AI Skeptics Trigger Market Jitters & California Will Vote to Tax Billionaires
Summary
Hosts Neil Freiman and Toby Howell discuss the AI data center market slump driven by debt concerns and rising interest rates, alongside California’s billionaires spending $1 million daily to block a proposed wealth tax. They also cover the record-breaking box office debut of the Elizabeth Holmes documentary and a UChicago student protest demanding the repeal of the 1958 Onion Futures ban.
Topics discussed
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Show intro and daily headlines
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AI data center debt and market volatility
California billionaire tax (Prop 40) battle
Winners: Elizabeth Holmes documentary success
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Winners: Onion futures trading protest
Week ahead: Earnings, France unrest, Alberta vote
Sports: World Series, WNBA, and NBA
Credits and sign-off
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