Odd Lots

Odd Lots

Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway explore the most interesting topics in finance, markets and economics. Join the conversation every Monday and Thursday.

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Robert Friedland on the World's Monumental Shortage of Copper

Sep 12, 2026

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Why Bridgewater's CIO Says AI's Human Extinction Risk Is Real

Sep 11, 2026

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The Rise of Organized Retail Crime at Big Box Stores

Sep 10, 2026

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Why Money Launderers Love $100 Bills

Sep 7, 2026

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Why Laser Beams Are the Hottest New Tech in Defense

Sep 4, 2026

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What's Behind the Big Surge in US Government Bond Yields

Sep 3, 2026

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Adam Posen Thinks Things Could Get Very 'Messy' for the Fed

Sep 1, 2026

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Richmond Fed’s Tom Barkin on the Surprisingly Resilient Real Economy

Aug 31, 2026

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Austan Goolsbee Is Worried the Economy Is Overheating

Aug 28, 2026

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Kansas City Fed President Jeffrey Schmid on the First Jackson Hole of the Warsh Era

Aug 27, 2026

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The Nigerian Industrial Behemoth That Could Reshape the African Economy

Aug 24, 2026

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Jasmine Sun on What the AI Industry Got Wrong About the Public Backlash

Aug 21, 2026

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Nick Bostrom on What Happens if AI Solves All of Our Problems

Aug 20, 2026

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What the OpenAI-Hugging Face Hack Really Tells Us About AI Danger

Aug 17, 2026

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A Historic El Niño Is Coming That Could Cost the World Trillions

Aug 14, 2026

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Trucking Is Booming Again, And Drivers Aren't Happy About It

Aug 13, 2026

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NYT CEO Meredith Kopit Levien on Running a Media Brand in the Age of AI

Aug 10, 2026

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Introducing: Our Town

Aug 9, 2026

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How a Sardine Gets From the Ocean to a Can

Aug 7, 2026

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Brad Setser on the US's Unusual Japanese Yen Intervention

Aug 6, 2026

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The Tungsten Market Is Warning of an Upcoming War

Aug 3, 2026

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Why Private Credit Got Entangled With Insurance

Jul 31, 2026

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How the Iranian Economy Actually Works

Jul 30, 2026

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Branko Milanovic on What Comes After Globalization

Jul 27, 2026

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How Financial Advisors Can Grow During the Great Wealth Transfer (Sponsored Content)

Jul 26, 2026

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How Franchise Restaurants Opened the Door to the Gig Economy

Jul 24, 2026

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Why Apple Is Heading Into a Pivotal Moment

Jul 23, 2026

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The Creator of Claude Code on The Hottest Piece of Software in the World

Jul 20, 2026

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Lev Menand and Nathan Tankus on Why Fed Independence Is Now Hanging by a Thread

Jul 17, 2026

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Why Soccer Analytics Works Like Volatility Arbitrage Trading

Jul 16, 2026

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NY Governor Kathy Hochul on Her One Year Data Center Moratorium

Jul 15, 2026

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Why AI Might Actually Create More Work for Lawyers

Jul 13, 2026

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The Korean Levered ETFs Shaking Markets All Around the World

Jul 10, 2026

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One of the World's Largest Hedge Funds on Its 86x Growth in Token Spending

Jul 9, 2026

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These Are the Sharps Actually Making Money on Prediction Markets

Jul 6, 2026

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How a Major Grocery Store Chain Can Dramatically Lower the Cost of Food

Jul 3, 2026

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What Dan Wang Saw on His Last Trip to China

Jul 2, 2026

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Baidu's CFO on How It Became a Full-Stack AI Player

Jun 29, 2026

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How Lenovo's CFO Is Allocating Capital During One of History's Biggest Booms

Jun 27, 2026

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Rory Johnston on Why His $200 Oil Prediction Didn't Turn Out Right

Jun 26, 2026

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How the 1994 World Cup Transformed the Business of Football Forever

Jun 25, 2026

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Grace Shao on What the World Should Know About Chinese AI

Jun 22, 2026

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How Substack Creators Are Covering This Strange Markets Era

Jun 20, 2026

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Anthropic's Co-Founder and Top Economist on Doing Research at the AI Frontier

Jun 19, 2026

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Jeremy Grantham on How to Tell If a Bubble Is About to Burst

Jun 18, 2026

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The Iran War’s Lasting Scars Across Asia

Jun 16, 2026

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Carmen Li's Plan to Build a Futures Market for Compute

Jun 15, 2026

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Anjney Midha's Plan to Radically Lower the Price of Compute

Jun 13, 2026

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How a Vibecoded Newsletter Is Making the Hay Market More Transparent

Jun 12, 2026

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Why Tomatoes Are the Most Expensive They've Been in Four Decades

Jun 11, 2026

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