Tag: Economy
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Henry “Hank” Paulson Jr. on Mutually Assured Economic Disruption: The New Baseline for US-China Relations
At the Semafor World Economy summit, held during the pivotal World Bank & IMF Spring Meetings, Henry “Hank” Paulson Jr., former U.S. Treasury Secretary and one of the world’s most seasoned China diplomats, offered a masterclass in “realist” geopolitics. He was questioned by the Co-founder and CEO of Semafor, Justin B. Smith. For the technologist,…
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The Fragile Equilibrium: George Walker CEO at Neuberger Berman, Perspective on the Economy
The digital ticker at the bottom of my workspace doesn’t just track price action anymore; it tracks the wild whacky trends of geopolitics. Listening to George Walker and Shelly Banjo discuss the state of play, I am struck by the paradox of our current era. We are living through a period of “Economic Antifragility,” where…