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Season 9

Record Number of Americans Set to Travel Over July 4th Weekend

Episode 10: Some Cities Have Emerged Stronger From the Pandemic. Others Haven’t

By Molly Smith and Stephanie Flanders

Covid-19 was supposed to mean the end of the city as we know it. On the latest episode of Stephanomics, we discover there are instead winners and losers.

Tech Stocks Push S&P 500 Further Into Bull Market

Episode 9: Why a US Recession Might Happen in Time for 2024 Election

By Molly Smith and Stephanie Flanders

Despite all the positive data of late, some say there could be bad economic news coming for America next year.

Farms Parched As El Nino Threatens Food Security

Episode 8: Climate Change Is Driving Global Inflation Even Higher

By Molly Smith and Stephanie Flanders

Global warming is fast transforming the planet. Now scientists and economists are worried about another knock-on effect.

Episode 7: How ‘Friend-Shoring’ Could Make America More Like China

By Molly Smith and Stephanie Flanders

The US is trying to rewrite the playbook of global trade, but not everyone is joining in.

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Episode 6: Why the World Can’t Quit Its Addiction to Chinese Goods

By Molly Smith and Stephanie Flanders

Most countries are struggling to break away from the “world’s factory floor.” Stephanomics travels to Los Angeles and New Delhi to find out why.

Annual E3 Gaming Industry Conference Held In Los Angeles

Episode 5: The Key to Making AI a Benefit, Not a Hazard

By Molly Smith and Stephanie Flanders

MIT Professor Daron Acemoglu, co-author of Power and Progress, tells Stephanie Flanders that it’s all about unions and government regulation.

Senators Return To Capitol Hill After The Weekend

Episode 4: Unraveling America’s Dance With a Debt-Ceiling Disaster

By Molly Smith and Stephanie Flanders

With next week the point at which the Treasury may have to start issuing IOUs, any deal to avert catastrophe is going to come down to the wire.

Episode 3: How Japan Is Reckoning With an Increasingly Tense Neighborhood

By Molly Smith and Stephanie Flanders

Saber rattling from three directions is forcing the island nation to arm once again.

Grocery Prices Reflect Rising Cost Of Living In UK

Episode 2: The High Cost of Eating Is Crushing Europe

By Molly Smith and Stephanie Flanders

Inflation rates may be slowing, but food markets across the continent tell a different story. On this episode of Stephanomics, we ask why.

New Jersey Hot Spot Bergen County Sees Major Virus Rate Slowdown

Episode 1: Why the Next Victim of the Banking Crisis Is Small Business

By Stephanie Flanders and Molly Smith

On the first episode of this season’s Stephanomics podcast, we see how the turmoil is straining those who rely on midsize banks for capital.

Season 8

Episode 19: America’s Coming Demographic Crisis Is Bad News for Employers

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

A tight labor market that’s getting tighter and falling birth rates spell trouble for the world’s largest economy.

Opening Day of The World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023

Episode 18: ‘Wake Up!’ Global Elites Confront a World Full of Risks at Davos

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

War, inflation and living wages are hot topics at this year’s World Economic Forum

Argentina Annual Inflation Spikes To 88%, Topping G-20 Countries

Episode 17: The Global War on Inflation Is Far From Over

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

In Turkey and Argentina, prices are running wild. And China could be a wild card for the whole world.

Episode 16: The Consequences of the US-China Blame Game Have Arrived

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

If it feels like the relationship between the two countries is a tinderbox waiting to explode, chalk some of it up to political expedience.

A resident walks next to a destroyed building in the city of Lyman, in eastern Ukraine on Dec. 23.

Episode 15: The Stephanomics Guide to the Global Economy in 2023

By Michael Sasso and Stephanie Flanders

A push for peace in Ukraine, a recovering China and good news for US consumers may be in the cards.

Hong Kong Marks 24th Anniversary of City's Return To Chinese Rule

Episode 14: The Era of Geoeconomics Has Arrived

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

As China and the West square up for a new Cold War, diplomacy, geopolitics and economics have merged into one complex battlefield.

General Economy in Hong Kong Ahead of Policy Address

Episode 13: The World Wants the Fed to Stop Raising Rates

By Michael Sasso and Stephanie Flanders

The central bank may have finally gained the upper hand in its war on inflation, a potential relief not only for US investors but real estate agents in Hong Kong.

First Tuna Auction Of The Year At Toyosu Market

Episode 12: Japan Is Caught Between the US, China and the War on Inflation

By Michael Sasso and Stephanie Flanders

Trying to keep Washington and Beijing happy is making life more difficult for a government dealing with the novelty of fast-rising prices.

Paris City Lighting as Energy Inflation Bites

Episode 11: Europe Just Might Dodge a Winter of Discontent

By Michael Sasso and Stephanie Flanders

Plentiful gas has taken the edge off of Vladimir Putin’s efforts to chill the continent. But some say conservation efforts have gone too far.

Episode 10: How ‘Swiftonomics’ May Finally Break Ticketmaster’s Spell

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

Covid-revenge spending, political opportunism and Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour are combining to potentially change US antitrust law.

