BONUS POD: Ari Talks Trump Tariffs, Fed, Bubble with Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein

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Ari Melber, MS NOW

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🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In this podcast extra, longtime Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein discusses current U.S. policy, inequality, AI, the current risk of a "bubble," criticism of Wall St. and Goldman Sachs, Pres. Trump's trade war and Federal Reserve meddling, and Blankfein's career, in this wide-ranging discussion. Blankfein also outlines how to assess risk, a functioning market, investor discipline, what money is good for and if any amount is "too much" for one person - and his new book, "Streetwise: Getting to and Through Goldman Sachs." This interview is a new installment of 'The Summit Series with Ari Melber,’ featuring discussions with leaders at the summit of their fields

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Summit Series with Ari Melbert, where we speak to leaders at the summit of their fields.
0:04.1	Tonight's guest is a defining figure of Wall Street success, one of the most consequential leaders during and after the 2008 crash,
0:10.8	longtime Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blank Fine.
0:13.3	The CEO has been heralded and criticized.
0:16.4	The New York Times reported he handled the financial crisis better than all the firm's rivals and had the longest
0:22.2	run atop the firm in half a century. The paper also reported he became a lightning rod for
0:28.2	objections to how Wall Street operates. Time for this morning's mover and shaker, and today
0:36.1	is Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein.
0:39.0	Goldman is known on Wall Street for escalating the pay.
0:42.5	Blank Fine is a supporter of setting industry standards.
0:46.4	Blank Fine was awarded a $68 million bonus, the most ever for a Wall Street CEO.
0:51.9	The dozen CEOs get ready to meet President Obama today to discuss the fiscal cliff.
0:56.2	The Goldman Sachs chief has unveiled a business plan for American revival.
1:00.8	He's been a lifer at Goldman Sachs, right?
1:02.8	As you say, he started in the 80s.
1:04.7	He said that Goldman Sachs among a number of organizations failed to sound the alarm bells throughout the crisis.
1:11.6	Lloyd Blankfein, newly minted billionaire.
1:13.6	Boyd Blancfein looks at himself as being a risk manager.
1:16.6	Lloyd Blankfine is preparing to leave Goldman Sachs.
1:19.6	We look at share price performance since he took over.
1:21.6	It's clear that while behind that of J.P. Morgan, it's significantly better than some of the other banks.
1:34.1	After 40 years of running around the world and living in the macro markets, it's a little bit hard to, it's a little bit hard to drop it. Blank Fine is out with a new book, Streetwise,
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