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US Editor John Prideaux retraces Alexis de Tocqueville's 1831 journey to assess the enduring vitality of American democracy today.
2 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
Trailer: Money Talks
The Economist's Mike Bird, Alice Fulwood, and Ethan Wu interview global finance leaders for unmatched insight into market-moving stories.
27 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT
Trailer: Boss Class Season 3
Andrew Palmer, The Economist's management columnist, interviews industry experts on mastering management in the age of AI, transforming anxiety into opportunity.
12 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT
Vorsprung durch Technik: can Germany reinvent its economy?
Christian Odendahl, Monika Schnitzer, and Philippa Sigl-Glöckner discuss with Ethan Wu and Mike Bird Germany's struggling economy and potential paths to revitalization, exploring new leadership and innovative strategies in this interview.
1 May 2025TRANSCRIPT
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
Andrew Palmer previews the second season of Boss Class, which features leaders from top companies and explores the skills needed for effective management in weekly episodes; this is a trailer.
3 Apr 2025TRANSCRIPT
Import-extort: what to make of Donald Trump’s titanic tariffs
Mike Bird and Ethan Wu discuss the impact of Donald Trump's tariffs with industry experts Simon Rabinovitch and Douglas Irwin
30 Jan 2025TRANSCRIPT
Trailer: Scam Inc
Economist correspondent Sue-Lin Wong investigates the vast, predatory scam industry, revealing its connections to human trafficking and money laundering.
31 May 2024TRANSCRIPT
Trailer: The Modi Raj
The Economist's Avantika Chilkoti interviews guests to explore how Prime Minister Narendra Modi balances economic growth with Hindu nationalism as India aims for superpower status.
18 Apr 2024TRANSCRIPT
Money Talks: Why weight-loss drugs will reshape the world
Host Alice Fulwood interviews Georgia Banjo, Michael Nedelcovych, and John Cawley about how weight-loss drugs will reshape the global economy.
21 Mar 2024TRANSCRIPT
Money Talks: Why Amazon should be afraid of Temu
Alice Fulwood and Mike Bird interview e-commerce analyst Michael Morton about Temu's disruptive potential against Amazon, exploring its factory-direct pricing strategy.
29 Feb 2024TRANSCRIPT
Money Talks: Is the West losing its sanctions war?
Mike Bird, Alice Fulwood, and Tom Lee-Devlin interview Cerian Richmond Jones, Juan Zarate, and Nicholas Mulder about the effectiveness of Western sanctions against Russia's resilient economy.
18 Jan 2024TRANSCRIPT
Money Talks: Europe’s luxury crown
Tom Lee-Devlin, Alice Fulwood, and Mike Bird interview Thomai Serdari and Ermenegildo Zegna about Europe's dominance in the luxury market and its future.
21 Dec 2023TRANSCRIPT
Money Talks: There’s no business like it
Alice Fulwood, Tom Lee-Devlin, and Mike Bird interview Stevie Hertz, Leanna Rae Conception, Megan O'Keefe, Ken Willman, Oliver Roth, Kate Shindle, and Lee Seymour about Broadway's financial struggles and future.
23 Nov 2023TRANSCRIPT
Money Talks: Play it again, Sam Altman
In five days OpenAI’s boss was fired by its board; hired by Microsoft, the startup’s biggest investor; and returned to his post at OpenAI. Yet things cannot be as they were: the shuffle will have consequences for the darling of the artificial-intelligence community and for the industry as a whole.
Hosts: Tom Lee-Devlin, Alice Fulwood and Mike Bird. Guests: Benedict Evans, a technology analyst and former venture capitalist, and The Economist’s Arjun Ramani and Ludwig Siegele.
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9 Nov 2023TRANSCRIPT
Money Talks: Touring America’s industrial revival
President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act promised $370bn for green infrastructure and industry. It has spurred a surge in massive construction efforts such as battery plants and electric-vehicle factories. Our correspondent goes on a road trip, visiting small towns with big new projects under way and gauging the success of Mr Biden’s economic policy so far.
Hosts: Alice Fulwood, Tom Lee-Devlin and Henry Tricks
Runtime: 44 min
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26 Oct 2023
Money Talks: The future of crypto, part two
Last week, we spoke to the author Michael Lewis, who was embedded with Sam Bankman-Fried, as FTX, the crypto-trading empire he built, came crashing down amid allegations of fraud, which Mr Bankman-Fried denies. Mr Lewis credits Changpeng Zhao - the boss of Binance, a rival exchange - with bringing Mr Bankman-Fried to prominence. But CZ, as he’s known, may also have played a role in his downfall. This week, we speak to him about what the future holds for crypto.
Hosts: Alice Fulwood, Mike Bird and Tom Lee-Devlin. Guests: CZ.
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5 May 2015
Money Talks: Trailer
Take a seat at the table and learn about the biggest stories in financial markets, the economy and business. Each week our editors and correspondents explore how economics influences the world we live in and share their insights across a range of topics. From inflation and recession risk to all things crypto and even the commercial success of K-pop, we have you covered. Published every Thursday.
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Trailer: Tocqueville Road Trip
Published 16 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But Tocqueville caught a glimpse of what it could become. a new kind of society that would give the world a spectacle for which history had not prepared it. A land with no kings or queens, where citizens made the rules. And so he set off on a nine-month road trip to figure out how it worked. He spoke to Americans from all walks of life. He filled up 14 notebooks and dozens of letters with his observations. Then he returned to France and wrote a book called Democracy in America. For my money, it's still the single most insightful thing ever written about the United States. I'm John Priddo, the US editor for The Economist. […]
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