Reuters Econ World

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Join Reuters journalist Carmel Crimmins every week as she and her guests pick apart a key economic principle behind the world’s news. Get beyond buzzwords and technical terms to understand the ideas and debates shaping the global economic agenda.

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The price of AI

2026-11-11 · 43 min

AI may be the biggest investment story in the world, but there's one problem: nobody really knows how to price it. As Anthropic prepares to make history as the first frontier AI lab to go public, host Carmel Crimmins is…
Democrats and the AI economy

2026-11-05 · 38 min

A blue wave has swept Washington, but many of the forces shaping the US economy remain out of Congress's control. From stubborn inflation and the AI boom to Elon Musk's political setback and the backlash against…
An economist behind the Prop 40 California wealth tax

2026-10-28 · 40 min

California is voting on a historic measure to tax billionaires. The idea of a one-time 5% wealth tax is putting Silicon Valley on edge. Emmanuel Saez, one of the economists who helped design Proposition 40, joins host…
Prediction markets and social good: an interview with Kalshi's CEO

2026-10-21 · 1 hr 5 min

Prediction markets let people weigh in on everything from elections and sports matches to Taylor Swift concerts. Supporters say they aggregate information better than polls or pundits. Critics worry they're just betting…
France's fiscal fault lines

2026-10-14 · 34 min

A generational dilemma lies at the heart of France's financial problems. Older voters rely on a social contract built during decades of stronger growth. But a rising pension bill is sucking resources away from other…
AI at work

2026-10-07 · 35 min

AI is already changing the labor market, but not in the way many people expect. Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP, joins host Carmel Crimmins to explain why AI appears to be reshaping tasks rather than eliminating…
Australia's housing squeeze

2026-09-30 · 38 min

Higher interest rates are testing homeowners Down Under. Australia's property market is cooling, with ripple effects across the wider economy. Host Carmel Crimmins talks to Reuters reporters Stella Qiu and Byron Kaye…
The 5% yield

2026-09-23 · 38 min

The world's most-watched financial marker is hitting levels not seen in decades. So how worried should you be? Host Carmel Crimmins talks to U.S. economics editor Dan Burns about the consequences of a rise in U.S.…
Trump's EV U-Turn

2026-09-16 · 42 min

America's car industry spent years preparing for an electric future when President Trump flipped the script. Reuters U.S. autos editor Mike Colias joins host Carmel Crimmins to unpack the fallout from Trump's policy…
The cost of quantum

2026-09-09 · 38 min

Quantum computers are coming, but who will pay for their development? On this episode of Reuters Econ World, Jonathan Ruane of MIT joins host Carmel Crimmins to unpack the multibillion-dollar race to build the next…

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