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The Hale ReportDavid Marsh: Can Europe Survive?Lyric Hughes Hale speaks with David Marsh, the founder of OMFIF about Europe’s fractured landscape: Germany’s struggles, Russia’s war, US- China rivalry, regulation, the euro—and what must change for the continent to endure.
2025-11-2242 min
The Hale ReportKarthik Muralidharan: Accelerating India’s DevelopmentGuest host Marsha Vande Berg speaks with Karthik Muralidharan, Tata Chancellor’s Professor of Economics at UC San Diego and founder of the Centre for Effective Governance of Indian States (CEGIS). They discuss his acclaimed new book, Accelerating India’s Development: A State-Led Roadmap for Effective Governance, exploring how better state capacity—not just more spending—can unlock India’s vast potential. A conversation about evidence-based reform, economic inclusion, and India’s evolving role on the world stage.
2025-10-251h 01
The Hale ReportAdair Turner: Carbon Pricing and Systemic RiskIn Episode 73 of The Hale Report, Lord Adair Turner — economist, former head of the UK Financial Services Authority, and chair of the G30 Working Group on Carbon Pricing, discusses the group’s new report: Carbon Pricing and MarketsEnabling Efficient Emission Reductions
2025-10-031h 00
The Hale ReportJoel Ross: Where Main Street Meets Wall StreetToday on The Hale Report, I’m joined by Joel Ross—investment banker, veteran dealmaker, and the unfiltered voice behind The Ross Rant. For decades, Joel has called out trends in finance, real estate, politics, and policy- long before they hit the headlines. From pioneering hotel securitizations on Wall Street to writing some of the most candid—and controversial—market commentary out there, Joel has never shied away from saying what others won’t.We’ll talk about the intersection of economics and politics, why markets can’t be separated from Washington, and what risks Joel sees just over the ho...
2025-09-071h 17
The Hale ReportCollin Canright: Money in MotionWelcome to the 71st episode of the Hale Report. We are back after a short summer hiatus. My name is Lyric Hughes Hale, and I am Editor-in-Chief of econVue and your host today, Tuesday, August 19, 2025. Our topic: Money in Motion: Stablecoins, Payments, and the Global FinTech Race. Today I’m joined by Collin Canright — a pioneer in Chicago’s fintech community, a seasoned journalist, and founder of FinTech Rising. For more than three decades, Collin has been making complex technologies accessible for business and financial leaders, from the earliest days of electronic banking in the 198...
2025-08-2054 min
The Hale ReportGeorge DeMartino: The Ethics of EconomicsEconVue editor Lyric Hughes Hale is joined by George DiMartino, professor of International Economics at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. They discuss his most recent book, The Tragic Science: How economists cause harm and they aspire to do good. Economic research has life or death policy consequences seen by economists as trade-offs—not right or wrong, in the moral sense. De Martino believes that economics is a profession in search of a standards. A surgeon can yield a scalpel, and either do harm or good. For that reason doctor...
2025-07-231h 01
The Hale ReportDeborah Wince-Smith: The Architecture of InnovationToday, I’m joined by the Honorable Deborah L. Wince-Smith, a key figure in US innovation and competitiveness policy, whose expertise spans the intersections of science, technology, and economics.
2025-05-311h 00
The Hale ReportBrian McCarthy: China at an Economic CrossroadsIn the 68th episode of The Hale Report, Lyric Hughes Hale speaks with Brian McCarthy, founder of Macrolens and one of the sharpest voices on China and global macroeconomics. They discuss the latest round of U.S. tariffs, China’s mounting structural challenges, and how geopolitics and markets are colliding in 2025. Is China’s growth story over? What does that mean for investors and policymakers alike? Tune in for a wide-ranging conversation on trade, deflation, financial flows—and the illusion of stability.
2025-04-101h 03
The Hale ReportBlu Putnam: Risk vs. UncertaintyLyric Hughes Hale talks markets, economics, and geopolitics with Bluford "Blu" Putnam, a distinguished economist with over 35 years of experience in the financial services industry, encompassing roles in central banking, investment research, and portfolio management. Among other roles, he served as Chief Economist at CME Group. Given current market and policy volatility, he says that it is important to distinguish between uncertainty and risk. They also talk about his new book, “The Apprenticeship of Warren Buffet”.
2025-03-1456 min
The Hale ReportKerry Brown: Why Taiwan MattersIn Episode 66 of The Hale Report, Lyric Hughes Hale interviews Kerry Brown. His new book Why Taiwan Matters: A Short History of a Small Island that will Dictate Our Future was released today in the US. It is sobering and, I think, realistic. Professor Brown doesn’t see a way out of the current status quo in Taiwan:“For today, strenuous defence of the stalemate is all that we can meaningfully do. Anything else is insanity.”
