The world’s most important asset is under threat. Government debt, inflation and unpredictable policymaking are all putting the Treasury market in peril. What can be done to save it?

Guests and hosts:

• Jay Barry, head of global rates strategy at JPMorgan
• Nellie Liang, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution
• Mike Bird, co-host of “Money Talks”
• Alice Fulwood, co-host of “Money Talks”
• Ethan Wu, co-host of “Money Talks”

Topics covered:

• America’s treasury market
• Safe assets
• Federal Reserve

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How do you get rich in today’s America? With many careers threatened by AI, running a franchise looks like a good bet. McDonald’s has plausibly created more millionaires than any firm in history. Now the franchising model can be found everywhere from hotels to Pilates studios. Is franchising the future?

Guests and hosts:

• Greg Flynn, CEO of Flynn Group
• Mike Bird, co-host of “Money Talks”
• Alice Fulwood, co-host of “Money Talks”

Topics covered:

• Franchising
• Fast food
• High street

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Nearly everything about SpaceX seems otherworldly–even its forthcoming IPO. Not only will it be the largest in history (by some margin) but, to make good on its promises, the company will need to put data centres in space and build a 1m-person city on Mars. Both of those ambitions depend on SpaceX’s next-generation rocket, Starship. So will Elon Musk's latest test-flight IPO be meteoric or explosive?

Guests and hosts:

• Henry Tricks, The Economist’s US technology editor
• Tim Cross, The Economist’s senior science writer
• Mike Bird, co-host of “Money Talks”
• Alice Fulwood, co-host of “Money Talks”

Topics covered:

• SpaceX IPO
• Starship
• Orbital data centres

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