Podcast archive

Macro Meets Business

Watch every episode of Penn IBEC's podcast on macroeconomic events and their business applications. Each episode is built around macro questions with real business consequences, from trade and energy to central banking, financial stability, and international policy.

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Hosted by Diego Ordonez

Conversations at the intersection of trade, markets, and macro policy.

Themes

Trade, regulation, monetary policy, energy, and the global forces shaping business decisions.

Format

Interviews with academics, policy voices, and finance-minded guests who make complex macro topics easier to follow.

Episode 4

The Future of Global Trade

Featuring Michael Waugh • Minneapolis Fed

Episode 3

Can Oil Restart Venezuela?

Featuring Angel Alvarado • PISM UPenn

Episode 2

Argentina's Bailout

Featuring Maria Pia Olivero • Swarthmore College

Episode 1

Fed Independence

Featuring Renan Muta • The Wharton School