Episode 9: Long Is the Way Out of the Global Inflation Fight, and Hard

By Michael Sasso and Stephanie Flanders

Easing up on interest rates now may only embed high prices in people’s assumptions.

General Economy In Shanghai As President Xi Jinping Gives Little Reassurance China's Economic Risks to Ease

Episode 8: Confusion Reigns for Foreign Companies Operating in China

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

Investors were floored when Beijing started cracking down on homegrown tech giants. They shouldn’t have been.

Episode 7: The Global Pillars of Prosperity are Getting Increasingly Shaky

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

The world’s economic and political leaders have been spoiled for decades by low inflation, minimal borrowing costs and huge Chinese growth.

Episode 6: The World Is Having Too Few Babies, and Too Many

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

Varying birth rates on opposite sides of the globe will have different economic consequences, and they’re both probably bad.

Episode 5: Why Brazil’s Lula May Tack Toward the Center

By Michael Sasso and Stephanie Flanders

International investors see the new president as someone who “will make distortions, but he’s not the guy that will blow everything.”

President Biden Visits General Motors' Factory Zero Electric Vehicle Factory

Episode 4: Biden’s Pro-Labor Presidency Still Isn’t Good Enough for Unions

By Michael Sasso and Stephanie Flanders

Even with its most supportive administration in decades, organized labor is still drifting away from the Democratic Party.

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Episode 3: In China, Five More Years of Xi Means Security Above All Else

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

The world’s most populous nation has lost some of the zeal for growth, experimentation and collaboration that defined it two decades ago.

Episode 2: Bad Policies Are Greasing the Wheels for a Global Recession

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

If inflation, the dollar and Putin don’t send the world into a downturn, disastrous decisions by politicians just might.

Episode 1: UK Tax Fiasco Shows the Guardrails Have Fallen Away

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

Unforced errors by Prime Minister Liz Truss shake confidence in Britain’s leadership just as the public faces soaring energy and mortgage costs.

Season 7

Residential Real Estate As Property Values Fall Across US

Episode 17: The Housing Slowdown Could Become a Global Meltdown

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

Frothy prices in New Zealand, empty buildings in New York and a mortgage revolt in China have the capacity to make things much worse.

Shipping Activities at Yokohama Port Ahead of Trading Figures

Episode 16: Covid Supply Chain Chaos Is Just a Dress Rehearsal for What’s Next

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

Shipping systems developed before the virus struck weren’t battle-tested for pandemics, wars and extreme weather.

Views of Shanghai As Weekend Covid Testing Blitz Shows Cases Contained

Episode 15: Beijing Wants Young Chinese Workers to Love Capitalism Again

By Michael Sasso and Stephanie Flanders

Their new distaste for private-sector jobs has caught the attention of the ruling Chinese Communist Party.

Vehicles Outside Stellantis NV Factory As Automaker Suspends Export To Russia

Episode 14: Why Italy’s Workforce Crisis Is Likely to Get Worse

By Michael Sasso and Stephanie Flanders

The global appeal of Italy’s fashion, food and sports cars is unchallenged. But at home, Italians themselves have to be sold on the economy.

Supreme Court's Roe Decision Disapproved By Majority In Poll

Episode 13: Abortion Ruling Is Part of a Global Reversal of Women’s Rights

By Michael Sasso and Stephanie Flanders

It’s not just America. Backsliding on gender equality and protections is seen by experts as increasingly common across many countries.

Episode 12: How Sri Lanka’s Financial Crisis Could Become the World’s

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

The calamity gripping the island nation’s 23 million people threatens to sweep up hundreds of millions more across five other countries.

Street Market Ahead Of Consumer Inflation Figures

Episode 11: Why Inflation’s Fallout Is Becoming Increasingly Global

By Michael Sasso and Stephanie Flanders

The US rate is at a 40-year high, the UK is effectively in recession and demand for Chinese goods is slowing. And it may get worse.

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Episode 10: Silencing the ‘Noise’ Behind Bad Corporate Decision Making

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

Renowned psychologist Daniel Kahneman suggests controlling variabilities in how choices are made is key to ensuring the best outcomes.

President Lopez Obrador Holds Press Briefing

Episode 9: Why This Coming American Summit May Blow Up for Biden

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

Mexico and other Latin American nations threatened to boycott a key regional conference, absences that may hinder progress on immigration and other issues.

Fracking Boom Turns Texas Into The earthquake Capital Of The U.S.

Episode 8: How the Home of America’s Worst Inflation Got That Way

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

Residents of this Texas town have lived with inflation at 10% or higher for six months. The forces driving up prices there may take months or even years to unwind.

U.K. Chancellor Of The Exchequer Rishi Sunak Presents Spring Statement

Episode 7: Sunak’s Path Back From High Inflation and a Tax Scandal

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer is touting his government’s efforts to alleviate the pain. But it may be too little, too late.

Episode 6: Will Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Revive the Sins of His Father?

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

The old saying about the sins of the father being visited upon his children got a shocking rebuttal this week in the Philippines.

Operations At The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System

Episode 5: Higher Inflation, Rates Will Stick Around as Economies Go Green

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

That’s hardly a selling point for pushing climate-friendly policies, but the financial consequences will get worse the longer we wait.