2025-01-301h 01
The Hale ReportEpisode 65: Rebecca PattersonMy guest today is Rebecca Patterson, a distinguished American economist and investment strategist with over 25 years of experience analyzing the intersection of politics, policy, and economic trends in financial markets.
2024-12-091h 16
The Hale ReportEpisode 64: Ed YardeniDr. Ed Yardeni is a distinguished economist and investment strategist with over four decades of experience analyzing global financial markets. He is the President of Yardeni Research, Inc., a firm specializing in global investment strategies and asset-allocation analyses.
2024-12-051h 01
The Hale ReportEpisode 63: Jesper KollMy guest is economist Jesper Koll, and our topic is Japan. We will be discussing how Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's recent election has introduced significant shifts in Japan's political and economic landscape.
2024-11-201h 04
The Hale ReportEpisode 62: Jason FurmanWelcome to the 62nd episode of the Hale Report. My name is Lyric Hughes Hale, and I am editor-in-chief of EconVue and your host today, Friday, Nov 1st, 2024. My guest is Jason Furman. Professor Furman is the Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy jointly at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and the Department of Economics at Harvard University.
2024-11-061h 04
The Hale ReportEpisode 61: Brian WesburyOn the 61st episode of the Hale Report, Lyric Hughes Hale welcomes Brian Wesbury. Chief economist at First Trust LP, he has advised the Federal Reserve and Congress.
Mr Wesbury is a well-known business economist and a contrarian pundit on global economic issues, and a frequent media commentator.
2024-10-221h 03
The Hale ReportEpisode 60: Marc FaberLyric Hughes Hale, editor-in-chief of econVue interviews Marc Faber.
• Marc Faber is a legendary Swiss-born investment analyst and fund manager. His academic background in economics, combined with years of hands-on experience in financial markets, has helped shape his analytical style.
• He is known for his contrarian views on financial markets and often pessimistic predictions about the global economy, earning him the nickname Dr Doom. He gained international prominence through his newsletter, The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, which focuses on economic trends, asset bubbles, and market volatility.
2024-09-261h 18
The Hale ReportEpisode 59: John MauldinMy guest is a household name in the world of finance, John Mauldin of Mauldin Economics. As you'll hear from our lighthearted banter on serious topics, John and I go way back. Uniquely, he is both highly knowledgeable, and entertaining. He makes complex topics approachable to broad audiences, including more than a million subscribers to his free weekly newsletter, Thoughts from the Frontline.
John Mauldin is co-founder of Mauldin Economics. He has also written seven books on economics and finance, focusing on macroeconomic issues and the future of the global economy. His perspective is sought after in...
2024-09-1755 min
CFA Society ChicagoInvestment Exchange Forum: India - Elections, Modi, and the investment landscapeRich Excell CFA, CMT is joined by renowned economic Lyric Hughes Hale of EconVue who is an expert on Asia economies and geopolitics. Lyric last joined Rich to talk about China after the last National Party Congress. Now she is on to discuss the seminal elections in India, what we need to know as investors, and what we might expect from the politicians. Lyric mentions an article written by her team. This is a link to that article: https://plus.econvue.com/p/indias-dynamic-growth-story
2024-07-3140 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 58: David SangerLyric Hughes Hale interviews David Sanger, national security and White House correspondent for the New York Times. They discuss his boo, The New Cold Wars.
2024-07-161h 04
The Hale ReportEpisode 57: Yohan IddawelaMy guest for the 57th episode of the Hale Report is Yohan Iddawela. He is a data scientist and LSE economist who shares his insights on the intersection of geospatial data science and economics. An Australian, he has lived around the world, did a stint at the World Bank, and currently conducts research at the Asian Development Bank in Manila.
2024-07-0148 min
The Hale ReportDavid Malpass: Risks to Global GrowthLyric Hughes Hale interviews David Malpass, former president of the World Bank, for the Hale Report @econVue.
2024-06-121h 02
The Hale ReportChristopher Wood: How Can Investors Assess Global Risks?Welcome to the Hale Report. My name is Lyric Hughes Hale, and I’m Editor-in-Chief of EconVue, based in Chicago, is a home for independent voices and expert analysis of critical global economic issues.
· My guest today is Christopher Wood, the author of the legendary financial newsletter he began writing in 1996, Greed & Fear which comes with an equally legendary caution against forwarding to others, adding to its must-read cachet. Chris, welcome, are you speaking to us today from Switzerland?
· That Chris’s writing is engaging is not surprising. He began as a journalist at the Far Eastern Economic Review, then served as bureau...
2024-05-1850 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 54: Richard Katz & Eleanor HughesEleanor Hughes is guest host for the 54th edition of the Hale Report. She interviews fellow Japan expert Richard Katz about his new book,The Contest for Japan's Economic Future.
