Viewsroom Podcast
1) Breakingviews envisions the far side of the boom
To kick off 2026, the team penned wide-ranging predictions for the year ahead, from a potential flashpoint in Poland to turning defunct data centers into pickleball courts. In this Viewsroom episode, ...Show More
2) Made in China’s success story is tentative at best
The world’s second-largest economy posted a record $1 trln trade surplus for the first 11 months of 2025. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss how Beijing’s plan to make high-en...Show More
3) Warner Bros is the poison apple of Hollywood’s eye
The storied movie studio has inked mega-mergers with Time, AOL, AT&T and Discovery. All ended poorly. In this week’s Viewsroom, Breakingviews columnists discuss its latest $83 bln deal with Netflix, a...Show More
4) A Ukraine deal would be peace in name only
President Trump is pushing to broker an end to Russia’s deadly invasion, on terms that have caused alarm in Europe. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss what a truce would mean ...Show More
5) Tech giant debt splurge ratchets up systemic risks
Titans such as Google, Meta, Oracle and Amazon may spend $600 bln in 2026 on data centres. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists explain why juicy profits will not be enough to fund thei...Show More
6) Britain’s fiscal ship lost at sea
Finance minister Rachel Reeves, seeking to bridge a 20 bln pound budget gap to meet byzantine rules, is already wavering on raising income taxes and other policies. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breaking...Show More
7) Breakingviews celebrates 25 years with a bang
From the dot-com bust to the 2008 crisis to the AI mania, our columnists have seen and shaped the conversation about the biggest moments in finance. In this anniversary edition of Viewsroom, they refl...Show More
8) China’s low-cost AI offers competitive edge
Tech giants in the world’s second largest economy are rapidly rolling out new machine learning models at a fraction of the price of US rivals. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists expla...Show More
9) Argentina will now wrestle with orthodoxy crisis
President Javier Milei’s party stormed to victory in midterm elections, helping to secure $20 bln or more of US support. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss how the iconoclast’...Show More
10) Necessity will birth a US-China trade truce
The world’s two largest economies are ratcheting up tensions amid a tussle over access to rare earths and chips. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists explain why both sides need to give...Show More