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108 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 210 ratingsMeet at the intersection of Washington and Wall Street with the most influential minds on the economy. Ben White and the POLITICO team will help you understand the economic and financial policies that move markets in the U.S. and around the world.
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The edge of legalization, Part Two: Ripe for corruption
May 08, 2021 11:00 - 12 minutes - 11 MBBy making local officials the gatekeepers for million-dollar businesses, states have unintentionally created a breeding ground for bribery and favoritism. POLITICO's Mona Zhang reports. This episode is the second in a two-part series on the unintended consequences of marijuana legalization laws. (This episode of "POLITICO Dispatch" aired May 4, 2021.) Mona Zhang is POLITICO's states cannabis policy reporter. Jeremy Siegel is a host for POLITICO Dispatch. Irene Noguchi is the executive prod...
The edge of legalization, Part One: Border Weed
May 06, 2021 17:09 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBWelcome to Ontario, Oregon, home of the tater tot — and now, a massive marijuana market for customers crossing the Idaho border. POLITICO's Natalie Fertig explains how the tiny town border town of 11,000 people became one of America's cannabis capitals — and what it means for other towns as weed legalization spreads. This episode is the first in a two-part series on the unintended consequences of marijuana legalization laws. (This episode of "POLITICO Dispatch" aired May 3, 2021.) Natalie Fe...
Bonus: The Senators at the center of the 50-50 split
April 23, 2021 17:17 - 27 minutes - 22.2 MB“If we miss this opportunity, God help us.” Joe Manchin and Lisa Murkowski. Two moderate senators smack in the middle — and on either side — of a split 50-50 Senate. On our first episode of Playbook Deep Dive, the two friends open up in a rare interview with POLITICO’s Burgess Everett. They get personal: about reconciliation, frustration over the Senate’s hurdles — even why Murkowski hogs the best fishing holes. And Manchin reveals a major endorsement, heard first on this show. Subscribe to ...
Sponsored Content: How Covid-19 accelerated the future of work
February 09, 2021 23:30 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBPresenting a sponsored episode of “Global Translations”: Over the past year, businesses, employees and families across the globe were forced to rethink what it means to “go to work.” Now, with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout underway, many corporate leaders are focused on ensuring the return to work is equitable for all employees.
Presenting "Nerdcast": The page who took down the GOP
January 31, 2021 22:54 - 29 minutes - 23.7 MBPresenting a special episode of POLITICO's "Nerdcast": In 2006, a young man holding no political office brought down a 180+ years program and reshaped Congress forever. Scott Bland talks to POLITICO magazine reporter Zack Stanton, a former House page who leaked transcripts of sexual messages that former Congressman Mark Foley sent to teen pages... which resulted in his resignation and torpedoed the Republican hold on power for years. Scott Bland is a politics editor at POLITICO. Zack Stanto...
"I haven't been able to get this moment out of my head"
January 23, 2021 20:55 - 26 minutes - 21.2 MBPOLITICO Money brings you a special episode of POLITICO's Nerdcast as we change administrations and look back on the past four years: "It became clear that Scott Pruitt had sought to purchase a used mattress from the Trump hotel. And I thought, 'This is not what I expected this job would look like.'" At the close of Donald Trump's presidency, POLITICO's reporters and editors share their strongest memories of the last four years. Shocking moments they witnessed, conversations they overheard, ...
Cures for an Ailing Labor Market
January 07, 2021 21:42 - 27 minutes - 22.2 MB"POLITICO Money" presents Episode 9 of the new season of POLITICO's podcast "Global Translations": The pandemic sent shockwaves through a global labor market already upended by digitization and the green energy transition. It left tens of millions jobless and amplified skills gaps. Even as we spent trillions keeping the economy on life support, investment in the skills of the future has been scarce. So how do we get the right skills to the right people, to get the economy motoring again? Ho...
Sponsored Content: Greening the Global Economy
December 21, 2020 23:04 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MB"POLITICO Money" presents Episode 8 of the new season of POLITICO's podcast "Global Translations": [Sponsored Content] As the world looks to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to net zero by 2050, the financial sector is playing a critical role in facilitating this low-carbon transition through the deployment of innovative financing solutions and by rethinking how climate risk is analyzed and managed.
