The Big Take

The Big Take episodes:

• 12.03.2021

  Change Is Coming to the Hedge Fund Game (Podcast)

  Nine recently opened or soon-to-launch funds demonstrate that change is coming—slowly—to the world of money management. Bloomberg's Laura Carlson reads "The Hot New Trend For Hedge Funds Is—Finally—Female Founders." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

  
• 11.17.2021

  Wall Street's Make-or-Break Moment

  For a generation of investing pros, stable prices were a fact of life. What do you do when the old assumptions stop making sense? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

  
• 11.11.2021

  Google’s Eye in the Sky

  From predicting floods to battling illegal loggers, Google's little-known Earth Engine has become a key tool for helping nonprofits and researchers fight climate change Bloomberg Businessweek's Mark Leydorf reads "Google Wants to Save the Planet With Satellite Images" by Leslie Kaufman. ...

  
• 11.10.2021

  China Keeps Evading U.S. Spy Efforts

  Under Xi Jinping, China has become an even harder target for America’s spying operation. Bloomberg's Laura Carlson reads "China Is Evading U.S. Spies — and the White House Is Worried" by Peter Martin, Jennifer Jacobs and Nick Wadhams.  Learn more about...

  
• 11.06.2021

  The Power Grid Casino

  When GreenHat Energy collapsed after blowing millions of dollars speculating on power prices, it made something plain: Energy traders are gamblers, and ratepayers back every bet. Bloomberg Businessweek's Mark Leydorf reads "The Power Grid Is Just Another Casino for Energy Traders"...

  
• 10.20.2021

  How the Ultrarich Pass on Wealth Tax-Free

  A case study showing how the estate tax is entirely avoidable. Bloomberg Businessweek's Mark Leydorf reads "Hidden Ways the Ultrarich Pass Wealth to Their Heirs Tax-Free." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

  
• 10.14.2021

  Errors in the Air

  Deep cuts by airlines left some 100,000 pilots globally working skeleton hours or on long-term leave. Many haven’t flown for more than 18 months. But as rising vaccination rates allow travel to resume, concerns are growing that a lack of...

  
• 10.07.2021

  Define 'Stable': A Wild Search for Tether's Billions

  Tether is what’s come to be known in financial circles as a stablecoin—stable because one Tether is supposed to be backed by one dollar. But exactly how Tether is backed, or if it’s truly backed at all, has always been...

  
• 09.28.2021

  Insider Trades Are So Good They Now Have a Following

  Insider trading is the quintessential financial transgression, allowing the well-connected to profit from privileged information. Technically it’s illegal—but only technically. Bloomberg's Mark Leydorf reads "‘Most Americans Today Believe the Stock Market Is Rigged, and They’re Right.’" Learn more about your...

  
• 09.27.2021

  Brazil's Climate Crisis Sparks Food Inflation Everywhere

  Brazil’s crops have been scorched, frozen and then dried out by the worst drought in a century, upending global commodity markets. Bloomberg's Laura Carlson reads "The Country That Makes Breakfast for the World Plagued With Fire, Frost, Drought." Learn more...

  
• 09.13.2021

  Covid's Next Six Months

  For anyone hoping to see light at the end of the Covid-19 tunnel over the next three to six months, scientists have some bad news: Brace for more of what we’ve already been through. Bloomberg's Laura Carlson reads "Pandemic's Next...

  
• 09.09.2021

  The 9/11 Generation on Wall Street

  The children of 9/11, some 3,000 in number, are grown up now and chasing their own dreams. A few dozen have sworn an oath, like the parents they lost once did, to serve New York as firefighters or police officers....

  
• 08.30.2021

  Australia's Hacking Nightmare

  Beijing’s retaliation against Australia’s repeated calls for an international probe into Covid-19's origins is a clear example of what can happen to even the wealthiest nations if they annoy China enough, according to people familiar with the situation. Bloomberg's Laura...

  
• 08.25.2021

  Target, the Police, and the Damage Done

  For years, America’s most upbeat retailer funded surveillance to make inner cities safe—for some. Now it’s trying to convince people of color that it’s changed. Bloomberg Businessweek's Mark Leydorf reads "Target’s Cozy Police Legacy Leaves Black Americans Wary." Learn more about...

