Tag: Geopolitics

Parag Khanna, Founder & CEO, Climate Alpha and Founder & Managing Partner, FutureMap

This week on our Days of Futures Past series, we welcome Parag Khanna into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Parag is Founder & CEO of Climate Alpha and Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap. He is the author of seven books including Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization and The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict, and […]

David Shukman, Journalist & Former Science Editor, BBC

We kick off our new Carbon Frontiers series with David Shukman, a distinguished journalist and the former science editor of the BBC, where he reported from the climate frontlines for over 20 years. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Shukman to catch up on his continuing experiences on the frontlines of climate, government policy, […]

Rob Dannenberg, Former Chief of Central Eurasia Division, CIA

We welcome Rob Dannenberg into the SmarterMarkets™ studio as we continue our A Smarter Way series. Rob is the former Chief of the Central Eurasia Division at the CIA. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Rob to discuss how understanding how our adversaries think is the first step in finding smarter ways to navigate […]

Liz Hoffman, Business & Finance Editor, Semafor

We’re joined this week by Liz Hoffman, Business & Finance Editor at Semafor and the author of the forthcoming book Crash Landing: The Inside Story of How the World’s Biggest Companies Survived an Economy on the Brink. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Liz to discuss how to provide trustworthy financial news to an […]

Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman, S&P Global

In this episode, host David Greely welcomes energy icon and Vice Chairman of S&P Global, Daniel Yergin, to discuss EU energy crisis warnings and calls for immediate solutions spread across global headlines. Covering everything from his predictions in The New Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations to S&P’s recent Future of Copper Report […]

Jeff Currie, Goldman Sachs Global Head of Commodities Research

For the opening episode of our new series, legendary podcast host Grant Williams welcomes back Jeff Currie, Global Head of Commodities Research at Goldman Sachs, to examine the question “What are Smarter Markets?” What are SmarterMarkets™? SmarterMarkets™ is our vision for using technology to redesign and improve markets to meet society’s biggest challenges, including climate […]

Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author and Vice-Chair of IHS Markit

As the world’s economies begin to reopen and embrace the post-pandemic era, the energy industry is at a critical juncture. Energy shortages have already gripped Europe and Asia, with LNG spot prices having been driven to record highs. Is this the first major crisis of the energy transition? While energy shortages and higher prices would […]

Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author and Vice-Chair of IHS Markit

For the final episode of ‘An Emerging Energy Framework for the 22nd– Century’, Todd Buchholz welcomes “America’s most influential energy pundit”, Dr. Daniel Yergin, Vice-Chair of IHS Markit, to the podcast. Daniel Yergin is a highly-respected authority on energy, international politics, and economics, and a Pulitzer Prize winner.  He is Vice Chairman of IHS Markit, […]

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