About this episode
John Fraher, Bloomberg's executive editor for international government, discusses Bloomberg's Pessimist's Guide to 2017. Then, Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz speak with Irene Finel-Honigman, an adjunct professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, about the impact of civil unrest on markets. Also, Arthur Kroeber, a fellow of the Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy, says the U.S. has more to lose in a trade war with China than China. Finally, Shelly Banjo, a Bloomberg Gadfly columnist, discusses why retailers should fear Amazon's push into grocery stores. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.