2024-04-141h 00
The Hale ReportEpisode 53: Stephen BryenLyric Hughes Hale interviews Stephen Bryen, a leading expert in security strategy and technology. He has held senior positions in the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill and as the President of a large multinational defense and technology company. He writes for Asia Times, American Thinker, the Jewish Policy Center and for many other newspapers and magazines. He has published four books on security subjects. Dr. Bryen was twice awarded the Defense Department's high civilian medal for Distinguished Public Service. He was also the founder of the Defense Technology Security Administration and served as a Commissioner on the US-China Security...
2024-04-0558 min
The Hale ReportJohn Rogers: An American Economist in ChinaLyric Hughes Hale interviews economist John Rogers on The Hale Report to discuss the Chinese economy.
2024-03-061h 08
The Hale ReportEpisode 51: Edward J Pinto - The Economics of HousingWelcome to the Hale Report. My name is Lyric Hughes Hale, and I’m Editor-in-Chief of EconVue and your host today, Friday, February 16, 2024. EconVue, based in Chicago, is a home for independent voices and expert analysis of critical global economic issues. Thank you for joining us.
My guest today for the 51st episode of the Hale Report is Edward J Pinto who is Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. He serves as Codirector at the AEI Housing Center.
2024-02-191h 11
The Hale ReportEpisode 50: Timothy Congdon - Monetary PolicyLyric Hughes Hale discusses monetary policy with British economist Timothy Congdon of the International Institute of Monetary Research. Congdon believes that the money supply, as controlled by central banks, is the key determinant of the health of a nation's economy. A drop in the money supply could signal a recession. On this episode of the Hale Report, they discuss prospects for the global economy in 2024.
2024-01-0953 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 49: Richard HaassLyric Hughes Hale speaks with Richard Haass, former diplomat and president of the Council on Foreign Relations. They discuss current conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, and domestic relations in the US, and his new book, The Bill of Obligations about the state of democracy now and in the future.
2023-12-2057 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 48: Newt GingrichLyric Hughes Hale interviews Newt Gingrich to discuss his new book March to the Majority, The Real Story of the Republican Revolution. A wide ranging discussion that covers foreign affairs, upcoming elections, and the health of the American economy.
2023-11-1457 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 47: Thomas GrahamLyric Hughes Hale speaks with Thomas E Gorman about his new book, Getting Russia Right.
2023-10-301h 11
The Hale ReportEpisode 46: Trita Parsi - The Iran DebacleYou are going to be hearing a lot more about Iran soon. While geopolitical speculation has focused on Russia, China, and the United States, another country could be the locus of major instability —Iran. The US is increasing its military presence in the Persian Gulf, a move crowded out by discussions of other risks in these dog days of August.
On that cautionary note— Welcome to The Hale Report. My guest for our 46th episode is Trita Parsi and our topic is Iran.
2023-08-1053 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 45: Mark Mills - How Emerging Technologies Will Unleash ProductivityThe assumption that carbon fuel will recede in the rear view mirror of our electric vehicles just might be wrong. I first began to question the concept of peak oil when speaking with experts Albert Bressand many years ago, and then Daniel Yergin, both guests of this podcast.
Then at a meeting in Washington of the National Association of Business Economists, I wandered into a panel session with Mark Mills. His explanation of the resource issues associated with electrification of the global economy was revelatory. It is not just a matter of sourcing rare minerals such as lithium and cobalt...
2023-07-221h 19
The Hale ReportEpisode 44 : Mark Roeder - Our Choices Really MatterLyric Hale talks to Mark Roeder, Australian author and futurist, about his book "What We Do Next Really Matters".
Hale Strategic will be releasing a new report on the implications of artificial intelligence, or as some are now calling it, augmented intelligence.
To mark its publication, we thought that you would enjoy getting to know more about its author, Mark Roeder. He challenges conventional wisdom about how the world works today, and discusses what we must do how to ensure its future.
2023-06-2944 min
Asia RisingEvent: Fresh Perspectives on the QuadEmerging leaders from Australia, Japan, India and the United States discuss key issues facing the 'Quad', and puts forward a strong case for the Quad working together on non-traditional security issues across the Indo-Pacific region.
The next generation of Quad leaders view enhancing resilience against grey zone challenges, geoeconomics, outer spaces, critical technologies and human security as keys to unlocking the Quad’s potential. This challenges the Quad to deliver on public goods commitments to strengthen the free and open Indo-Pacific.
This is the launch of the 8th issue of the La Trobe Asia Brief pr...
2023-05-041h 01
Asia RisingFresh Perspectives on the QuadEmerging leaders from Australia, Japan, India and the United States discuss key issues facing the ‘Quad’, and puts forward a strong case for the Quad working together on non-traditional security issues across the Indo-Pacific region.
