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Balaji Srinivasan is a highly accomplished investor, entrepreneur, executive, and academic. In this conversation with Real Vision’s Ash Bennington, Srinivasan unpacks his tech-centric view of combating the coronavirus — informed by his background in the medical testing space and his Ph.D. work in microbial genetics at Stanford. Srinivasan also served as the Chief Technical Officer at the digital currency behemoth CoinBase and as a general partner at the storied Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Srinivasan also shares his perspective on what changes the US government needs to institute in order to compete with China to control the coronavirus outbreak.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

17 Mai 20201h 13min

Real Vision's CEO and co-founder, Raoul Pal, joins Senior Editor Ash Bennington to update viewers on his "Unfolding" thesis about the trajectory of the COVID crisis and its effects on the economy and markets. He also unpacks his views about the solvency risks in the BBB bond market and reviews highlights from his interviews with legendary investors Howard Marks and Kyle Bass. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

15 Mai 202037min

Real Vision’s Managing Editor Ed Harrison is joined by Roger Hirst to discuss the latest developments in markets, macro, and the coronavirus crisis. Peter Cooper talks about how China, Hong Kong, and South Korea are facing setbacks with a new wave of cases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

14 Mai 202031min

Real Vision's senior editor Ash Bennington sits down with managing editor Roger Hirst to discuss the latest in macro, markets, and coronavirus. They dive into the psychological and economic repercussions that the shutdown has had on both New York City and London. They also talk about how the Fed's intervention in markets has played a role in supporting asset prices, the level of uncertainty about where they will go in the future, and why currency markets are the optimal place to express a macro position. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

13 Mai 202037min

Real Vision's Ash Bennington and managing editor Ed Harrison discuss the latest developments in macro, markets, and coronavirus. They dive into the havoc wrecked on the jobs market, the continuously moving plans to reopen the US economy, and Dr. Fauci's warning today to the US senate. They also review what's happening in the Eurozone and which European economies may be a model for the US's own reopening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

12 Mai 202034min

Professor Mark Blyth and Professor Adam Tooze explore how coronavirus is laying bare the hidden risks embedded within our financial systems and how central banks worldwide are scrambling to paper over those chasms of danger. To them, it seems that the Federal Reserve has rewritten its remit, and they discuss how rather than try and keep prices stable or keep unemployment low, the sole focus of the Fed right now seems to be supporting asset prices at any cost, even if that means bailing out leveraged entities who took on too much risk. They also discuss Europe and how this crisis is heightening the contradictions within the Eurozone and pushing the European banking system to the brink. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11 Mai 202053min

With every day of lockdown and every dollar of stimulus, policy and markets are becoming more and more intertwined. That is why Pedro da Costa has been conducting a series of interviews with central bankers, policymakers, and the economists who inform their views. Pedro continues this series with Dr. Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Together they examine the efficacy of the current fiscal and monetary policy response and how this crisis is affecting globalization, emerging markets, and the state of the European Union.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11 Mai 202056min

Real Vision's Ash Bennington and Managing Editor Ed Harrison discuss Raoul's Expert View, "Global Recession - What's Next?", which was released today. Bennington and Harrison then take a deep dive into the real economy with a special focus on the risks posed by debt deflation. The pair also talk about the reopening of the global economy with an eye toward recent events in Germany. In the intro, Jack Farley looks at a dramatic new chapter in the WeWork saga. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11 Mai 202036min