The silver lining in Europe’s dark economic clouds
Ageing workers, high debt, obsolete tech and polarised politics weigh on the continent’s prospects. But is the gloom excessive? In this episode of The Big View, ING Chief Economist Marieke Blom tells Peter Thal Larsen some flaws are exaggerated and others a chance to catch up. Ma ...Show more
Why the Everything Bubble keeps on inflating
Stock markets are flashing familiar warnings: abundant liquidity, high leverage, frantic trading, and exuberant retail investors. In this episode of The Big View, the financial historian Edward Chancellor tells Peter Thal Larsen why this market may be the most speculative ever. E ...Show more
The fragile undersea cables that connect the world
Global data traffic depends on a 1.4 mln-kilometre underwater network that has become a geopolitical battleground. On this episode of The Big View Katja Bego, author of ‘Deep Connections’, tells Peter Thal Larsen why the cables are vulnerable, and whether they can become less so. ...Show more
How financial markets became even more manic
The notion that stocks and bonds follow a rational path has been widely debunked. But are idiosyncrasies becoming more visible? In this episode of The Big View Peter Thal Larsen and Alex Edmans, author of ‘The Madness of Markets’, debate how the rules of investing have changed. A ...Show more