Washington Gridlock—How Will the Markets Respond

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TED Audio Collective / Youngme Moon, Mihir Desai, & Felix Oberholzer-Gee

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🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Mihir, Felix and Charlotte Howard discuss how companies will respond to political gridlock in the United States. Is it good for business? Will it really lift markets as many observers expect? Also: We speculate how the tech layoffs will influence the job market and the long-term prospects of tech talent.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:17.0	Hello everyone, you're listening to After Hours, I'm Felix.
0:20.0	I'm me here.
0:21.0	And I'm Charlotte Howard.
0:22.0	Welcome back, Charlotte.
0:23.0	It's great to have you.
0:24.0	Thank you, thanks for having me.
0:25.0	You know one thing I always wondered in your business as a journalist.
0:30.0	Should I think elections are the worst thing that can happen?
0:34.0	The endless conversation about the same topics?
0:37.0	Or are you excited about elections?
0:39.0	Well, it kind of varies depending on whether it's early in the morning or late at night.
0:44.0	But also that at the economist where I'm the New York Bureau Chief,
0:48.0	we have lots of people who are working on our digital team.
0:52.0	So they're constantly updating new stories and responding to the latest news.
0:57.0	So it's been a very busy week for us.
1:01.0	Well, the good news for you and the economist Charlotte is all the stuff in the UK is so calm.
1:06.0	It's not like both countries could fall apart at the same time.
1:10.0	Well, at least they're taking turns.
1:13.0	There's no small amount of shouting for it among the Americans who are used to people in Europe,
1:18.0	pointing to us as an example of what not to do.
1:20.0	We're feeling quite patriotic this week, creating it the comparison.
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