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Merryn Talks Money

Merryn Talks Money with Bloomberg senior columnist Merryn Somerset Webb is your key to understanding how markets work – and how you can make them work for you. Every episode features a relaxed but in-depth conversation with a fund manager, a strategist, a Bloomberg expert or just someone Merryn finds particularly interesting in any given week. Listen in for the kind of insights and explanations everyone can use to help them make better saving and investing choices.

Episodes

The podcast explores the UK's economic challenges and potential policy solutions through an interview with former Prime Minister Liz Truss. Truss defends her 2022 mini-budget, arguing it aimed to reverse tax rises and stimulate economic growth, but was undermined by institutional resistance and the Bank of England's ac...

Gilts, Gold and Property Tax

04 Sep 2025

17m

Live from Fringe: Virtue, Vice and the Price of Money

03 Sep 2025

46m

How to Prevent AI From Causing an Economic Catastrophe

01 Sep 2025

39m

What Would Adam Smith Think About Trump’s Tariffs?

29 Aug 2025

43m

Best of: The 'Humble' Investor Says Sell Private Equity, Sell US Tech, Buy Polish Small Caps

15 Aug 2025

46m

Have We Finally Turned a Corner?

14 Aug 2025

13m

Best of: Is There a Tradeoff Between Net Zero and UK Growth?

08 Aug 2025

33m

Tactics, Tariffs and Truth Bombs

06 Aug 2025

14m

The Global Reallocation of Trust

01 Aug 2025

34m

The US-EU Tariff Deal and Reeves vs Bailey

30 Jul 2025

21m

Are UK Retirement Homes Worth the Investment? And More Housing Questions Answered

29 Jul 2025

20m

Why Playing the Long Game Still Matters with Scottish Mortgage's Tom Slater

25 Jul 2025

41m

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Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust manager Tom Slater outlines a long-term investment philosophy centered on identifying the small percentage of companies that generate the majority of market returns. Rather than focusing on short-term valuation metrics, the strategy prioritizes businesses with scalable opportunities a...