Podcast · 363 episodes
Big Take, page 3
by Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts · English
The Big Take from Bloomberg News brings you inside what’s shaping the world's economies with the smartest and most informed business reporters around the world. The context you need on the stories that can move markets. Every afternoon.
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‘Skimpflation’ Could Be the Sneakiest Consumer Grift“Skimflation” in consumer products—companies quietly swap cheaper ingredients or change labeling (e.g., “chocolatey,” “frozen dairy dessert”) or reduce quality/quantity while keeping packaging…30 Jul 2026 · 16 min · 8 chapters
Can We Trust Election Prediction Markets?Whether election prediction markets (Kalshi and Polymarket) can be trusted, and how they can be manipulated or used to sow doubt.29 Jul 2026 · 19 min · 14 chapters
How India’s Cockroach Party Became a Political ForceIndia’s “Cockroach Janta Party” satirical movement grew into mass protests after leaked medical entrance exam papers, culminating in the education minister’s resignation and exposing broader anger…28 Jul 2026 · 18 min · 8 chapters
Trump Rebuilds His Tariff Wall, Brick by BrickBloomberg’s “The Big Take” explains how Trump is rebuilding a tariff “wall” after the Supreme Court struck down earlier national-security tariffs.27 Jul 2026 · 17 min · 8 chapters
Weekend Listen: Can the US Actually Tax Billionaires?The episode discusses whether the US can effectively tax billionaires as the tax base erodes—potentially from AI-driven job changes—and as the wealthy increasingly realize income through lightly…26 Jul 2026 · 24 min · 10 chapters
One Weird Trick to Get Your Credit Card Charge Reversed? Fraud.The rise of credit card chargebacks (disputed transactions) in the U.S.24 Jul 2026 · 16 min · 7 chapters
Almost $1 Billion Later, the US Still Can’t Manufacture Medical GlovesThe U.S. effort to reshore nitrile medical glove manufacturing after COVID failed, even after nearly $1 billion in federal contracts, leaving the country reliant on Malaysia and China for nitrile…23 Jul 2026 · 16 min · 7 chapters
The Trump Insiders Who Shaped Crypto LawThe episode explains how the 2025 “Genius Act,” the first major U.S. federal stablecoin regulation, ended up more favorable to Tether than earlier congressional drafts.22 Jul 2026 · 20 min · 10 chapters
Chasing the Ancient Stolen Statues of CambodiaThe 2011 Sotheby’s auction attempt of Cambodia’s thousand-year-old Duryodhana (Duridana) warrior statue, how U.S.21 Jul 2026 · 20 min · 13 chapters
Polymarket and Kalshi Grapple With A New Class of Insider TraderThe episode examines rising “insider trading” risks in prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi, where users bet on binary real-world outcomes.20 Jul 2026 · 21 min · 11 chapters
Weekend Listen: Tucker Carlson on How Trump Failed AmericaTucker Carlson’s break with Trump and the Republican Party, arguing Trump “failed America” by being “steered” by Israel into a regime-change war with Iran; he also claims U.S.19 Jul 2026 · 53 min · 26 chapters
The Great American Fun Shortage“The Great American Fun Shortage” argues that shared, in-person experiences are becoming harder to access and more expensive, contributing to lower happiness and even political shifts.17 Jul 2026 · 14 min · 8 chapters
Inflation Is Cooling. Why Are Americans Still Sweating?The episode weighs new U.S. economic indicators showing cooling inflation and a steadier job market, but argues Americans still feel worse than the official data suggest—citing low consumer sentiment…16 Jul 2026 · 19 min · 10 chapters
All the President's ProfitsThe episode argues that Donald Trump’s 2025 financial disclosure shows unprecedented profits from crypto and aggressive stock trading, raising ethics and conflict-of-interest concerns; it contrasts…15 Jul 2026 · 19 min · 8 chapters
Xi Jinping Loves Soccer. Why Is China’s Team So Bad?Why China’s men’s national soccer team has failed to qualify for the World Cup since 2002, despite heavy state investment and President Xi Jinping’s personal support for football.14 Jul 2026 · 19 min · 12 chapters
A New Middle East Is Emerging From the Iran WarGeopolitical and economic changes in the Middle East after the Oct 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, focusing on the war with Iran, shifting alliances, Gulf vulnerability, and global energy/shipping…13 Jul 2026 · 15 min · 13 chapters
Weekend Listen: Is the world prepared for a 'super' El Niño?Whether the world is prepared for a “super El Niño” in 2026–27, and how climate change and political attacks affect climate science and preparedness.12 Jul 2026 · 34 min · 20 chapters
The Grueling Economics of TennisThe business of tennis—why it’s financially and structurally “grueling,” with fractured governance, weak media-rights pooling, low player revenue share, and a long, physically punishing season.10 Jul 2026 · 15 min · 11 chapters
Trump is Protesting His Own PartyA bipartisan “21st Century Road to Housing Act” aimed at easing the U.S.9 Jul 2026 · 18 min · 11 chapters
How Trump Is Bursting the $100 Billion Grad School BubbleThe episode argues the Trump administration could “burst” a $100B U.S.8 Jul 2026 · 19 min · 8 chapters
Why China Is Flashing Its Military MuscleChina’s public, full-range test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) in the Pacific, and what it signals about Beijing’s military buildup, nuclear deterrence, and missile production.7 Jul 2026 · 19 min · 9 chapters
Private Credit’s New Obsession: Buy Now, Pay LaterThe episode explains how “private credit” (shadow banking) is increasingly funding “buy now, pay later” (BNPL, sometimes called phantom debt), and the consumer risks if repayment weakens.6 Jul 2026 · 21 min · 13 chapters
Weekend Listen: America in Free Fall? Historian Jill Lepore on the US at 250Jill Lepore, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, discusses her book We the People and the U.S.5 Jul 2026 · 41 min · 21 chapters
On USA’s 250th, Even the Party Planners Are DividedThe episode explains how planning for the U.S. 250th anniversary became a partisan, two-organization rivalry, producing mixed public experiences at events like Washington, D.C.’s Great American State…3 Jul 2026 · 22 min · 13 chapters