Digging for Solutions: Securing Minerals for Green Energy
December 16, 2020 00:51 - 34 minutes - 27.6 MB"POLITICO Money" presents Episode 7 of the new season of POLITICO's podcast "Global Translations": What will it take to secure access to the critical minerals we need for the future — and can we solve one environmental challenge without creating a new one? Hosts Luiza Savage and Ryan Heath talk to political leaders around the world about what they are doing to shore up access to critical minerals. Luiza Savage is the host of "Global Translations". Ryan Heath is a host of "Global Translation...
Why green energy means mining: the case of cobalt
December 07, 2020 23:51 - 28 minutes - 22.7 MB"POLITICO Money" presents Episode 6 of the new season of POLITICO's podcast "Global Translations": To understand how essential critical minerals are to our world, we turn to a case study: cobalt. This mineral is proving key to the future of green energy, defense and high tech manufacturing — not to mention electric vehicles. But cobalt has its challenges. Hosts Luiza Savage and Ryan Heath look at China’s dominant role in global cobalt mining and the serious problems that can arise if other c...
Global Translations, Ep. 5: Critical Minerals: The next dirty fight over clean energy
November 23, 2020 19:07 - 24 minutes - 19.6 MB"POLITICO Money" presents Episode 5 of the new season of POLITICO's podcast "Global Translations": The technologies that protect us, move us and power our daily lives require mining minerals and metalsin distant places. But access to these essential materials is increasingly under threat. Hosts Luiza Savage and Ryan Heath talk with experts who are sounding the alarm. Luiza Savage is the host of "Global Translations". Ryan Heath is a host of "Global Translations". Annie Rees is a producer ...
Global Translations, Ep. 3: How can the US compete with China, Inc.?
November 10, 2020 19:04 - 35 minutes - 28.5 MB"POLITICO Money" presents Episode 3 of the new season of POLITICO's podcast "Global Translations": The pandemic and the rise of China are prompting Republicans and Democrats to turn to government power to grow industries important to America’s security and place in the world. “Industrial policy” is an idea long reviled among Washington policymakers. Hosts Luiza Savage and Ryan Heath talk to the people trying to make industrial policy cool again. Luiza Savage is the host of "Global Translat...
Global Translations, Ep. 3:
November 10, 2020 19:04 - 35 minutes - 28.5 MB"POLITICO Money" presents Episode 3 of the new season of POLITICO's podcast "Global Translations": The pandemic and the rise of China are prompting Republicans and Democrats to turn to government power to grow industries important to America’s security and place in the world. “Industrial policy” is an idea long reviled among Washington policymakers. Hosts Luiza Savage and Ryan Heath talk to the people trying to make industrial policy cool again. Luiza Savage is the host of "Global...
Global Translations, Ep. 2: Can we make enough vaccine?
November 02, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 33 MB"POLITICO Money" presents a special second episode of the new season of POLITICO's podcast "Global Translations": Once there is a working Covid vaccine, manufacturers across the globe will need to scale up production to produce billions of doses — meaning billions of pharmaceutical-grade glass vials, rubber stoppers, packaging and storage and refrigeration. In a special airing of POLITICO's Global Translations podcast, hosts Luiza Savage and Ryan Heath look at the challenges of making enough...
Introducing... Global Translations: The world's tug-of-war
October 28, 2020 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MB"POLITICO Money" brings you a special episode of POLITICO's new podcast series "Global Translations." From closed factories to closed borders, the Covid-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of our systems, creating a period of scarcity where demand skyrocketed — from freezers to PPE — and we couldn't supply items fast enough. In this episode of "Global Translations", POLITICO hosts Luiza Savage and Ryan Heath take a deep dive with experts into global supply chains and what "decoupling" and "res...
Introducing... Global Translations: The world's vaccine tug-of-war
October 28, 2020 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MB"POLITICO Money" brings you a special episode of POLITICO's new podcast series "Global Translations." From closed factories to closed borders, the Covid-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of our systems, creating a period of scarcity where demand skyrocketed — from freezers to PPE — and we couldn't supply items fast enough. In this episode of "Global Translations", POLITICO hosts Luiza Savage and Ryan Heath take a deep dive with experts into global supply chains and what "decoupling...
