The Post-Pandemic World Economy

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

Vox Media Podcast Network

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Dambisa Moyo, a global economist and bestselling author, joins Scott to discuss the five trends she believes will define the post-pandemic world economy. They discuss all sorts of topics like the private sector, deglobalization, and public policy. Dambisa also explains what board members can be doing better. She is a trusted advisor on macroeconomics, geopolitics, and technology themes and serves on a number of global corporate boards including 3M Corporation, Chevron, and Condé Nast. Follow her on Twitter, @dambisamoyo. (13:29) Scott opens with his thoughts on the big IPO week and how Airbnb achieves three hurdles: differentiation, relevance, and sustainability, while DoorDash does not. He also explains why he believes WarnerMedia’s decision to release its slate of 2021 films in theaters and on HBO Max the same day is a baller move. This week’s Office Hours: the future of the podcast industry and whether CrossFit could take on Peloton’s business model. Have a question for Scott? Email a voice recording to [email protected]. Algebra of Happiness: advice for giving care at the end of a loved one’s life. Dambisa’s book recommendations: This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly by Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Episode 39, the number of signers to the United States Constitution, the atomic number of itriam.
0:06.2	My son was asked to write a thousand words on the periodic table.
0:09.8	I remember when I was asked to write a thousand words on acid and what happened.
0:13.9	I tried but my pen turned into a rainbow colored giraffe and then it death melted.
0:18.1	Let's make this podcast your melting giraffe.
0:22.0	Go, go, go.
0:32.3	Welcome to the 39th episode of The Prob G Show.
0:35.6	In today's episode we speak with Dumbisa Moyo, a global economist and bestselling author.
0:40.3	She's a baller.
0:42.2	It's not only a great author but also serves on several corporate boards and sort of a clear blue
0:48.0	flame thinker and has an incredible personal story and talks about how the economy will shift
0:54.9	and trends that will define the post pandemic global economy.
0:58.7	Okay, what's happening?
0:59.7	It's a big week and frankly a big year for IPOs.
1:03.2	Bloomberg data reflects that IPOs on US exchanges have already raised a record
1:08.5	156 billion in 2020.
1:11.5	In this week both DoorDash and Airbnb are expected to begin trading and both have increased their
1:16.0	target share prices and some their boards have said we're sick of giving a pop or unearned return
1:22.8	to the institutional clients of Goldman and Morgan Stanley and we want you to raise our ranges
1:28.1	because all these IPOs have been going out and getting huge pops which is nothing but a transfer
1:33.3	of value from the existing shareholders to new shareholders who quite frankly probably don't deserve
1:37.2	it as they have been investing in the company very long.
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