Wall Street Week

This week, while Venezuela has the oil reserves to impact global energy markets, rebuilding production will take years, billions of dollars and investor trust. And, Europe’s solar success is creating growing pains for investors, generators and power markets. Plus, can data centers turn Scotland’s wasted wind into an AI advantage? Later, a more dangerous world is pushing the Pentagon and Silicon Valley closer together, creating a new boom in defense and space technologies.
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This episode originally aired on August 21st, 2026.
On this fan favorite edition of the show for the long holiday weekend, former IBM CEO Sam Palmisano discusses why companies may benefit from having a “Plan B” for AI implementation. And, AI may not be causing mass layoffs yet, but early data suggest it is already slowing wage growth in exposed occupations. Plus, Canada may have dodged Trump’s newest tariffs, but the deal could leave lasting damage to USMCA, North American manufacturing and trust between two longtime allies. Later, who pays when the Colorado River can no longer meet the West’s demand?
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This week, Chrystia Freeland talks with the former finance ministers of the Netherlands and Germany about what it takes to bring spending under control. And, are US deficits now a bigger driver of interest rates than inflation? Plus, as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh makes his debut at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium, we revisit the story of the wealthiest place in America. Later, the rise of YouTube filmmakers is democratizing discovery, while also flooding the market with more content than audiences can watch.
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This week, Former IBM CEO Sam Palmisano discusses why companies may benefit from having a “Plan B” for AI implementation. And, AI may not be causing mass layoffs yet, but early data suggest it is already slowing wage growth in exposed occupations.Plus, Canada may have dodged Trump’s newest tariffs, but the deal could leave lasting damage to USMCA, North American manufacturing and trust between two longtime allies. Later, who pays when the Colorado River can no longer meet the West’s demand?
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.