The New Yorker Radio Hour

Andrew Ross Sorkin on What 1929 Teaches Us About 2025

November 14, 2025·34 min·4-min readnarrativenews
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The episode explores growing concerns about a potential economic reckoning driven by unchecked AI investment, rampant leverage in the shadow banking system, and protectionist tariffs, drawing stark parallels between today's financial euphoria and the lead-up to the 1929 crash. Despite rec

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Andrew Ross Sorkin

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Andrew Ross SorkinDavid RemnickSam AltmanJason FurmanHerbert HooverElon Musk

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1929by Andrew Ross Sorkin

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NVIDIAOpenAIBYD

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Artificial IntelligenceBusiness NewsEconomicsInequalityPolitical News

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