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Trumponomics
Tariffs, crypto, deregulation, tax cuts, protectionism, are just some of the things back on the table when Donald Trump returns to the Presidency. To help you plan for Trump's singular approach to economics, Bloomberg presents Trumponomics, a weekly podcast focused on the Trump administration's economic policies and plans. Editorial head of government and economics Stephanie Flanders will be joined each week by reporters in Washington D.C. and Wall Street to examine how Trump's policies are…
Episodes
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This Nation Has the Secret to Trump's GDP Goal
Donald Trump's road to 3 percent growth might run through New Zealand. The faraway nation is the only developed economy that's been expanding at such a torrid…
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Why Labor Unions Don't Have the Clout They Used To
A major puzzle in the U.S. economy is why wage gains have been relatively subdued in the last couple of years, even as all signs point to a tight job market…
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Never Mind the Chewing Gum, Singapore is Global Trade Colossus
The world's easiest place to do business, the second-largest container port and the biggest center for commodities trading. There's a lot more to Singapore…
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Key to Mideast Peace May Lurk Within the Economy
Israel's economy is so innovative that it's forcing otherwise hostile Arab neighbors to look at ways they could also benefit -- and the result could eventually…
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How Surfers Ride the Wave to the Next Economic Boom
Here's an economic statistic you don't see very often: Top-flight surfing breaks can drive growth. Fresh from his 11-year-old daughter's surfing lesson just…
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Why GDP Is a Dumb Way to Measure Economic Output
G, a D and a P. Three letters, lots of trouble. Gross Domestic Product is the world's most common way to measure the value of all goods and services produced…
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Here's What Happens When a Chinese Firm Buys a Closed GM Plant
President Donald Trump spent plenty of time on the campaign trail accusing China of stealing American jobs by taking away factories and using unfair trade…
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Death and Despair in White America
We usually don't think about economics as a life-or-death subject. But for white Americans without a college degree, there's no other way to describe it. With…
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How a Red State City Fell in Love With Muslim Immigrants
Post-industrial Midwestern America helped propel Donald Trump to the nation's top job. You've heard that a hundred times. But did you hear about St Louis? A…
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Inflation Makes Duke Bootee Wonder How I Keep From Going Under
Who says economics has to be all about numbers? Take a trip back in time with the Benchmark crew to the early 1980s, when double-digit inflation was such a…
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The United States of Inertia
Americans like to think of themselves as great risk takers, rolling back frontiers and imbued since birth with a spirit of entrepreneurship. But what if the…
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Trump Can Party On With This Blueprint From Europe
Forget Vladimir Putin. If Donald Trump and the Republicans want to stay in power, they could do well to emulate the approach of Poland's Law and Justice Party…
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Fix Inequality Now? Be Careful What You Wish For
Widening inequality is a blight on the modern economy and will ultimately undermine growth. But wait. Let's not hurry to fix it because history shows it can…
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`Hamilton the Protectionist' Is a Show Trump Might Like
Donald Trump has had plenty to say about the smash hit musical "Hamilton": "Highly overrated," for one. But if we focus instead on Hamilton's economic policy…
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Surprise! Your Cash Is Now Worthless
The nation's leader takes a sudden action that only a handful of people know about beforehand. His populist base loves it, even if it could disrupt the…
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Trump Heartland Depends on -- And Loathes -- Globalization
Even in Deep Red America, the cosmopolitan world of Chardonnay and dual passport-holders is alive and well. Right alongside is a middle class enmeshed in that…
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Trump Says the Jobless Rate is Phony. Try These Stats Instead
"Make America Great Again," Donald Trump's campaign slogan, became the government's guiding policy when he was sworn in last week as the 45th U.S. president…
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The Swiss Steak Heist And How The Central Bank Made It Happen
Too often the study of economics and exchange rates can seem very arcane. What does it mean in real life? For one meat smuggler, the end of 15 years of car…
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70: Cafe Con Leche Can Track Hyperinflation in Venezuela
Everyone knows inflation is out of control in Venezuela. But the government long ago stopped publishing figures on a regular basis, leaving economists to dial…
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69: Thought 2016 Was Bad? Wait Until You See 2017
Brexit. A Trump win. 2016 was full of unexpected surprises that rocked the global economy in ways that even most experienced market observers couldn't have…
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68: Taking the Long (240-Year) View of U.S.-China Relations
Donald Trump has pledged to get tough with China on trade and currency, already tensing up relations with the world's second-largest economy. But it could be…
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67: The Fed Takes a Hike. What Should You Do?
