How Nasdaq is Growing the World’s Digital Marketplace
Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
English - May 06, 2020 14:06 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 558 ratingsTechnology News Tech News intelligence automation economics economy future government robots science society technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Nasdaq has evolved from being the world’s first digital marketplace to a global technology company. CEO Adena Friedman joins Azeem Azhar to discuss how their digital operation has become the model for markets around the world, the surprising importance of regulation as a driver of innovation, and how Nasdaq prepared to keep functioning during the pandemic lockdown.
They also discuss:
The infrastructure that allows Nasdaq to reliably maintain data rates thousands of times faster than the internet and traffic volumes many times higher than Google searches.
How smart regulation played a vital role in the evolution of Nasdaq’s resilience.
Why the Nordic states exemplify a healthy balance between government and business.
Further reading:
“What’s the Future of Capitalism?” (TED Talk, 2019)
“Interview with Adena Friedman on COVID-19” (The Economic Club of Washington DC, 2020)
“Technology Companies and the New Recession” (Exponential View podcast, 2020)
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