Introducing... Global Translations: The supply chain tug-of-war
October 28, 2020 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MB"POLITICO Money" brings you a special episode of POLITICO's new podcast series "Global Translations." From closed factories to closed borders, the Covid-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of our systems, creating a period of scarcity where demand skyrocketed — from freezers to PPE — and we couldn't supply items fast enough. In this episode of "Global Translations", POLITICO hosts Luiza Savage and Ryan Heath take a deep dive with experts into global supply chains and what "decoupling...
How Trump might approach the economy if he wins reelection
August 27, 2020 22:11 - 48 minutes - 38.8 MBHost Ben White talks with Larry Kudlow, the Director of the United States National Economic Council, Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), and Beth Akers, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, about how the Trump administration would approach economic and labor policies if he wins reelection. Ben White is the chief economic correspondent for POLITICO. Larry Kudlow is the director of the United States National Economic Council. Congressman Patrick McHenry is a Republican serving North C...
How Biden might approach the economy if he wins
August 21, 2020 20:51 - 37 minutes - 30.2 MBHost Ben White talks with Congressman Don Beyer (D-Va.), Jared Bernstein, the former chief economic advisor to Joe Biden, and Heidi Shierholz, the former chief Department of Labor economist under the Obama administration, about how a potential Biden administration would approach economic and labor policies if Biden wins the 2020 presidential election. Ben White is the chief economic correspondent for POLITICO. Rep. Don Beyer is a Democrat serving Virginia's 8th district Jared Bernstein i...
Clocking in for a Comeback
August 04, 2020 22:49 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBHost Ben White talks with LinkedIn chief economist Karin Kimbrough about how coronavirus is changing the state of employment, and how workers are concerned about factors like health and safety in this new landscape. Ben White is the chief economic correspondent for POLITICO. Kara Tabor produced this episode. Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio. Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
Senator Tim Scott on civil unrest and the hurting economy
June 02, 2020 18:14 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBHost Ben White talks to Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) about President Trump's handling of national protests surrounding George Floyd's death and what might be in the Senate's next coronavirus response package. Ben White is the chief economic correspondent for POLITICO. Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio. Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
Rep. Andy Kim on public health vs. a healthy economy
May 19, 2020 18:06 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBHost Ben White talks to Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) to discuss the work of the House Select Committee dealing with coronavirus relief and whether he thinks the fiscal response, so far, has been sufficient. Ben White is the chief economic correspondent for POLITICO. Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio. Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
Sen. Ben Cardin on where the stimulus money is really going
May 06, 2020 17:23 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBHost Ben White talks to Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), the ranking Democrat on the Small Business Committee, to ask about the struggling Paycheck Protection Program, the timeline on the next round of stimulus funding and the return of Senators to the Capitol, despite concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. Ben White is the chief economic correspondent for POLITICO. Nirmal Mulaikal is an intern for POLITICO audio. Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio. Jenny Ament is the senior produ...
Nasdaq's CEO on capitalism amid coronavirus
April 28, 2020 21:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBHost Ben White talks to Adena Friedman, Nasdaq CEO and president. Friedman was the first woman CEO to lead a global stock exchange and has become known for modernizing Nasdaq. Over Zoom, they discussed volatile markets, the Fed injecting billions into the economy and how quickly the private sector can bounce back from this crisis. Ben White is the chief economic correspondent for POLITICO. Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO Audio. Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio. Ire...
Ben White’s mom explains negative interest rates
December 13, 2019 10:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBToday's episode is a doozy: negative interest rates. Do you understand them? Don't lie. (But good for you if you do.) Why would savers pay interest to park their money in bonds...and what impact does this have on the economy? On the last episode of this miniseries, Ben White calls his mom, Ann White, and puts her to the test.
Ben White’s mom explains Trump’s trade war
December 12, 2019 10:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBDo you understand Trump’s trade war? On this episode, Ben White calls his mom, Ann White, and puts her to the test on the president’s positioning – around markets, farmer bailouts and China talks.
Ben White’s mom explains the wealth tax
December 11, 2019 10:00 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBThe concept of a wealth tax has been a major point of discussion in the democratic presidential campaigns. But if someone asked you to explain how a wealth tax would be implemented ... could you? On this episode, Ben White calls his mom, Ann White, and puts her to the test.
