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Making global great again Sep 25, 2019

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On today’s dispatch with POLITICO senior editor Ryan Heath, we meet two people trying to translate the UN's goals: Arancha Gonzalez, a Spanish economist and currently the Executive Director of the International Trade Centre, the joint agency of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Trade Organization. Plus, Richard Curtis, the director of films like 'Love, Actually' and 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' who now makes films that work to make people connect emotionally with the UN and its work.

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UN special series: Leader Watch Sep 24, 2019

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On today’s dispatch with POLITICO reporter Ryan Heath, we meet two national leaders: Colombia’s President Ivan Duque Marquez and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

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The World According to Robert Lighthizer Jun 27, 2019

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Companies and foreign governments are scrambling to adjust to a world in which tariffs could escalate and the very foundations of world trading rules are in doubt. And there is fear they'll be forced to take sides between the reigning global superpower and its rising rival. Ben White joins Luiza Savage to unpack the madness of the Trump Administration's trade policy and its trade fight with China.

This is an episode of the latest POLITICO podcast, Global Translations. Check it out at www.politico.com/global-translations or find it wherever you get your shows.

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Life on Planet Milken May 01, 2019

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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.

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What keeps Milken up at night? Apr 30, 2019

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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

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Global elites just ignore Trump’s Twitter rants Apr 30, 2019

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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.

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'Masters of the Universe' eye 2020 Apr 29, 2019

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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.

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Coming soon: Baby Bust Mar 14, 2019

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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 leaving him and younger generations.

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Economic expansions don’t just die. They get murdered. Jan 16, 2019

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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.

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Discouraged workers aren't so discouraged anymore Jan 09, 2019

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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.

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