  
• 08.22.2021

  Paging Jerome Powell

  As policy makers prepare for another Jackson Hole conference — the second straight one Powell will address virtually rather than traveling to Wyoming — the economic picture looks much different. The big fear? The Fed will be slow to rein in inflation, paving the way...

  
• 08.19.2021

  The Methane Hunters

  Frackers in America’s largest oilfield are letting massive amounts of natural gas spill into the atmosphere. Scientists are trying to find the leaks and get them plugged before they cook the planet further. Bloomberg’s Mark Leydorf reads “Methane Hunters Race...

  
• 08.18.2021

  $120K to Start? We'll Think About It

  In the span of a few months, the sticker price for a freshly minted college graduate in top-level banking has quickly shot up, reaching and then surpassing $100,000—a guaranteed salary to be padded later with a chunky bonus. Bloomberg Businessweek's...

  
• 08.10.2021

  Energy Giants Sell Non-Existent 'Carbon Neutral' Gas

  In the complicated new math of climate solutions, villagers clearing brush in southern Africa can end up redefining networks of global commerce worth billions of dollars. Environmental projects stand as shadow partners to emission-heavy energy trades happening far away. Bloomberg's...

  
• 08.04.2021

  Should Investors Care More About Jailed Journalists?

  Restricted information flows can mask political and regulatory problems as well as potential fraud and corruption, raising the risks of doing business — particularly in more volatile emerging markets where good-quality information may already be scarce. Yet in an era...

  
• 08.03.2021

  Are We Vaxxed Yet?

  Children have to get vaccinated for less urgent threats—and it works. So why not with Covid? Bloomberg Businessweek's Mark Leydorf reads "Vaccine Mandates for Kids Could Be the Next Big Back-to-School Fight" Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

  
• 07.29.2021

  How Brazil Turned Its Rainforest Into a Land Grab

  Brazil’s rainforest is being stolen and cleared at an accelerating pace, and the Bolsonaro government is fanning the flames. Bloomberg Businessweek's Mark Leydorf reads "The Amazon Is Fast Approaching a Point of No Return."  Learn more about your ad-choices at...

  
• 07.26.2021

  Can Boeing Make a Comeback After the 737 Max Crisis?

  After calamity and years of restrained ambition under cost-obsessed executives at Boeing, the company that was once a factory of dreams is losing workers to SpaceX and Amazon. Bloomberg's Laura Carlson reads "Boeing’s Talent Exodus Threatens Turnaround" Learn more about...

  
• 07.20.2021

  More Variants Are Coming. Will the U.S. Be Ready?

  For much of the pandemic, variant sequencing in the U.S. has been piecemeal, spread between academic research labs, hospitals, philanthropist-funded nonprofits, state health departments, and rare commercial participants. Bloomberg's Mark Leydorf reads "Hunting Delta" from Bloomberg Businessweek. Learn more about your...

  
• 07.19.2021

  Inflation Is Here — How Much Should You Worry?

  Bloomberg Opinion's John Authers reads his story: "Authers’ Indicators Show Undeniable Inflation Reality." Inflation is a complex phenomenon that grows from many places. These 35 key measures offer up a more nuanced picture of how markets are positioned, what the official...

  
• 07.19.2021

  Moderna's Next Move

  Bloomberg's Renita Young reads "Many New mRNA Applications." This story, by Robert Langreth for Bloomberg Businessweek, explains how Moderna plans to use its mRNA technology to develop shots for influenza, HIV, Zika—and maybe even cancer. Learn more about your ad-choices...

  
• 07.19.2021

  Bitcoin Miners Flee China

  Bloomberg’s Renita Young reads “Bitcoin Miners Navigate Extreme World of Crypto Power-Hunting.” This story, by Bloomberg’s Will Mathis, Josh Saul, Alfred Cang and Zheping Huang, explains how a crypto crackdown has bitcoin miners searching for cheaper, greener power sources Learn...