Baby Bust: The millennial presidential candidate
November 16, 2019 10:00 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MB“You have a different sense of urgency around these issues if you’re expecting in your lifetime to be dealing with them personally,” Buttigieg said on the podcast. “So by 2054, when I get to the current age of the current president, the shape of the world then, both environmentally, economically and beyond, that’s not a theoretical question; it’s a personal one that I have to prepare for just as a human being.”
Baby Bust: That time boomers tried to do a Grand Bargain for the future and it all went bust.
November 09, 2019 10:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBPresident Barack Obama — technically a late-era boomer but more Gen X by personal temperament — attempted to strike a “grand bargain” with tea party-led Republicans and then-House Speaker John Boehner to address long-term entitlement sustainability and spending issues along with significant tax hikes. POLITICO's editor Carrie Budoff Brown expains how and why it all fell apart.
Baby Bust: Don't blame the boomers for everything (just most things)
November 02, 2019 09:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBOn this episode of Baby Bust, Ben White talks to an authority on generational trends: Neil Howe. Howe is a historian, economist, and demographer. He's written over a dozen books, and he and co-author William Strauss coined the term "millennial generation" in the late 80's. Howe is part of the baby boomer generation, and makes an argument for boomer's positive contributions. Plus, Ben calls his friend and fellow X-er Amy Walter for some self reflection on Gen-X. Walter is a political analyst, ...
Baby Bust: How the boomers broke America
October 26, 2019 09:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBOn this episode of Baby Bust, Ben White talks to Bruce Gibney, the author of ‘A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America’ about the large economic problems future generations will face, and possible solutions. Plus, why Gibney thinks sociopath is the right word to describe the boomer’s generation, and what he thinks made them that way.
Saving Lives with Data
September 27, 2019 12:30 - 6 minutes - 5.52 MBOn today’s dispatch with POLITICO senior editor Ryan Heath, we take you on a walk through the United Nations, talking to people from all over the globe about healthcare solutions. Plus, an interview on how tech could help a global health crisis with Rajiv Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation.
Pods of pollution at the UN
September 26, 2019 12:30 - 9 minutes - 8.43 MBOn today’s dispatch POLITICO senior editor Ryan Heath visits Pollution Pods, six geodesic domes that simulate pollution in cities around the world, with their creator Michael Pinsky. Plus, Antha Williams, who leads the environment program at Bloomberg Philanthropies, explains why regional governments can have a big impact on reducing pollution— even without help from Washington.
Making global great again
September 25, 2019 12:30 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBOn today’s dispatch with POLITICO senior editor Ryan Heath, we meet two people trying to translate the UN's goals: Arancha Gonzalez, a Spanish economist and currently the Executive Director of the International Trade Centre, the joint agency of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Trade Organization. Plus, Richard Curtis, the director of films like 'Love, Actually' and 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' who now makes films that work to make people connect emotionall...
UN special series: Leader Watch
September 24, 2019 12:30 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBOn today’s dispatch with POLITICO reporter Ryan Heath, we meet two national leaders: Colombia’s President Ivan Duque Marquez and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
The World According to Robert Lighthizer
June 27, 2019 09:00 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBCompanies and foreign governments are scrambling to adjust to a world in which tariffs could escalate and the very foundations of world trading rules are in doubt. And there is fear they'll be forced to take sides between the reigning global superpower and its rising rival. Ben White joins Luiza Savage to unpack the madness of the Trump Administration's trade policy and its trade fight with China. This is an episode of the latest POLITICO podcast, Global Translations. Check it out at www.pol...
Life on Planet Milken
May 01, 2019 23:58 - 5 minutes - 8.04 MBThe billionaires and celebrities who gathered at the Beverly Hilton this week occupy a world of tremendous power, massive stress, and acute status consciousness. It’s the sort of place where GOP message maven Frank Luntz gets asked for autographs, and where people take a break by cuddling up with some puppies.
What keeps Milken up at night?
April 30, 2019 23:34 - 6 minutes - 8.48 MBIn the latest POLITICO Money podcast from Milken, we asked attendees what keeps them up at night. Several, including Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), a presidential candidate, said it’s cyber attacks. Others cited the environment and health care and an economic shock from outside the U.S.. And one cited the fact that he’s booked for three parties at the same time Tuesday night in L.A.. #FirstWorldProblems
Global elites just ignore Trump’s Twitter rants
April 30, 2019 02:21 - 5 minutes - 7.7 MBThousands of financial and political leaders at the Milken Institute Global Conference like “Tax Cut Trump” and “Deregulation Trump,” even if they’ve pretty much learned to ignore “Twitter Tirade Trump.” We caught up with dozens of Milken attendees to ask how they keep up with the President’s social media presence. As Ben White puts it, at Milken, it’s like Twitter Trump doesn’t even really exist.
