Davos Ultimately Loves Power, Ferguson Says
Bloomberg Surveillance
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🗓️ 16 January 2018
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Robin Niblett, Chatham House Director, says we're moving to a stage where America's traditional allies cannot count on America to have their back. David Page, AXA Investment Managers Senior Economist, questions the sustainability of the growth that resulted from U.S. tax reform. Lindsey Piegza, Stifel Chief Economist, says she's still looking for something below 3% GDP growth in the fourth quarter. Niall Ferguson, Harvard University Professor, says the Chinese have evolved a completely different relationship between giant tech and government and it's going to be fascinating to see how the two co-exist.
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| 0:00.0 | To me, context is about pattern recognition. |
| 0:02.8 | It's connecting the dots. |
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| 0:07.6 | a number of different perspectives |
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| 0:40.0 | Daily, we bring you inside. Welcome to the Bloomberg Surveillance Podcast. I'm Tom Keene. |
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| 0:45.9 | in economics, finance, investment, |
| 0:48.1 | and international relations. |
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| 0:57.0 | Let me bring in our first guest John Farrell, who you know quite well Robin Nivale, he's |
| 1:07.5 | with Chatham House. They do wonderful work in thinking about international relations. |
| 1:13.0 | Robin, let me give you an open question to start. |
| 1:15.0 | What is the Chatham House lead essay for this January? |
| 1:20.0 | The lead essay for us is Europe. I think it's not just about Brexit. It's about the Italian |
| 1:26.5 | election. It's about whether Macron and Angela Merkel can get it together if Angela Merkel can get a government put together to lead a rejuvenation |
| 1:35.8 | of European integration. |
| 1:37.1 | This matters because the United States is self-obsessed and where Europe goes I think matters for big questions like |
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