The next generation of Quad leaders view enhancing resilience against grey zone challenges, geoeconomics, outer spaces, critical technologies and human security as keys to unlocking the Quad’s potential. This challenges the Quad to deliver on public goods commitments to strengthen the free and open Indo-Pacific.
This is the launch of the 8th issue of the La Trobe Asia Brief produced from the La Trobe Asia E...
2023-05-041h 01
The Hale ReportEpisode 43: Daniel YerginLyric Hughes Hale interviews Daniel Yergin Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman of IHS MARKIT and founder of CERAWEEK. He is an expert in the geopolitics of energy and the global economy, and is a Pulitzer-prize winning author.
His latest book is The New Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations was published by Penguin Press last year. The book is actually about the convergence of several maps: America, Russia, China, the Middle East, and Road and Climate maps.
They discussed a wide range of topics, from climate change to cryptocurrencies to Ukraine-- even the Four Ghosts of the South China...
2023-05-0257 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 42: Martin WolfLyric interviews Martin Wolf, the economics commentator for the Financial Times and author of a new book the Crisis of Democratic Capitalism. The book is a deeply thoughtful exploration of some ideas that might be troubling, including whether the economic and political system we presently enjoy is sustainable.
2023-03-161h 19
The Hale PodcastAndrew Smithers: The Economics of the Stock MarketThe Hale Report: Episode 30 with Economist Andrew SmithersWelcome to the Hale Report. My name is Lyric Hughes Hale, editor-in-chief of EconVue and your host today. EconVue, based in Chicago, is a home for independent voices and expert analysis of critical global economic issues. If you’d like to subscribe to our monthly newsletter as well as listen to our podcasts, please visit our website and if you can, support us on Substack.EconVue + is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber....
2023-02-2745 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 41: Brad SetserLyric interviews Brad Setser, an economist and Whitney Shepardson senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Lyric has long admired Brad for his deep knowledge of global economic data, and his ability to interpret that information.
Brad is one of our country’s most highly respected analysts of global capital flows, national tax competition, and trade imbalances and sovereign debt restructuring, a skill that I imagine is in high demand these days.
2023-02-251h 05
The Hale ReportEpisode 40: Paul DibbLyric interviews Paul Dibb, an Australian strategist, academic and former defence intelligence official.
They talked about two amorphous regions named Eurasia and the Indo-Pacific, and then Australia’s changing role.
2023-01-271h 26CFA Society ChicagoInvestment Exchange Forum - Japan and China economies in 2023Investment Exchange Forum – Japan and China economies in 2023 CFA Society Chicago member Rich Excell, CFA talks with Lyric Hughes Hale, Editor-in-Chief of EconVue and host of the Hale Report podcast, about the events in China and Japan, the collapse of cryptocurrency, and how all of this can shape the global economy in 2023 Connect with Rich on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/richexcellcfa/ and find his blog posts here - https://www.cmegroup.com/newsletters/excell-with-options-report-from-rich-excell.html & stayvigilant.substack.com/ Connect with Lyric on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyric-hughes-hale-4919337/ and at htt...
2022-12-1845 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 39: Shannon O'NeilToday's guest Shannon K. O'Neil is the vice president, deputy director of studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller senior fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is an expert on global trade, supply chains, Mexico, Latin America, and democracy.
2022-11-2845 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 38: Karim PakravanOur guest today is Professor Karim Pakravan, currently an Adjunct faculty in the Department of Economics and DePaul University in Chicago after retiring from full-time teaching at DePaul University, where he had been a Visiting Associate Professor of Finance at DePaul University (2008-2016).
Prior to that, Pakravan had a 25-year career in global banking and finance with major U.S banks, focusing on global financial issues: Country Risk Management and later, Foreign Exchange and Emerging Markets advisory
2022-11-1455 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 37: Ali WyneLyric Hughes Hale, editor-in-chief of EconVue, interviews Ali Wyne. Ali Wyne is a senior analyst with Eurasia Group's Global Macro-Geopolitics practice. He is a David Rockefeller fellow with the Trilateral Commission, a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a security fellow with the Truman National Security Project. He also serves on Foreign Policy for America's Board of Directors. He is the author of the new book America's Great-Power Opportunity: Revitalizing U.S. Foreign Policy to Meet the Challenges of Strategic Competition (Polity, 2022).
2022-11-071h 04
The Hale ReportEpisode 36: Eric Yu-Chua HuangLyric Hughes Hale, editor-in-chief of EconVue, interviews Eric Yu-Chua Huang, who is the KMT’s Representative in Washington D.C., and an entrepreneur.
They talked about mainland China and Taiwan relations, Taiwan's demographic challenge and the current global political landscape.
