FT Alphachat
Alphachat is the conversational podcast about business and economics produced by the Financial Times in New York. Each week, FT hosts and guests delve into a new theme, with more wonkiness, humour and irreverence than you'll find anywhere else

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A case for changing economic measures and a battle of stock exchanges

A case for changing economic measures and a battle of stock exchanges

Economist David Beckworth discusses his case for measuring the economy with nominal GDP targetting as well as a recent op-ed in which he blames the Federal Reserve for the severity of the 2008 recessi...

11 Mar 201643min

Super Tuesday special

Super Tuesday special

Just as the US 2016 election race is heating up, Gary Johnson, former governor of New Mexico and Libertarian candidate making his second bid for the White House, discusses his immigration, fiscal and ...

1 Mar 201653min

Boardroom battles and the rise of Xiaomi

Boardroom battles and the rise of Xiaomi

Author and hedge fund manager Jeff Gramm talks to the FT's John Authers about the biggest boardroom battles of the last century, from the proxyteers of the 1950s, to the corporate raiders of the 80s a...

26 Feb 201645min

Fintech's search for a 'super-algo', and Mohamed El-Erian on avoiding the next collapse

Fintech's search for a 'super-algo', and Mohamed El-Erian on avoiding the next collapse

A thinking, learning and trading computer could one day outwit the brightest fund manager. US markets editor Robin Wigglesworth explains how hedge funds are turning to artificial intelligence and comp...

19 Feb 201638min

The lasting damage of China's one-child policy and Theranos's precipitous fall from grace

The lasting damage of China's one-child policy and Theranos's precipitous fall from grace

More than 30 years after China instituted the one-child policy to temper population growth, the country's demographics have greatly transformed. Author Mei Fong joins hosts Shannon Bond and Cardiff Ga...

12 Feb 201646min

China's debt and the Trump media paradox

China's debt and the Trump media paradox

Peking University professor Michael Pettis visits the FT to discuss the role that debt plays in the rebalancing of the Chinese economy. Then, Trump's bombastic stump speeches and interviews have been ...

5 Feb 201649min

How short-termism is misunderstood, millennials won't leave home and a battle of two Wall St bankers

How short-termism is misunderstood, millennials won't leave home and a battle of two Wall St bankers

Corporate short-termism, or a company's tendency to reduce internal investment and focus on share price and dividend payments, is widely criticised by economists and politicians for its effect on the ...

29 Jan 20161h 1min

A new era of cyber crime, market jitters and the race for the smartest car

A new era of cyber crime, market jitters and the race for the smartest car

As malware becomes easier for even non-technical bad actors to use, the risk of sensitive information being compromised becomes ever greater. FT investigations correspondent Kara Scannell sheds light ...

22 Jan 201637min

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