Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with social psychologist Richard Nisbett, an emeritus professor at the University of Michigan who has studied how culture affects cognitive processes, among other issues. He is the author of several books, including "The Geography of Thought," "Intelligence and How to Get It," and, most recently, "Thinking: A Memoir." 

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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Bloomberg Businessweek features editor and tech reporter Max Chafkin, who is author of "The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power." Chafkin's work has also appeared in Fast Company, Vanity Fair and The New York Times Magazine. 

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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Michael Mauboussin, who is head of consilient research at Morgan Stanley Investment Management's Counterpoint Global and co-author of the recently revised and updated book "Expectations Investing: Reading Stock Prices for Better Returns." Mauboussin joined Morgan Stanley in 2020 and has more than three decades of experience. He previously served as director of research at BlueMountain Capital Management, head of global financial strategies at Credit Suisse, and chief investment strategist at Legg Mason Capital Management. He is also an adjunct professor of finance at Columbia Business School and chairman of the board of trustees at the Santa Fe Institute. 

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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with New York Times business reporter Maureen Farrell, who co-authored the 2021 book "The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion" along with Eliot Brown. Before joining the New York Times, Farrell spent nearly 10 years at the Wall Street Journal.

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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with venture capitalist John Doerr, chairman of Kleiner Perkins and author of the recently published “Speed and Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now.” Doerr also authored 2018’s bestselling “Measure What Matters.”

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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Steven Fradkin, president of Northern Trust's wealth management business unit, which has $355 billion in assets under management. Fradkin was previously chief financial officer and head of international business at Northern Trust, among other roles. He has been a member of the corporation’s management committee since 2004.

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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Edwin Conway, the global head of BlackRock Alternative Investors (BAI). BAI, one of the fastest-growing parts of the investment giant BlackRock – which is itself the world’s largest asset manager, with $9.46 trillion in assets under management – manages more than $300 billion and has more than 1,000 employees. Conway chairs the BAI Executive Committee and oversees the strategic direction of BlackRock’s Alternatives platform.

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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Robin Wigglesworth, who is the global finance correspondent for the Financial Times and author of the just-published “Trillions: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever.”

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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Markel Corp. co-chief executive officer Thomas S. Gayner. Gayner oversees investing activities for the company — which boasts a capital portfolio of $27 billion — as well as the Markel Ventures companies. He also serves on the boards of Colfax Corp., Graham Holdings Co., Cable One Inc. and Davis Funds, as well as that of Markel.

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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Lisa Jones, who leads the $100 billion U.S. arm of the French asset management giant Amundi, which has more than $2 trillion in assets under management globally. In addition to serving as president and chief executive officer of Amundi US Inc., Jones is president of Amundi Distributor US Inc., heads the U.S. executive committee and the U.S. management committee, and is a member of the global executive committee. She recently received her second Top Women in Asset Management Award from Money Management Executive.

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