2022-10-1251 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 35: Nell MinowLyric Hughes hale, editor-in-chief of EconVue, interviews Nell Minow, an expert on corporate governance.
Nell has worked as an attorney for the EPA, the OMB, and the DOJ. She was formerly the principal of LENS, an activist investment firm, where our listeners probably first heard about her. She became known as the CEO killer, and the Queen of Corporate Governance. She is now head of Value Edge Advisors, a corporate governance consulting firm. She has written hundreds of articles on this subject.
2022-09-1950 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 34: Carla HillsMy guest today for our 34th episode of the Hale Report is the Honorable Carla Anderson Hills, who is speaking with us from Washington DC.
Carla Anderson Hills is a Californian who was trained as a lawyer at Yale and studied at Oxford. She has an illustrious career as a diplomat, a negotiator, a cabinet official, advisor & director to Fortune 500 companies and institutions. She now heads her own global advisory firm, Hills and Co.
2022-08-2546 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 33: Dante DisparteMy guest today for our 33rd episode of the Hale Report is Dante Alighieri Disparte, who is Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy for Circle. He also is a member of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Advisory Council, founder and chairman of the Risk Cooperative and serves on the World Economic Forum’s Digital Currency Governance Consortium.
Our guest is going to answer the big questions: The shortcomings of legacy payment systems have created an opening for the development of blockchain-based finance. How big is the opportunity?
2022-08-0657 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 32: Phil LevyDr Phil Levy Chief Economist at Flexport where he leads qualitative and quantitative economic research informed by public policy developments and proprietary data. • Dr. Levy's research informs the market on global trade trends and helps Flexport teams make product and business strategy decisions to best serve their clients.
2022-07-1858 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 31: Nicholas BenesMy guest today for our 31st episode is Nicholas Benes, who is speaking to us from Tokyo. Mr Benes, or should I say Benese-sensei studied Japanese at Stanford, Sophia and Keio as the Japanese miracle began to unfold in the mid-seventies, just before another guest on our podcast Ezra Vogel wrote his famous book, Japan as Number One.
He then earned a joint MBA and law degree at UCLA. He worked for more than a decade at JP Morgan in corporate finance, M&A, capital markets, swaps & derivatives, equity research, and real estate in New York, Tokyo, and London.
He...
2022-07-0655 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 30: Andrew SmithersMy guest today for our 30th episode is Andrew Smithers, and we are here to talk about his new book, “The Economics of the Stock Market’. I know that this is a topic that interests just about everybody in the Hale Report audience.
He is here with us today to tell you that what you think you know about the stock market and interest rates is wrong.
2022-06-2145 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 29: Kevin RuddLyric interviews Kevin Rudd, who twice served as Prime Minister of Australia, and who is now the president of the Asia Society. In addition to his many other duties, he is also working on his doctorate at Oxford and his subject is Xi Jinping. They also discuss Kevin's very important new book, The Avoidable War, The dangers of a catastrophic conflict between the US and Xi Jinping’s China.
2022-05-1736 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 28: Marsha Vande BergMy guest today is Marsha Vande Berg. I’ve known Marsha since she was CEO of the Pacific Pension and Investment Institute, a thought-leadership organization for senior global institutional investors. During her tenure, she significantly expanded the organization’s reach, and the conferences she ran were legendary, a place where emerging issues for investors were first brought to the forefront.
Since then, she has held a variety of advisory positions, with a special focus on India, and reflecting her long-time roots in the San Francisco area, data science. She is also a leading voice in the debate about sustainability.
2022-05-0656 min
The Hale PodcastEpisode 27: Eleanor Hughes & Michael GreenLyric interviews Michael J. Green and Eleanor Hughes. Michael J Green is the Senior Vice President for Asia, Japan, and the Henry Kissinger Chair at CSIS, the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC. He is also the Director of the Asian Studies Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. From 2001-2005, Dr. Green served on the National Security Council, first as Director for Asian Affairs, and then as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for Asia. Recently Dr Green was a member of an official US delegation to Taiwan.
2022-03-2659 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 27: Eleanor Hughes & Michael GreenLyric interviews Michael J. Green and Eleanor Hughes. Michael J Green is the Senior Vice President for Asia, Japan, and the Henry Kissinger Chair at CSIS, the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC. He is also the Director of the Asian Studies Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. From 2001-2005, Dr. Green served on the National Security Council, first as Director for Asian Affairs, and then as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for Asia. Recently Dr Green was a member of an official US delegation to Taiwan.
El...
2022-03-2659 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 26: Eric Protzer & Paul SummervilleLyric interviews Eric Protzer and Paul Summerville on their book titled Reclaiming Populism: How Economic Fairness can Win back Disenchanted Voters
2022-03-1157 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 25: Yanzhong HuangLyric interviews Dr Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is professor and director of global health studies at Seton Hall University's School of Diplomacy and International Relations, where he developed the first academic concentration among U.S. international affairs schools that explicitly addresses the security and foreign policy aspects of health issues.
