Episodes

  • History’s Sobering Warning About America’s Future and Reflections on Year of Elections
    Nov 20 2024

    On our final episode of Voternomics, Peter Turchin, author of End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration, joins Bloomberg head of government and economics coverage Stephanie Flanders, The Readout newsletter’s Allegra Stratton and Bloomberg Opinion columnist Adrian Wooldridge with some sobering predictions for America’s future.

    Flanders, Stratton and Wooldridge also reflect on the major themes observed during this year of elections, including how it was a bad year for incumbents, how inflation and the legacy of the Covid pandemic factored into voting decisions, whether technology and artificial intelligence were major factors in campaign success or failures, and whether in the end, during a year when more than 40 national elections took place, democracy prevailed.

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    44 mins
  • Wall Street Wanted Trump. Now They Have to Deal With Him
    Nov 13 2024

    On this week’s episode, we focus on the future of the US economy during a second Trump administration, and what it means for interest rates and Corporate America. Hosts Stephanie Flanders and Adrian Wooldridge are joined by Tim O’Brien, senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion and author of TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald, and John Authers, Bloomberg’s senior editor for markets.

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    28 mins
  • In the City: What Does Trump’s Victory Mean for UK-US Relations?
    Nov 7 2024

    Donald Trump is heading back to the White house. What impact will that have on the US-UK relationship?

    On this week's In the City podcast, Sir Nigel Sheinwald joins Allegra Stratton and Francine Lacqua to discuss what this redefined relationship may look like. Sir Sheinwald served as Foreign Policy and Defence Advisor to the Prime Minister from 2003 to 2007, then became the UK ambassador to the US from 2007 to 2012. He is also a Non Executive Director of Invesco Ltd, and is Chair of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House.

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    22 mins
  • Trump's Decisive Victory: What Does It Tell Us and What Comes Next?
    Nov 6 2024

    Hosts Allegra Statton and Adrian Wooldridge discuss Donald Trump’s decisive election win. They question what Trump’s win can tell us about the US electorate, whether the rules of the game have changed in relation to US democracy and how Trump’s foreign policy could influence international relations.

    This episode also features the quick reaction installment of Bloomberg’s Big Take podcast. Big Take hosts Sarah Holder and Bloomberg's Wendy Benjaminson break down how election day played out and get reactions from around the world. Big Take is a daily podcast from Bloomberg News, which brings you inside what’s shaping the world's economies with the smartest and most informed business reporters around the world.

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    25 mins
  • Listen Now: US Election Coverage on Bloomberg Podcasts
    Nov 4 2024

    Be in the know this election with Bloomberg Podcasts. Follow Bloomberg News Now for up-to-the minute election results, all night long. And go deeper with The Big Take podcast, featuring in-depth global analysis of the US election every day this week.

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    1 min
  • Why Endorsing Candidates Has Become ‘Terrible’ for Business
    Oct 30 2024

    On this week’s episode of Voternomics, hosts Allegra Stratton and Stephanie Flanders discuss decisions by US executives not to endorse either Vice President Kamala Harris or Donald Trump in the presidential election. From Warren Buffet to the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post, Charles Elson, founding director of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, argues such displays of impartiality are a “return to the tradition.”

    Bloomberg Businessweek senior writer and Elon, Inc. podcast contributor Max Chafkin also joins this episode to explain Elon Musk’s devotion to Trump and the potential consequences for his company and the country. What is Tesla set to win or lose in this election? And will Musk be given a government role by Trump should he win?

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    33 mins
  • Why So Many Businesses Like Trump’s Promise of Tariffs
    Oct 23 2024

    On this episode of Voternomics, we discuss former US President Donald Trump’s self-proclaimed favorite word: tariffs. While mainstream economists warn that hiking taxes on certain imports is bad for business, not everyone appears to be of the same mind. That became evident last week during Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait’s interview of Trump before the Economic Club of Chicago. The crowd’s enthusiastic reaction to the Republican presidential candidate’s talk of tariffs suggested that many of America’s Midwest businesspeople might take a different view.

    Hosts Stephanie Flanders, Adrian Wooldridge and Allegra Stratton discuss the roots of Trump’s love of tariffs with Micklethwait himself and consider whether an “America First” approach could win short-term gains for some parts of the US economy, even if it undermines global trade and weakens America’s global standing in the long-term.

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    36 mins
  • Did Keir Starmer Manage to Settle the City’s Nerves?
    Oct 15 2024

    Stephanie, Allegra and Adrian are joined by reporter Ailbhe Rea to discuss Stephanie's exclusive interview with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the International Investment Summit in London, and his pushback over capital gains taxes.

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    30 mins