Introducing Stephanomics Season 2

Stephanie Flanders (0:02)

Hello, I'm Stephanie Flanders, head of Bloomberg Economics. Now, if you listen to the first series of Stephanomics, you'll know we don't think you can understand what's happening in the global economy just sitting behind a desk. You have to go out in the field.

Maybe ask a small cosmetics manufacturer in California how President Trump's trade war has affected her business.

SPEAKER_2 (0:24)

Yeah, it's been very stressful because I planned for 25%, but I didn't plan for an extra 10, which is totally cutting into my margin, so it sucks. It's very disturbing.

Stephanie Flanders (0:34)

Or go to Argentina to find out how a country gets permission from the International Monetary Fund to restructure its debts and impose capital controls and what it's all meant for the price of a cup of coffee in downtown Buenos Aires.

SPEAKER_3 (0:48)

One month ago it was 72 Three weeks ago it was 80 Two weeks ago it's 90

And possibly the next week it's 100 pesos.

Stephanie Flanders (0:59)

Or maybe Spain to think about what an economy looks like when the birth rate has fallen through the floor.

SPEAKER_3 (1:06)

Here it's very typical that you meet people, even in your family or your friends, that has zero or one children. It's not easy to find people with two or more children.

Stephanie Flanders (1:17)

On Season 2 of Stephanomics, we'll bring you all these stories and many more with the help of our more than 130 economic reporters and economists around the world. And we won't just talk about problems. We're going to look hard at the solutions in the lead up to Bloomberg's second New Economy Forum in Beijing, where a select group of business leaders, politicians and thinkers are going to gather to chart a better course for trade, finance, international governance and our climate. We'll help lead the way for those debates here on Stephanomics with not just on-the-ground insight from our journalists, but also debates and analysis from world-renowned experts.

You can subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find us on the Bloomberg Terminal website or app. That's Stephanomics returning for a new series on October 3rd.