2022-02-2441 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 24: Elizabeth EconomyLyric interviews Elizabeth C. Economy, a renowned expert on Chinese and Asian affairs. Lyric met Liz while she was the Director of Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is currently on leave from the Hoover Institution at Stanford and is Senior Advisor for China to the Secretary of Commerce.
2022-02-0735 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 23: Evan EllisOur guest today is Robert Evan Ellis whose expertise is Latin American Studies with a focus on the region’s relationships with China and other non-Western Hemisphere actors.
He is a research professor of Latin American Studies at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute with a focus on the region’s relationships with China and other non-Western Hemisphere actors.
2022-01-2554 min
The Hale PodcastEpisode 22: John MearsheimerEconVue Editor-in-Chief Lyric Hughes Hale interviews John J Mearsheimer, an eminent author and political scientist. Professor Mearsheimer has written extensively about security issues and international politics more generally. He has published six books, and he was invited here today to discuss his most recent article in Foreign Affairs, “The Inevitable Rivalry: America, China, and the Tragedy of Great-Power Politics.” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halereport.substack.com
2021-12-0857 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 22: John MearsheimerEconVue Editor-in-Chief Lyric Hughes Hale interviews John J Mearsheimer, an eminent author and political scientist. Professor Mearsheimer has written extensively about security issues and international politics more generally. He has published six books, and he was invited here today to discuss his most recent article in Foreign Affairs, “The Inevitable Rivalry: America, China, and the Tragedy of Great-Power Politics.”
2021-12-0857 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 21: Richard KatzLyric Hughes Hale, Editor-in-Chief of EconVue, interviews Richard Katz, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics In International Affairs, the New York correspondent for Weekly Toyo Keizai, a leading Japanese business magazine, and formerly the editor of The Oriental Economist Report, a monthly newsletter on Japan.
2021-10-2555 min
The Hale PodcastEpisode 21: Richard KatzLyric Hughes Hale, Editor-in-Chief of EconVue, interviews Richard Katz, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics In International Affairs, the New York correspondent for Weekly Toyo Keizai, a leading Japanese business magazine, and formerly the editor of The Oriental Economist Report, a monthly newsletter on Japan. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halereport.substack.com
2021-10-2555 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 20: Albert BressandLyric Hughes Hale, Editor-in-Chief of EconVue, interviews Albert Bressand, an energy expert.
2021-10-1454 min
The Hale PodcastEpisode 20: Albert BressandLyric Hughes Hale, Editor-in-Chief of EconVue, interviews Albert Bressand, an energy expert. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halereport.substack.com
2021-10-1454 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 19: Robert ShapiroIn Episode 19 of the Hale report, Lyric Hughes Hale interviews economist Robert J Shapiro, Chairman of Sonecon, a Washington-based private consultancy for economic and security-policy related issues. They discuss inflation, COVID, inequality, the 2020 census, China, blockchain and the Internet.
2021-08-301h 04
The Hale PodcastEpisode 18: Robert MadsenLyric Hughes Hale, editor-in-chief of EconVue, interviews Robert Madsen, senior economist at Hale Strategic. They talk about the U.S. response to COVID, Biden administration's first 176 days, the future of Silicon Valley, Japan and China's changing role in global geopolitical landscape. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halereport.substack.com
2021-08-0952 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 18: Robert MadsenLyric Hughes Hale, editor-in-chief of EconVue, interviews Robert Madsen, senior economist at Hale Strategic. They talk about the U.S. response to COVID, Biden administration's first 176 days, the future of Silicon Valley, Japan and China's changing role in global geopolitical landscape.
2021-08-0952 min
The Hale PodcastEpisode 17: Joe AtikianEconVue editor-in-chief Lyric Hughes Hale interviews Joe Atikian about his new book, Autonomous, The Coming Crash of Self-Driving Cars. Joe is a Toronto author writing on economics and technology. His professional background was focused on the electrical utilities and automotive industries in engineering, design & development, and management. Joe has written about global and regional transitions that have technological, economic, and political implications, leading up to his book which we are discussing today. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halereport.substack...
2021-07-2647 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 17: Joe AtikianEconVue editor-in-chief Lyric Hughes Hale interviews Joe Atikian about his new book, Autonomous, The Coming Crash of Self-Driving Cars.
Joe is a Toronto author writing on economics and technology. His professional background was focused on the electrical utilities and automotive industries in engineering, design & development, and management. Joe has written about global and regional transitions that have technological, economic, and political implications, leading up to his book which we are discussing today.
