We Read Hundreds of 2025 Market Predictions So You Don’t Have To
Every year, senior markets editor Sam Potter reads predictions for the year ahead from leading financial institutions around the world. The theme of this year’s predictions: uncertainty.One event on t...
2 Jan 202513min
The Year AI Broke Into Music
2024 was the year AI broke into the music industry. Record labels that had fought AI-generated songs at every turn started to consider how they might want to use AI tools. But as the technology creeps...
31 Dec 202416min
Indonesia Is Building a New Capital. It’s Not Going Well
Indonesia has embarked on an ambitious project to build a new capital city from scratch because Jakarta is overcrowded, polluted and sinking, fast. But the multibillion dollar new city, Nusantara, was...
30 Dec 202415min
Why Are Airline Rewards So Complicated?
Frequent flyer programs began as a way for airlines to build loyalty and fill empty seats. They’ve since morphed into a complex financial ecosystem that’s drawn the ire of even the most savvy consumer...
27 Dec 202413min
Market-Moving US Economic Data Is Under Threat
From inflation data to unemployment rates, the US government releases numbers every month that move markets and shape policies. But the agencies responsible for gathering that data are struggling — an...
26 Dec 202413min
Netflix’s Big Bet On ‘Squid Game’
The gory, dystopian South Korean thriller Squid Game is the most popular series Netflix has ever released. This week, it drops season two — in the midst of the company’s efforts to grow the show beyon...
24 Dec 202415min
The Weight-Loss Drug Boom’s Prescription Problem
Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have skyrocketed in popularity over the past few years. To capitalize on that demand, telehealth companies started offering compounded versions of those drugs. That’s mad...
23 Dec 202415min
The Human Egg Trade: Episode 2 - The Theft
A new series from the Big Take podcast investigates the booming market for human eggs. It’s a global and opaque market where demand is so great, that even where regulations are in place, there are pow...
20 Dec 202424min
