Ben Yeoh Chats
Ben Yeoh chats to a variety of thinkers and doers about their curiosities, ideas and passions. If you are curious about the world this show is for you.
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Alex Edmans: When Are Markets Really Irrational? (opens the original)
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When is the market genuinely irrational, and when have you simply failed to understand what the market understands? Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance at London Business School and author of The Madness of Markets , joins me to talk about market psychology, stories, bubbles and what behavioural finance can actually teach investors. Alex explains his research showing that stock markets tend to fall after a country is knocked out of the World Cup, even though a football result should have little ef
Fuchsia Dunlop: Five Tastes, Chinese Cooking, Flavour and Balance (opens the original)
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Fuchsia Dunlop returns to the podcast to discuss Five Tastes: The Magic of Flavour in the Chinese Kitchen . We explore how Chinese cooking thinks about taste, balance and texture: from běnwèi , the essential flavour of an ingredient, and xiānwèi , umami, to qīngdàn , the light, understated dishes that balance a meal. Fuchsia explains why Sichuan food is about far more than heat, how cooks correct unwanted flavours in meat and fish, why soups and plain dishes matter, and how texture can be as imp
Soumaya Keynes: How to Win a Trade War — Tariffs, China and Industrial Policy (opens the original)
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Soumaya Keynes joins Ben Yeoh to discuss How to Win a Trade War , co-written with Chad Bown, and what countries should do when economic conflict can no longer be avoided. They explore the weakening of the WTO system, supply-chain vulnerabilities, strategic stockpiles, tariffs, China’s economic power and the return of industrial policy. Soumaya also explains why defence should come before attack, what “winning” might mean for a country such as the UK, and why governments may need to tolerate some
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