2021-07-2647 min
CFA Society ChicagoInvestment Exchange Forum – Decentralized Finance (DeFi) & MacroeconomicsCFA Society Chicago member Rich Excell, CFA chats with Lyric Hughes Hale, Editor-in-Chief of Econvue to discuss macroeconomics and digital assets. Connect with Rich on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/richexcellcfa/ and Twitter @ExcellRichard Connect with Chen on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyric-hughes-hale-4919337/ Hale Report Podcast - https://econvue.com/podcasts For more episodes go to www.cfachicago.org/podcasts (Episode Recorded 6/21/21)
2021-07-1538 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 16: Winston MaIn Episode 16 of the Hale Report, Lyric Hale interviews Winston Ma, investor, author, and adjunct professor at NYU focusing on technology & the digital economy. They discuss his new book, "Digital War: How China's Tech Power Shapes the Future of AI, Blockchain and Cyberspace".
2021-06-1857 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 15: Dan BreznitzThe Hale Report podcast with University of Toronto professor Dan Breznitz to talk about his book, Innovation. It seems we have been looking in all the wrong places for the secrets of successful innovation.
2021-06-111h 14
The Hale ReportEpisode 14: Sheila WarrenA podcast on the implications of blockchain with Sheila Warren, head of Data, Blockchain, and Digital Assets at the World Economic Forum. Sheila's background as a Wall Street lawyer has served her well in Silicon Valley; she approaches the subject of cryptocurrencies and blockchain with clarity and objectivity. Some quick takes: crypto is not going away, and we are just discovering how it can be used to increase inclusivity, economic equality, and innovation. She envisions a future in which today's money coexists with central bank digital currencies and cryptocurrencies to serve a broad range of financial needs.
2021-06-0232 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 13: Paul SheardOur guest is the eminent economist Paul Sheard, Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center, an expert in both monetary policy and the Japanese economy.
Dr Sheard explains how innovations originally conceived at the Bank of Japan decades ago including quantitative easing have been used to combat recent financial crises. He recommends structural changes that could ostensibly affect the independence of central banks, since in practice a merger of fiscal and monetary policy has already begun in earnest. He also weighs in on fintech and innovations that began not on Wall Street or Washington, but in Silicon Va...
2021-04-1659 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 12: Karen PetrouEconVue Editor-in-Chief, Lyric Hughes Hale today speaks with Karen Petrou, co-founder of Federal Financial Analytics in Washington, DC, and the subject is inequality. Miss Petrou is widely thought of as one of the brightest minds in Washington. Her research focuses on economic policy, especially in regard to banking regulation. If you don't know her work yet, check out her new book, "Engine of Inequality: The Fed and the Future of Wealth in America."
2021-03-0434 min
The Hale PodcastEpisode 12: Karen PetrouEconVue Editor-in-Chief, Lyric Hughes Hale today speaks with Karen Petrou, co-founder of Federal Financial Analytics in Washington, DC, and the subject is inequality. Miss Petrou is widely thought of as one of the brightest minds in Washington. Her research focuses on economic policy, especially in regard to banking regulation. If you don't know her work yet, check out her new book, "Engine of Inequality: The Fed and the Future of Wealth in America." This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halereport.substack.com
2021-03-0434 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 11: William OverholtJoined by Dr. William Overholt, who is a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Business, Lyric and Dr. Overholt talked about US-China relations.
2021-01-2249 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 10: Robert J. GordonIn this episode of the Hale Report, editor Lyric Hughes Hale interviews Robert J Gordon, Professor of Economics at Northwestern University. He discusses how Covid has impacted the US economy, and what we can expect as the pandemic recedes. Will productivity improve as a result of shifts in employment, or will it remain flat, as it has for decades in spite of technological improvements?
2020-12-0442 min
The Hale PodcastEpisode 09: Webinar with David MaywaldSustainable investment focused on a "Green Recovery" is being widely discussed as we envision the post-Covid world. What are the promises and pitfalls of ESG for investors?On Wednesday, July 8th at 4 pm CDT, in advance of the ministerial-level Clean Energy Transitions Summit in Paris, EconVue hosted a webinar with economist David Maywald, a leading specialist in the field of ESG and infrastructure investment based in Sydney. He was joined by EconVue colleagues with expertise in these subjects, including Marsha Vande Berg and Robert Madsen. Dave discussed:- opportunity for a Green Recovery...
2020-07-2558 min
The Hale PodcastEpisode 08: Ezra Vogel and Noriyuki ShikataWelcome to the Hale Report at EconVue’s studio in Chicago. Today is Friday, March 13th 2020 and we will be having a conversation with two renowned experts in their fields. Ezra Vogel is professor emeritus at Harvard University, a scholar of both Japan and China, and Noriyuki Shikata is a career diplomat who has served at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing. He is conducting research at Harvard this year, so both of our guests are joining us from Cambridge. Mr Shikata has also studied under Professor Vogel, so they have known each other for quite some time. We will be po...
