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Reuters 407 - The cause and effects of China’s slow-motion crash

Reuters Breakingviews columnists tap their best contacts to explore the biggest issues driving business and markets today. Every Tuesday, Global Editor Peter Thal Larsen and his team tackle a pressing question with a senior executive, financier, policymaker, or other expert. The Big View helps you understand what is going on, explore all sides of the argument, and think about what happens next. [For previous The Exchange podcast users, we didn't want to leave you hanging so we've decided to repurpose this feed for the launch of The Big View podcast. You can still find the legacy episodes below marked under the old title]

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The cause and effects of China’s slow-motion crash

Why battling climate change can be good for growth

McKinsey’s CFO on the benefits and costs of AI

How a French building giant tackled fragmentation

Why central banks are key to electronic money

Does Elon Musk represent a new form of capitalism?

Why central bankers face an inflation reckoning

One way to rethink economics for the better

A stock market veteran’s view on the AI bubble

Buyout barons weather private turbulence

Separating science fiction from fact at SpaceX

Why rich societies became prosperous and anxious

Why the dollar could outlast the United States

Securing joined-up markets in a fractured world

The Gulf energy crisis and the US-China showdown

How the Strait of Hormuz changes economic warfare

How ransomware took the world economy hostage

OpenAI’s curious business conundrum

Global currencies have a rich past and poor future

Donald Trump’s biggest trade shock is yet to come

Why Africa’s growth prospects may be looking up

Why Japan’s revitalisation can overcome high debt

How AI shockwaves ripple through financial markets

Why the world economy will keep on fragmenting

How to loosen China’s chokehold on rare earths

How a Detroit firm is dealing with tariff turmoil

The murky economics and politics of Venezuelan oil

What investors can expect from markets in 2026

Private equity’s not-quite return to normality

Judges under siege administer poetic justice

The past and future fight about who owns the land

Pluses and minuses of the weight-loss drug bonanza

How globalisation set the stage for new strongmen

The manifold benefits of giving away your riches

Peering behind the dark clouds over climate change

What financial history tells us about the AI boom

The coming battle over the future of money

How climate and innovation are changing insurance

How to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine

Lessons from Nissan on surviving carmageddon

Why technological progress is so hard to predict

Private equity sets its sights on the little guy

What China has to teach the US about technology

The lost lessons from history’s economic mistakes

The perks and penalties of waging economic war

How global tensions are unsettling markets

What really has gone wrong with global capitalism

Why Trump’s trade assault will fail and keep going

Why robotaxis are picking up speed and credibility

The wobbly foundations of the stablecoin boom