Can $700 Million Buy Republicans the US Senate?
The 2026 midterms are on track to become the most expensive elections in US history, with Republican Senate candidates raking in hundreds of millions from PACs and Democrats riding a growing wave of i...
30 Sep 16min
China’s New Message to Its Billionaires: Pay Up
China is ramping up an ongoing effort to shore up local government budgets and fund AI data centers with tax revenue from its richest citizens. Billionaires across the country are seeing bills hit the...
29 Sep 13min
Could Bond Yields Break the Stock Market?
At over 5%, the 10-year Treasury yield is the highest since 2007. Those soaring yields are raising lots of questions about whether investors should be trimming stocks and buying bonds. But timing such...
28 Sep 17min
Weekend Listen: There's a Mind-Boggling Number of Rich People in America
In 2014, the economists Owen Zidar and Eric Zwick were asked by the US Treasury to conduct a study on the tax burden of private business owners. One of their central findings is that there are about t...
27 Sep 59min
Crafting America’s Favorite Countertops Is Killing Workers
People who fabricate artificial stone are getting sick with a deadly chronic illness—on that, there’s no debate. But whether it’s the individual shops or the material’s manufacturers who should be hel...
25 Sep 21min
This Isn’t Your Grandparents’ UN
At this week’s UN General Assembly meeting in New York, an AI executive delivered dire warnings via video. President Trump threatened to annihilate Iran. China’s Xi Jinping skipped the meeting altoget...
24 Sep 15min
Why Everyone Is Talking About High Diesel Prices
Diesel prices are hitting new highs, and voters aren’t happy. With the midterms approaching, the Trump administration is trying to find ways to curb fuel costs, including a potential US diesel export ...
23 Sep 17min
US-China AI Race to Take Center Stage at Trump-Xi Meeting
As Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his first visit to Washington in over a decade, trade and the AI race will likely dominate talks with Donald Trump. On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, host K. Oanh...
22 Sep 16min
