Why Interest Rates on Savings Accounts Are Still So Low
The Federal Reserve has been raising benchmark borrowing rates at the fastest pace in decades, but the interest rate paid out to millions of people with bank accounts is still stuck at almost zero. Ac...
23 Feb 202337min
A Former CIA Official on One Year of Russia's War in Ukraine
It's been one year since Russia invaded Ukraine in an event that set off a chain reaction of both geopolitical and economic consequences. So what have we learned from the past twelve months? And what ...
20 Feb 202355min
Brian Deese on the Legislative Legacy of President Biden's First Two Years
President Biden came into office with an incredibly slim legislative majority. And yet despite just 50 Democratic seats in the Senate, the first two years of Biden's Presidency saw the passage of some...
17 Feb 202353min
This Is What Happens if the US Actually Hits the Debt Ceiling
The US is in the middle of another debt ceiling fight. The expectation is that it will get lifted before we hit the so called "drop dead" date — but what happens if Congress does not authorize more de...
16 Feb 202350min
What Happens Now to All the Laid Off Tech Workers?
The US labor market looks rock solid. The unemployment rate is at its lowest level in 50 years, while layoffs continue to trend downward. But there's one glaring exception and that's the tech industry...
13 Feb 202353min
Jan Toporowski Explains Why Capitalists Dislike Full Employment
In the wake of the Great Financial Crisis, the work of John Maynard Keynes experienced a revival, as people sought answers to the problem of sluggish growth. In this cycle, sluggish growth isn't the p...
10 Feb 202337min
Introducing: Foundering - The John McAfee Story
The new season of Bloomberg's Foundering podcast retraces the life and gruesome death of John McAfee. In the 1980s and ’90s, the McAfee name was synonymous with computer antivirus software, and he hel...
9 Feb 20232min
Fabio Natalucci on How to Think About Financial Risk Right Now
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates at the fastest pace in decades in 2022. But despite the rapid shift in borrowing costs, not much in the financial system actually 'broke.' Stocks and other ri...
9 Feb 202342min
