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FT Alphacast
206 episodes · by Financial Times
About FT Alphacast
FT Alphacast is a podcast with 206 episodes in the PodLexicon database, each accompanied by a full searchable transcript and AI-generated summary. Alphachat is the conversational podcast about business and economics produced by the Financial Times in New York. Each week, FT hosts and guests delve into a new theme, with more wonkiness, humour and irreverence than you'll find anywhere else Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. PodLexicon indexes every episode of FT Alphacast and turns each one into a searchable AI summary — find the episode that covers a topic, track how that topic evolved over time, or compare what different guests said about it.
Topics Covered on FT Alphacast
US-China Rivalry and Recession Risk Thucydides Trap Dynamics Central Bank Policy Limits Global Economic Bifurcation Hong Kong Political and Financial Risk Brexit as Systemic Shock Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Skepticism Hirschman and Economic Interdisciplinarity
Notable Guests on FT Alphacast
Recent Episodes
Angela Nagle on the online culture wars — June 28, 2019Nouriel Roubini on the US-China Thucydides Trap — June 21, 2019Jay Shambaugh on the tools to fight the next recession — June 14, 2019Joel Mokyr and the curse of Adam — June 07, 2019Will Davies on populism, data and experts — May 31, 2019Robert Kaplan on jobs, oil and credit — May 24, 2019Ajay Royan searches for the next growth frontier — May 17, 2019Banking culture since the crisis — May 10, 2019Kimberly Clausing makes the case for open economies — May 03, 2019Alphachat Live! Raghuram Rajan and Ashley Putnam on community — April 26, 2019The IMF's Tobias Adrian on stability — April 19, 2019Bonus: IMF's Vitor Gaspar on debt — April 18, 2019Odette Lienau on the most complicated debt restructuring in history — April 12, 2019Yanis Varoufakis: "Democracy is a very fragile flower" — April 05, 2019Brexit: Too late now to get the milk out of the tea — March 29, 2019Immigration: comparing this wave to the last — March 22, 2019Andrew Keen on the internet: misery is not the answer — March 15, 2019Waltraud Schelkle and Ashoka Mody: Is the eurozone fixable? — March 08, 2019What China wants: Brad Setser, and Freya Beamish — March 01, 2019Germany's China shock — February 22, 2019Peter Norton on the history of paying for big projects — February 15, 2019Climate change is not a business cycle — February 08, 2019Adam Tooze on Davos, econ 101 and the unexpected importance of China in the global economy — February 01, 2019The history of what we now call opportunity zones — January 25, 2019Olivier Blanchard on debt: “Relax. Don’t relax too much, but relax” — January 18, 2019Adam Posen on central banks, China and the enduring power of the dollar — January 11, 2019Robert Shiller: market narratives are 'like diseases' — January 08, 2019What exactly is 'slack'? — January 05, 2019Mariana Mazzucato on who creates value — December 21, 2018The math wizard who became a customer loyalty scheme guru — December 14, 2018Bill Janeway revisits the 'three-player game' — December 07, 2018David Autor on what we now know about trade — November 30, 2018Introducing Behind The Money — May 25, 2018Sir Paul Tucker on the legitimacy of the central bank — May 18, 2018Dan Drezner on the economics of ideas — May 11, 2018Jim Millstein on lessons from the financial crisis — May 04, 2018An encore chat with Geoffrey West — April 20, 2018Encore: Alice Rivlin on a career as an economic policymaker — April 13, 2018Benn Steil on The Marshall Plan — April 06, 2018ENCORE: Andrew Lo on adaptive markets — March 30, 2018The downside of the German economy — March 23, 2018Emi Nakamura on the methods and madness of inflation — March 16, 2018Stephanie Kelton on budget deficits and student debt — March 09, 2018Jonathan Knee on becoming the "accidental" investment banker — March 02, 2018ENCORE: 50 things that shaped the modern economy — February 23, 2018Understanding the North Korean economy — February 16, 2018Corporate tax and the trade balance — February 09, 2018Thomas Wieser on his career in economic policy — February 02, 2018ENCORE: The life of Alan Greenspan — January 26, 2018Michele Wucker explains the 'gray rhino' — January 19, 2018
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