Odd Lots - Introducing Stephanomics Season 2

Episode Date: October 1, 2019

Stephanie Flanders, head of Bloomberg Economics, returns to bring you another season of on-the-ground insight into the forces driving global growth and jobs today. From the cosmetics maker in California grappling with Donald Trump's tariff war, to the coffee vendor in Argentina burdened by the nation's never-ending crises, Bloomberg's 130-plus economic reporters and economists around the world head into the field to tell these stories. Stephanomics will also look hard at the solutions, in the lead-up to Bloomberg’s second New Economy Forum in Beijing, where a select group of business leaders, politicians and thinkers will gather to chart a better course on trade, global governance, climate and more. Stephanomics will help lead the way for those debates not just with Bloomberg journalists but also discussion and analysis from world-renowned experts into the forces that are moving markets and reshaping the world. The new season of Stephanomics launches Oct. 3.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thanks for listening to Oddlots. Follow the show on Amazon Music for more future episodes or just ask, Alexa, play the Oddlots podcast on Amazon Music. Hello, I'm Stephanie Flanders, head of Bloomberg Economics. Now, if you listen to the first series of Stephanomics, you'll know we don't think you can understand what's happening in the global economy, just sitting behind a desk. You have to go out in the field. Maybe ask a small cosmetics manufacturer in California, how President Trump's trade war. has affected her business. Yeah, it's been very stressful because I plan for 25%, but I didn't plan for an extra 10, which is totally cutting into my margin. So it sucks. It's very disturbing.

Or go to Argentina to find out how a country gets permission from the International Monetary Fund to restructure its debts and impose capital controls and what it's all meant for the price of a cup of coffee in downtown Buenos Aires. One month ago, it was 72. Three weeks ago was 80. Two weeks ago it's 90

and possibly the next week is 100 pesos. Or maybe Spain to think about what an economy looks like when the birth rate has fallen through the floor. Here is very typical that you met people, even in your family or your friends, that has zero or one children. It's not easy to find people with two or more children.

On season two of Stephanomics, we'll bring you all these stories, and many more with the help of our more than 130 economic reporters and economists around the world. And we won't just talk about problems. We're going to look hard at the solutions in the lead-up to Bloomberg's second New Economy Forum in Beijing, where a select group of business leaders, politicians and thinkers are going to gather to chart a better course for trade, finance, international governance and our climate. We'll help lead the way for those debates here on Stephanomics, with not just on the ground insight from our journalists, but also debates and analysis from world-renowned experts. You can subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find us on the Bloomberg Terminal website or app.

That's Stefanomics, returning for a new series on October 3rd.