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Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation on something that matters. How do we address climate change if the political system fails to act? Has the logic of markets infiltrated too many aspects of our lives? What is the future of the Republican Party?

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Is There an A.I. Bubble? A Debate.

October 16, 2026

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

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Ezra Klein (0:57)

Right now, AI is the driving force. Behind the gains in the US stock market, behind US economic growth, it is sucking up so many construction resources, it now appears to be crowding out housing, manufacturing facilities, basically everything else you might need to build. And the question, even just from a financial…

Dr. Paul Kedrosky is a partner of the venture capital firm, SK Ventures. He's a fellow at MIT's Initiative on the Digital Economy. He's a popular newsletter at paulkedrosky.com, and he's been very vocal that he thinks we are in an AI bubble. Azeem Azhar is a British technology entrepreneur, an author and an analyst…

Paul Kedrosky (2:22)

Hey, Azhar, good to be here.

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