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Alphachat: Dragons of Ljubljana edition

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Apr 25, 2013

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It's another Alphachat, our now reasonably frequent podcast. This time Izzy, Cardiff and David meander from gold and bitcoin, via the Bank of Japan all the way to Slovenia. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Apr 25, 2013

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Alphachat is the conversational podcast about business and economics produced by the Financial Times in New York. Each week, FT hosts and guests delve into a new theme, with more wonkiness, humour and irreverence than you'll find anywhere else

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Pricing in the robots: In this edition of Alphachat's painfully regular podcast Cardiff Garcia and Izabella Kaminska are joined by Illah Nourbakhsh, Professor of Robotics at The Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University to discuss a very robot future. For inform... by FT Alphachat
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A blockbuster beer deal, the business of podcasting and 'Foolproofing' the economy: Guest host Shannon Bond speaks to FT correspondents about the blockbuster AB Inbev deal with SABMiller and what it will mean, if approved by regulators, for the beer market. Then, Matt Lieber of podcast network Gimlet Media stops by to talk about the c... by FT Alphachat
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Alphachat: Dragons of Ljubljana edition: It's another Alphachat, our now reasonably frequent podcast. This time Izzy, Cardiff and David meander from gold and bitcoin, via the Bank of Japan all the way to Slovenia. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by FT Alphachat
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Noah Smith on the Japanese economy: FT Alphaville's frankly frequent podcast continues with another look at Abenomics. This episode features Alphaville's Cardiff Garcia and Izabella Kaminska alongside guest Noah Smith. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.c... by FT Alphachat
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The rattle from collateral: In this episode of FT Alphaville's bizarrely regular podcast, Cardiff Garcia and Izabella Kaminska are joined by Manmohan Singh, a senior economist and collateral specialist at the IMF. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com... by FT Alphachat
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The stories from 2015 that will shape 2016: The stories from 2015 that will shape 2016 by FT Alphachat
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Anat Admati and Frances Coppola on bank capital: Izzy Kaminska and David Keohane talk to Anat Admati and Frances Coppola about banking fragility, capital requirements, and banks crying wolf. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by FT Alphachat
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Answering questions on millennials and money, Puerto Rico defaults and the fate of bank analysts: Hosts Cardiff Garcia and Matt Klein respond to listener questions about young people and monetary policy; Sujeet Indap investigates the fate of bank analysts 15 years after their start; Robin Wigglesworth guides us through Puerto Rico's showdown w... by FT Alphachat
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The threat to Gawker, a big week for tech companies and the next turn in the Fifa scandal: On this episode of FT Alphachat, Shannon Bond and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson discuss the fallout for Gawker after a bad editorial decision; Lex's Rob Armstrong guides listeners through the tech sector; and Kara Scannell and Matt Garrahan reflect on... by FT Alphachat
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The Silo Effect, Nikkei buys the FT Group and an Alphavillian returns from Greece: In this episode of Alphachat, host Cardiff Garcia is joined by Gillian Tett and Ben McLannahan to discuss the future of the FT under new ownership; Gillian offers a preview of The Silo Effect, her forthcoming new book; and Alphaville writer Matt Klein ... by FT Alphachat
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Martin Wolf, Robert Shiller and a tough week for biotechs: Host Cardiff Garcia previews an in-depth interview with the FT's chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, who has just finished a new afterword for his book, The Shifts and the Shocks; Business correspondent David Crow discusses the sharp falls i... by FT Alphachat
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