The Big View

Today’s business leaders spent most of their careers in an era of relative stability. In this episode of The Big View, strategist Tina Fordham tells Peter Thal Larsen why geopolitical uncertainty is here to stay – and what unexpected shocks companies should be preparing for. Tina Fordham: “Mad World: A Geostrategy Survival Guide for Leaders” Liaquat Ahamed: “1873: The First Great Depression and the Making of the Modern World” The Big View: How the US election affects the rest of the world The Big View: The Gulf energy crisis and the US-China showdown The Big View: How the Strait of Hormuz changes economic warfare The Big View: The perks and penalties of waging economic war The Big View: Securing joined-up markets in a fractured world The Big View: How a French building giant tackled fragmentation Sign up to our free weekly newsletter 📲 Podcasts, breaking news, and video analysis from the source. Download the Reuters app here. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The private equity and credit firm elbowed aside big banks to amass $1 trln of assets. In this episode of The Big View, William D. Cohan, author of ‘Money to Burn’, and Peter Thal Larsen discuss how Apollo rose from the 1990s junk bond wreck and whether its new model will endure. William Cohan, “Money to Burn: The Unvarnished Truth About Leon Black, Apollo, and the Rise of a New Wall Street” The Big View: Private equity sets its sights on the little guy The Big View: The debit and credit of the private lending boom The Big View: Why private credit is shrinking as it booms 📲 Podcasts, breaking news, and video analysis from the source. Download the Reuters app here. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald Trump’s tariffs and Chinese rare earths have scrambled global commerce. Yet as Ed Conway describes in ‘Trade World’, rulers have wielded chokepoints for centuries, with mixed results. In this episode of The Big View, he tells Peter Thal Larsen that advantages rarely last. Ed Conway: “Trade World: The Ties that Bound Our Past and Could Unravel Our Future” Leonard Read: “I, Pencil” The Big View: How the Strait of Hormuz changes economic warfare The Big View: The power and peril of American economic warfare The Big View: Donald Trump’s biggest trade shock is yet to come 📲 Podcasts, breaking news, and video analysis from the source. Download the Reuters app here. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daron Acemoglu has spent years studying the origins of prosperity. Now he says the institutions, laws and freedoms that made the West rich are under threat. On this episode of The Big View, the Nobel laureate tells Peter Thal Larsen why any solution starts with the working class. Daron Acemoglu: What Happened to Liberal Democracy? Nobel Lecture Daron Acemoglu, David Autor and Simon Johnson: Building Pro-Worker Artificial Intelligence The Big View: Carl Benedikt Frey The Big View: Mariana Mazzucato The Big View: Branko Milanovic 📲 Podcasts, breaking news, and video analysis from the source. Download the Reuters app here. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The world’s second-largest economy experienced the largest credit boom and bust in recent history. On this episode of The Big View, Logan Wright of Rhodium Group explains why debt, deflation, slow growth and industrial overcapacity will be hard to shift in the People’s Republic. Logan Wright: “Broken China: How the Economic Miracle Shattered and What it Means for the World” Rhodium Group: China’s “New” Strategic Industries Will Not Produce 5% GDP Growth The Big View: Making sense of China’s big economic reboot Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices