ta...
19 Sep 202336min
Tesla’s Stake in the Big 3 Strike & Fmr. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer 9/18/23
The United Auto Workers' strike against General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis, which makes cars under the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram brands, has entered its fourth day. CNBC’s Phil LeBeau reports on...
18 Sep 202341min
The UAW Strike with GM CEO Mary Barra & the Secret to Happiness with Arthur Brooks 9/15/23
Thousands of United Auto Workers members are now on strike after the big three Detroit automakers GM, Ford, and Stellantis failed to reach deals with the union by their deadline. CEO of General Motors...
15 Sep 202331min
DC’s “Light Touch” on AI, Gen Z’s Good Vibes, and Autoworkers’ Bitter Battle of Words 9/14/23
Tech CEOs traveled to Washington, D.C. for a one-of-a-kind closed-door meeting with Senators on the rising regulatory implications of artificial intelligence. One of the lawmakers who organized the se...
14 Sep 202332min