America's central bank finally got around to raising interest rates for the first time in a year and signaled borrowing costs will keep rising from their…
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66: Planes, Trains and Automobiles
From a fatal highway bridge collapse in Minneapolis to LaGuardia Airport's "third-world" experience, America's failing infrastructure is no secret. To bring…
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65: Dear Donald, Some Advice on China. Sincerely, Jon Huntsman
President-elect Donald Trump is on the verge of igniting a trade war with China. He might want to first listen to Jon Huntsman's thoughts on why that's a bad…
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64: Make France Great Again
First came Brexit. Then Trump. Now the world's attention turns once again across the Atlantic to France, where a presidential election is coming up and…
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63: How to Get a Job After You Commit a Felony
Millions of Americans could help solve a looming labor shortage for certain U.S. industries. Problem is, they're felons. Are ex-cons who can't get jobs holding…
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62: What Have We Done?
In the wake of Donald Trump's surprise presidential victory, the Benchmark team has a few questions: Is trade with Mexico destined to end? Is our relationship…
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61: Thanksgiving Will Be Cheaper This Year and That's Not Good
Falling food prices may be good for your Thanksgiving tab this year, but they're doing a number on the U.S. economy. Food commodity prices have fallen over 20…
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59: O Trucker, Where Art Thou?
How tight is the U.S. labor market? So much that one trucking company is offering $5,000 signing bonuses to lure new drivers. Yet millions of Americans remain…
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58: Childcare Costs Are Too Damn High
If U.S. childcare costs are so expensive, why do people who walk your dog make more money than the workers who take care of your kids? Is there any way it…
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57: JD Vance and the Rise of the White Working Class
How did a diminishing slice of Western economies come to so dominate the political narrative? The roar of the white working class, mainly in onetime industrial…
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56: Actually, You Probably Can't Make It in New York
And you might want to cross San Francisco off the list, too. In the past 30 years, the most expensive metro areas in the U.S. have seen their housing prices…
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Benchmark Special: Here's What You Need to Know About the Fed
The world's most powerful central bank kept interest rates unchanged today, but the Federal Reserve also suggested an increase is imminent -- perhaps as soon…
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55: The App That Runs China's Economy
Can a nation's entire economy fit on one smartphone app? In China, that day is almost here. More than 700 million Chinese -- more than double the entire U.S…
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54: The Optimist's Guide to the Economy
More than a decade after the first Internet boom, U.S. productivity growth has stagnated and the economy has been unable to break out of 2 percent expansion…
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Benchmark Special: Five Questions From the August Jobs Report
Sometimes the monthly U.S. jobs report delivers a clear signal on the labor market and the economy. This is not one of those times. Fortunately, the Bloomberg…
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53: Why Are Weddings So Expensive? Blame Econ 101.
Happily ever after doesn't come cheap in the U.S. Couples looking to tie the knot pay an average of about $30,000 between things like caterers, flowers and…
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52: Ever Since Texting, It's Been Downhill for the U.S. Economy
When phone companies implored U.S. customers in 2003 to text more because they were lagging behind the rest of the world, it was all over. Almost. While we're…
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51: Fancy Face Cream, South Korea's Next Economic Engine
This week the Benchmark team takes a look at one of South Korea's most promising new exports: beauty products. Seoul is pivoting away from the country's…
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50: 'Hamilton' -- From Smash Musical to Economics Syllabus
As much as economics permeates our lives, the concepts behind the subject can often be rather dry. Fortunately, the smash Broadway musical "Hamilton" takes…
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49: Slaves of Brazil — An Economic History
Now that slavery, of all things, has popped up as one of the weirder talking points in the bizarre U.S. presidential campaign, we figured it might be time to…
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48: Why Do Sports Make Sane People Lose Their (Economic) Minds?
