Episodes
Pete Buttigieg, the South Bend (Ind.) mayor, is running for president as a millennial alternative to older candidates as well as more of a centrist who wants to take on structural problems left by the boomers — but not in ways that send deficits and debt into the stratosphere.
Published 11/16/19
The brief bipartisan moment when it seemed like some real change might happen vanished as quickly as it appeared.
Published 11/09/19
The man who coined the word "millennial" makes his best defense of the Baby Boomers. But does Ben White buy it?
Published 11/02/19
This is the year that millennials will outnumber baby boomers in America. With a new generation ascendant and an old one firmly gripping to power, what will happen to fundamental tenets of the American safety net? Will entitlements like Social Security and Medicare still be there for generations that come after the Boomers? Will Millennials experience retirement as we know it today?
Ben White, an unrepentant Gen-X’er, has some pointed questions for Boomers about the economic legacy they’re...
Published 10/26/19
Healthcare is a big topic at the UNGA this week, and on this episode of our special UN series, we speak with over a dozen UN attendees, including world leaders, about how they’re tackling the issue.
Published 09/27/19
This week at the UNGA mayors and reps from local and regional governments discussed how they're implementing the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. How big of an impact could they have?
Published 09/26/19
The battle of world views is in sharp focus today, because it’s the day everyone here at UNGA debates the global goals: the spine, if you will, of the UN’s efforts at peace and well-being.
Published 09/25/19
Welcome to Politico Money’s United Nations special. It’s leaders day today at the United Nations. After a week of mounting (and industrial-scale) climate complaints from outside the diplomatic and bureaucratic system, the world’s democrats and dictators get to have their say.
Published 09/24/19
The U.S. Trade Representative is the leading voice on trade in the Trump cabinet. How are business leaders and American allies adjusting?
Published 06/27/19
The billionaires and celebrities who gathered at the Beverly Hilton this week occupy a world of tremendous power, massive stress, and acute status consciousness. It’s the sort of place where GOP message maven Frank Luntz gets asked for autographs, and where people take a break by cuddling up with some puppies.
Published 05/01/19
In the latest POLITICO Money podcast from Milken, we asked attendees what keeps them up at night. Several, including Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), a presidential candidate, said it’s cyber attacks. Others cited the environment and health care and an economic shock from outside the U.S.. And one cited the fact that he’s booked for three parties at the same time Tuesday night in L.A.. #FirstWorldProblems
Published 04/30/19
Thousands of financial and political leaders at the Milken Institute Global Conference like “Tax Cut Trump” and “Deregulation Trump,” even if they’ve pretty much learned to ignore “Twitter Tirade Trump.” We caught up with dozens of Milken attendees to ask how they keep up with the President’s social media presence. As Ben White puts it, at Milken, it’s like Twitter Trump doesn’t even really exist.
Published 04/30/19
Greetings from Los Angeles, where the sun finally broke through this afternoon and where we're bringing you a special podcast from the annual Milken Institute Global Conference, a gathering of more than 4,000 of some of the splashiest names in politics, finance, entertainment and sports. POLITICO Money will offer quick hits from the conference through Wednesday.
Published 04/29/19
This is the year that Millennials will outnumber Baby Boomers in America. With a new generation ascendant and an old one firmly gripping to power, what will happen to fundamental tenets of the American safety net? Will entitlements like Social Security and Medicare still be there for generations that come after the Boomers? Will Millennials experience retirement as we know it today?
Ben White, an unrepentant Gen-X’er, has some pointed questions for Boomers about the economic legacy they’re...
Published 03/14/19
When is the next recession coming? Economist Betsey Stevenson, who served on The Council of Economic Advisers under President Barak Obama and who is now a professor at the University of Michigan, joins POLITICO's Ben White to talk about what indicators she's watching to predict when the next recession might hit.
Published 01/16/19
Discouraged American workers are showing signs of returning to the labor market, a signal that the Federal Reserve could hold off on interest rate hikes this year and that President Donald Trump may have something more to boast about as he heads toward his re-election campaign. Jared Bernstein, senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and former chief economist to Vice President Joe Biden, breaks it all down with POLITICO's Ben White.
Published 01/09/19
The Chinese and U.S. economies are likely to slow in 2019, giving President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping no choice but to declare a truce in their ferocious trade battle, according to a top Wall Street strategist.
Published 01/02/19
President Trump's nominee to run the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has a thin resume. He's also Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's brother-in-law. Ben White discusses the story with Ian Kullgren, a reporter on POLITICO’s employment and immigration team.
Published 12/19/18
President Trump wants a booming economy, but he also wants low interest rates. It's a classic Catch-22.
Published 12/12/18
POLITICO's Ben White caught up with Canada's Minister of Finance, Bill Morneau, at the Canadian Consulate in New York. They discuss the "New NAFTA", or USMCA, and what's at stake for Canada and the U.S.
Published 12/05/18
Will tax incentives help unlock billions of dollars in investment in poor areas? Free-market Republicans have generally stayed away from the debate about potential government solutions. But Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has championed an effort to narrow an economic divide.
Published 11/28/18
POLITICO's Ben White talks with Larry Kudlow, the director of the National Economic Counsel, about the future of infrastructure, trade, and what the midterm results mean for Republicans.
Published 11/20/18
POLITICO trade reporter Doug Palmer joins Ben White to discuss the approximately $250 billion worth of tariffs imposed on Chinese goods, and why we might not feel them... yet.
Published 11/14/18
What’s next in the financial world after the midterms? The Trump Administration is readying some new energy policies, even as Hill Democrats get ready to probe the business dealings of the president and his cabinet. POLITICO’s Nancy Cook and Zach Warmbrodt join to break it down. Plus: Who’s standing between Democrats and Trump’s tax returns?
Published 11/07/18
Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics pulls back the curtain on the economy with POLITICO’s Ben White. What they see is... not great. Plus, which household good has borne the brunt of the tariff fight with China? Hint: Here’s hoping your washing machine didn’t just break.
Published 10/31/18