On 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 emotionally w...
Sep 25, 2019•11 min•Ep. 74
On 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 24, 2019•14 min•Ep. 73
Companies 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.politic...
Jun 27, 2019•36 min
The 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 01, 2019•6 min•Ep. 72
In 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 30, 2019•6 min•Ep. 71
Thousands 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 30, 2019•6 min•Ep. 70
Greetings 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 29, 2019•6 min•Ep. 69
This 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 leavi...
Mar 14, 2019•3 min•Ep. 69
When 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 16, 2019•27 min•Ep. 68
Discouraged 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...
Jan 09, 2019•27 min•Ep. 67
The 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 02, 2019•26 min•Ep. 66
President 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 19, 2018•26 min•Ep. 65
President 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 episode...
Dec 12, 2018•29 min•Ep. 64
POLITICO'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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 05, 2018•22 min•Ep. 63
Will 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 — an...
Nov 28, 2018•22 min•Ep. 62
POLITICO'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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 20, 2018•20 min•Ep. 61
POLITICO 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 14, 2018•25 min•Ep. 60
What’s next in the financial world after the midterms? The Trump Administration is readying some new energy policies, even as Hill Democrats get ready to probe the business dealings of the president and his cabinet. POLITICO’s Nancy Cook and Zach Warmbrodt join to break it down. Plus: Who’s standing between Democrats and Trump’s tax returns? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 07, 2018•25 min•Ep. 59
Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics pulls back the curtain on the economy with POLITICO’s Ben White. What they see is... not great. Plus, which household good has borne the brunt of the tariff fight with China? Hint: Here’s hoping your washing machine didn’t just break. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 31, 2018•33 min•Ep. 58
POLITICO congressional reporter Elana Schor and trade reporter Megan Cassella discuss what will happen if Democrats win control of the House next month — and what incentive the two sides will actually have to work together. Plus, Ben White wonders what to make of President Trump’s phantom tax cut idea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 24, 2018•17 min•Ep. 57
Susanne Craig, an investigative reporter at the New York Times and one of the reporters who broke the story on Trump's tax fraud, and POLITICO's media reporter, Jack Shafer, join POLITICO's Ben White to discuss how the tax story came together – and how it landed once it was published. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 17, 2018•40 min•Ep. 56
Alexander Panetta, editor of POLITICO Pro Canada, and South China Morning Post U.S. correspondent Owen Churchill join POLITICO's Ben White to discuss the implications of the USMCA – and how it’s being viewed in China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 10, 2018•42 min•Ep. 54
Larry Kudlow, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the NEC, discusses the economy, the new NAFTA, and what life is like inside the White House with POLITICO's Ben White in front of a live audience at the annual meeting of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 03, 2018•30 min•Ep. 53
Former Federal Reserve Governor Daniel Tarullo examines the banking industry 10 years after the financial crisis with POLITICO's Ben White and Victoria Guida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 26, 2018•36 min•Ep. 52
Andrew Ross Sorkin, a financial columnist at the New York Times and author of “Too Big to Fail: How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System — and Themselves,” talks with POLITICO’s Ben White about how close the financial system came to collapse, and how it felt to have a front-row seat. POLITICO's Victoria Guida explains how as the financial crisis shook the nation, Trump's team saw a payoff. As financial crisis shook the nation, Trump’s team saw payoff Learn more about yo...
Sep 19, 2018•30 min•Ep. 51
As talks between the U.S. and Canada over a new North American Free Trade Agreement head into crunch time in Washington this week, the latest POLITICO Money podcast takes you inside the room for the high-stakes talks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 12, 2018•32 min•Ep. 50
The former New York mayor’s letter goes against the State Department stance on corruption in Bucharest. Trump lawyer Giuliani got paid to lobby Romanian president Giuliani got paid for advocacy in Romania Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 05, 2018•15 min•Ep. 49
President Trump's recent criticism of the Federal Reserve is totally precedented. Politico's Victoria Guida joins Ben White to explain the danger in political meddling on monetary policy. Plus, why the Fed turns off internet access for reporters writing about rate hikes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 29, 2018•28 min•Ep. 48
While some firms see a boost from the president’s aggressive trade tactics, others find patience running thin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 22, 2018•23 min•Ep. 47
POLITICO’s Mike Grunwald joins Ben to talk about the Gateway Project, a $30 billion infrastructure plan that would include a new $11 billion tunnel under the Hudson between New Jersey and New York for passenger trains. Follow MT’s playlist on Spotify. The Tunnel That Could Break New York Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 15, 2018•35 min•Ep. 46