Hunger And Blackouts Are Just Start Of An Emerging Economy Crisis

Episode 4: The Looming Debt Crisis About to Make Everything Worse

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

It’s hard to imagine a more chaotic world than the one we’re in right now. But it’s coming.

Bitcoin Launch Sparks Wave Of Crypto Speculation In El Salvador

Episode 3: Central Banks Wrestle With the Crypto Conundrum

By Michael Sasso and Stephanie Flanders

They remain circumspect about whether and how to create their own digital currencies.

Summers ‘Concerned’ Over Lack of Regular U.S. Talks With China

Episode 2: Summers Argues a U.S. Recession Is More Likely Than a Soft Landing

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

The former Treasury secretary contends the Fed made a lot of mistakes in 2021, but is now getting better.

Views of the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals In Hong Kong Ahead Of Trade Figures

Episode 1: What’s the Biggest Economic Peril? Depends on Where You Live

By Stephanie Flanders and Lucy Meakin

China, Europe and the U.S. are each focused on different crises, even if Russia’s war against Ukraine is on everyone’s mind.

Season 6

Thrifting Sees Silver Lining In Supply Chain Crunch

Episode 17: Are Price-Gouging Consumer Giants to Blame for High Inflation?

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

Companies blame labor shortages and rising demand, but some aren’t buying it.

Annual Meetings Of The IMF And World Bank

Episode 16: Finance Minister Le Maire Explains the French Economic Comeback

By Michael Sasso and Stephanie Flanders

President Emmanuel Macron’s reelection chances this spring may be pinned to the nation’s humming economy.

Views of the Yangshan Container Port Ahead of Trade Figures

Episode 15: Economies Have Adapted to a World Where Covid Calls the Shots

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

Despite the global supply chain crisis, some countries are even flourishing.

Holiday Shoppers Ahead Of Christmas Holiday

Episode 14: The Stephanomics Global Preview for 2022

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

Good news for Macron, not so much for Boris. As for Biden, the persistence of inflation may govern his fate.

Episode 13: Larry Summers Predicts the Future, and It Doesn’t Look Good

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

The holiday season is pretty grim for a whole host of economic reasons. The new year may be worse.

Episode 12: Chinese Workers Are Saying Enough Is Enough, and Xi Is Not Amused

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

The “lie flat” movement is challenging the nation’s reputation as an industrial dynamo.

Bain, CD&R Start Cashing Out Weeks After Buyouts in Junk Frenzy

Episode 11: How Global Catastrophe Has Only Made Billionaires Richer

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

Covid-19 has killed millions, crushed economies and made the richest trillions of dollars richer.

Treasury Secretary Yellen And Fed Chair Powell Testify Before House Financial Committee On Pandemic Response

Episode 10: Inflation Poses a Growing Credibility Risk for Central Banks

By Michael Sasso and Stephanie Flanders

While rising prices may no longer be considered transitory, public trust in these institutions soon may be.

President Biden Outlines His Administration's Climate Plan

Episode 9: John Kerry Explains Why the Glasgow Climate Deal Matters

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

Countries representing most of the world’s GDP agreed to cut methane emissions by 30% this decade. If that happens, it’s a big deal.

India Is Suffering One of Its Worst Droughts in Decades

Episode 8: Global Warming Is Destroying Crops. Can It Be Stopped In Time?

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

By 2050, farmers may not be able to meet demand. New technologies could be the only thing standing between humanity and widespread hunger.

Episode 7: More Nations Bend to the Economic Cost of Covid Zero-Tolerance

By Michael Sasso and Stephanie Flanders

One by one, countries that sought to stamp out its spread have chosen to try and live with the coronavirus.

Home Heating Oil Deliveries As Market Surges

Episode 6: What’s Really Causing the Labor Shortage

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

Across the globe, it’s still a partial mystery in some places. In others, not so much.

Democrats Negotiate Plans Carrying White House Economic Agenda

Episode 5: Should Central Banks Be Responsible for Saving the World?

By Michael Sasso and Stephanie Flanders

In a time of crisis, three top economists discuss the institutions’ role when it comes to climate, income inequality and everything else.

China Evergrande Group Development in Nanjing

Episode 4: How China and Evergrande Are Trying to Avoid Disaster

By Tom Orlik and Michael Sasso

More than a decade after the U.S. subprime crisis sparked the Great Recession, the real estate sector triggers a new calamity.

Shoppers As Consumer Prices In U.S. Top Forecast

Episode 3: The Next Recession Could Come Courtesy of the Fed

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

A chaotic pandemic economy is putting central bankers in a precarious spot.

U.K. Driven to New Lockdown by Surge in Virus

Episode 2: How Europe’s Pandemic Labor Policies Have Bested the U.S.

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

Worker-friendly traditions are paying dividends for euro-area economies. America’s pro-company orientation hasn’t had a similar effect.

Cargo Ships Anchor Off California's Coast With Nowhere To Unload

Episode 1: Why Global Supply Chains Have Become So Snarled

By Stephanie Flanders and Michael Sasso

There are more than a few reasons, but they all add up to trouble through 2022.

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