Capitalism Without Democracy – From Hong Kon...

On this episode of the Look Forward podcast, host Aries Poon talks with Charles Chang, Greater China country lead for corporates at S&P Global Ratings. Together, they explore how gold became a strategic national priority under China's 2025 gold action plan, what the "Gold Road" a ...  Show more

In this episode, host Aries Poon is joined by Jocelyn Lewis and Chris Sparenberg, hosts of S&P Global's Private Markets 360° podcast to discuss their series namesake, Private Markets. Together, the trio to unpacks why Private Markets continues to gather so much attention, as well ...  Show more

Featuring Quinn Slobodian on Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy. Radical libertarians, including anarcho-capitalists like Murray Rothbard, envision a world of micro-polities governed by private property and contract. In fact, we alread ...  Show more

Some analysts argue that capitalism would work better without democracy, while others believe that democracy would be better off without capitalism – so what’s the solution? In his new book “The crisis of democratic capitalism”, Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at the Fin ...  Show more

Quinn Slobodian, author of Crack-Up Capitalism and Professor of History at Wellesley College, discusses how the development of cities like Dubai and countries like Qatar are influencing the Saudi economy and the huge projects the country is spending its money on. This episode was ...  Show more