'Masters of the Universe' eye 2020
April 29, 2019 02:38 - 6 minutes - 8.28 MBGreetings from Los Angeles, where the sun finally broke through this afternoon and where we're bringing you a special podcast from the annual Milken Institute Global Conference, a gathering of more than 4,000 of some of the splashiest names in politics, finance, entertainment and sports. POLITICO Money will offer quick hits from the conference through Wednesday.
Coming soon: Baby Bust
March 14, 2019 09:00 - 2 minutes - 2.4 MBThis is the year that Millennials will outnumber Baby Boomers in America. With a new generation ascendant and an old one firmly gripping to power, what will happen to fundamental tenets of the American safety net? Will entitlements like Social Security and Medicare still be there for generations that come after the Boomers? Will Millennials experience retirement as we know it today? Ben White, an unrepentant Gen-X’er, has some pointed questions for Boomers about the economic legacy they’re l...
Economic expansions don’t just die. They get murdered.
January 16, 2019 09:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBWhen is the next recession coming? Economist Betsey Stevenson, who served on The Council of Economic Advisers under President Barak Obama and who is now a professor at the University of Michigan, joins POLITICO's Ben White to talk about what indicators she's watching to predict when the next recession might hit.
Discouraged workers aren't so discouraged anymore
January 09, 2019 09:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBDiscouraged American workers are showing signs of returning to the labor market, a signal that the Federal Reserve could hold off on interest rate hikes this year and that President Donald Trump may have something more to boast about as he heads toward his re-election campaign. Jared Bernstein, senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and former chief economist to Vice President Joe Biden, breaks it all down with POLITICO's Ben White.
The trade war is already over
January 02, 2019 18:35 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBThe Chinese and U.S. economies are likely to slow in 2019, giving President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping no choice but to declare a truce in their ferocious trade battle, according to a top Wall Street strategist.
Want to run an agency? It helps to know Mitch McConnell
December 19, 2018 09:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBPresident Trump's nominee to run the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has a thin resume. He's also Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's brother-in-law. Ben White discusses the story with Ian Kullgren, a reporter on POLITICO’s employment and immigration team.
The strange case of Donald Trump vs. Jay Powell
December 12, 2018 09:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBPresident Trump wants a booming economy, but he also wants low interest rates. Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell may keep interest rates more or less where they are, but would likely only do that if the economy cools off. POLITICO Pro financial services reporter Victoria Guida (@vtg2) joins Ben White to explain the contours of the Trump-Powell relationship -- and shed some light on whether traders are misunderstanding Powell when he talks about the economy. Reporting referenced in this ep...
Why the Canadians still call it NAFTA
December 05, 2018 09:00 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBPOLITICO's Ben White caught up with Canada's Minister of Finance, Bill Morneau, at the Canadian Consulate in New York. They discuss the "New NAFTA", or USMCA, and what's at stake for Canada and the U.S.
The $100 billion question: A conversation with Sen. Tim Scott
November 28, 2018 10:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBWill tax incentives help unlock billions of dollars in investment in poor areas? Free-market Republicans have generally stayed away from the debate about potential government solutions. But Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has championed an effort to narrow an economic divide. Plus, why Scott thinks better connectivity will lead to more people packing up and moving to rural America. This interview was produced as part of POLITICO's Agenda series "Access to Opportunity,” which asks why some Americans ...
Larry Kudlow on life as a free trader in an America First White House
November 20, 2018 09:02 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBPOLITICO's Ben White talks with Larry Kudlow, the director of the National Economic Counsel, about the future of infrastructure, trade, and what the midterm results mean for Republicans.
How the China trade war could get really bad, really fast
November 14, 2018 09:01 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBPOLITICO trade reporter Doug Palmer joins Ben White to discuss the approximately $250 billion worth of tariffs imposed on Chinese goods, and why we might not feel them... yet.