2020-03-2129 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 09: Ezra Vogel & Noriyuki ShikataWelcome to the Hale Report at EconVue’s studio in Chicago. Today is Friday, March 13th 2020 and we will be having a conversation with two renowned experts in their fields. Ezra Vogel is professor emeritus at Harvard University, a scholar of both Japan and China, and Noriyuki Shikata is a career diplomat who has served at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing. He is conducting research at Harvard this year, so both of our guests are joining us from Cambridge. Mr Shikata has also studied under Professor Vogel, so they have known each other for quite some time. We will be po...
2020-03-2129 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 08: Michele WuckerToday's guest is a fellow Chicagoan, best-selling author Michele Wucker. Her thought-provoking book, the Gray Rhino, was published in 2016 by St Martin’s Press. Michele’s key insight is that even when we see the future charging at us, we often fail to act.
2019-12-0845 min
The Hale PodcastEpisode 06: David JohnsonOur guest is a longtime friend and expert contributor to EconVue, David W. Johnson. He is CEO of 4sight Health and author of a new book, The Customer Revolution in Healthcare just published by McGraw Hill. He discusses how aligning economic incentives with patient needs will deliver better outcomes at lower costs with superior customer service. The market will be won by disruptive, bottom-up, and customer-centric, tech-saavy competitors who will deliver kinder, smarter, and cheaper health care. This is a subject absolutely everyone has a stake in, and Johnson explains in his interview not just what is broken, but how...
2019-10-2946 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 07: David JohnsonOur guest is a longtime friend and expert contributor to EconVue, David W. Johnson. He is CEO of 4sight Health and author of a new book, The Customer Revolution in Healthcare just published by McGraw Hill. He discusses how aligning economic incentives with patient needs will deliver better outcomes at lower costs with superior customer service. The market will be won by disruptive, bottom-up, and customer-centric, tech-saavy competitors who will deliver kinder, smarter, and cheaper health care. This is a subject absolutely everyone has a stake in, and Johnson explains in his interview not just what is broken, but how...
2019-10-2946 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 06: Kathryn Ibata-ArensThe Hale Report interviews Kathryn Ibata-Arens, Vincent de Paul Professor of Political Science & Director of the Global Asian Studies Program at DePaul University.
Her new book, Beyond Technonationalism, Biomedical Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Asia is published by Stanford University Press. An expert in Japan, she spent six years researching entrepreneurship in four countries, Japan, China, India and Singapore. Among her conclusions, just the right amount of protection and openness, combined with size and distance to internal and external markets, leads to the successful competition in biomedical markets. She calls this theory of state Networked Technonationalism or NTN.
By contrast, the...
2019-10-1537 min
The Hale PodcastEpisode 04: Nikolai TagarovEconVue Editor-in-Chief Lyric Hughes Hale interviews Nikolai Tagarov, advisor to the European Commission, about the recent travails in Venezuela. They discuss how the drop in oil prices has been replaced by income from drug trafficking, and how this has led to immigration flows that threaten not just the southern border of the United States, but all of Central America. Tagarov explains how Venezuela became one of the greatest failures in economic history and a contributor to human misery. He calls for a reexamination of the Monroe Doctrine, which allowed the US to intervene in its own neighborhood to protect its...
2019-09-2536 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 05: Nikolai TagarovEconVue Editor-in-Chief Lyric Hughes Hale interviews Nikolai Tagarov, advisor to the European Commission, about the recent travails in Venezuela. They discuss how the drop in oil prices has been replaced by income from drug trafficking, and how this has led to immigration flows that threaten not just the southern border of the United States, but all of Central America. Tagarov explains how Venezuela became one of the greatest failures in economic history and a contributor to human misery. He calls for a reexamination of the Monroe Doctrine, which allowed the US to intervene in its own neighborhood to protect its...
2019-09-2536 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 04: Dali YangIt was a great honor and pleasure to interview renowned political scientist Professor Dali Yang of the University of Chicago for our most recent Hale Report. His thoughtful and well-researched views on modern China’s political economy are a welcome summertime antidote to current turbulence in the US-China relationship. His books are all classics in their field, and you can find his papers as well on his website, daliyang.org. If you have never read anything he has written about China’s governance transformation, as well as the future of its youngest citizens, you are missing a critical guidepost to unde...
2019-09-1545 min
The Hale ReportEpisode 03: Jim BiancoOur podcast this week features an interview with James Bianco , market-savvy macro-economic analyst and head of Bianco Research here in Chicago. He shares his thoughts about the Fed, markets, the long-lost world of stock picking, and the role of cryptocurrencies as a new monetary regime unfolds.
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