Police strikes, threats of Zika and a $20 billion tab: Welcome to the 2016 Summer Olympics games in Brazil. But Rio's position isn't just matter of bad luck…
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Benchmark Special: Five Things to Know About the Fed Meeting
No one thinks the Fed is going to raise interest rates at its next meeting. Chair Janet Yellen isn't scheduled to hold a press conference, and there won't be…
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47: Looking Back on President Trump's First Six Months
How would the U.S. economy fare under President Donald J. Trump? Hosts Scott Lanman and Kate Smith journey one year into the future to track the Benchmark…
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46: Brexit Is Really All About China
China wasn't on the ballot when U.K. citizens made the surprise decision to leave the European Union. But it has played a major role in the forces of…
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45: The Economics Behind the Boom in Anti-Immigration Sentiment
From the U.S. to the U.K., immigration and its consequences are flaring up as never before. But how exactly do they shape the economy, and how are native…
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44: Cure Cancer, Boost Global Growth
Drug companies and researchers have made huge advances in recent years to treat cancer, possibly the world's leading cause of death. And more breakthroughs are…
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Is Norway's `EU Decaf' a Post Brexit Lifeline?
Why is Norway attracting attention in a post-Brexit Britain? Saleha Mohsin, who followed Norwegian politics and economics for Bloomberg, joins Dan Moss to…
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Episode 43: What have they done?
Have British voters rejected more than the EU? The vote to leave the Union, which grew from the idea seven decades ago that enmeshed economies won't wage war…
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42: When I'm Sixty-Four
Will the government still feed me when I'm 64? How about 74, or even 84? Americans are living longer than ever, but the retirement age has barely budged from…
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41: Venezuela Is at a Breaking Point
Venezuela, home to the world's biggest oil reserves, is in the throes of economic crisis. With inflation projected at nearly 300 percent this year, how do…
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40: How to Earn $250/Hour in the Gig Economy
Every day the gig economy gets bigger, whether you're talking about drivers on Uber or programmers on Upwork. Are these workers freed from the drudgery and…
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39: What Al Franken Really Thinks About Deadlock in Washington
Washington is once again mired in political gridlock, this time involving the Supreme Court. A seat on the highest court in the land has been open since…
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38: The Quiet Epidemic That's Killing White Americans in Droves
After decades of progress in U.S. mortality rates, scores of white middle-aged Americans are dying or reporting that their health is deteriorating and life is…
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37: The International Plot to Kill Big Bills
For criminals looking to sell drugs, fund terrorism, evade taxes or bribe government officials, cash is king. That's why a growing chorus of academics and…
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36: Puerto Rico's $70 Billion Crisis Just Might Be Catastrophic
Puerto Rico missed a $400 million debt payment on Sunday, and bigger, more consequential defaults could follow. But how did things get so bad in the first…
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35: Why Are We Still Fighting About Obamacare?
The Affordable Care Act is back in the news, as insurers around the nation complain they're losing money in exchanges designed to bring health coverage to…
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34: Japan Just Can't Catch a Break
Japan's been having a tough time lately. The central bank used unorthodox tools to jumpstart growth -- and has little to show for it. It's closing in on…
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33: How Monetary Policy is Now Being Outsourced (Sort Of)
The Federal Reserve has two mandates: price stability and full employment. Yet now many wonder whether the Fed, like many large and powerful organizations, has…
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32: Your Sex Drive Is Widening the Income Inequality Gap
It seems as if everywhere you turn these days you hear the same refrain: The rich are getting richer at the expense of the poor. Economists blame everything…