David is the author of the blog, David Woo Unbound. Before that, he was Head of Global Rates, FX and EM Fixed Income Strategy & Economics Research at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. In that role, he was responsible for the bank’s views and forecasts for developed and emerging sovereign bond yields and exchange rates. He was earlier at Barclays Capital, Citigroup and the IMF. David has a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University. In this podcast we discuss:

Why news media has become more politicised
The impact of globalization on inequality
What explains countries with high COVID cases
Why Trump was right on vaccine vs COVID elimination
COVID to remain a factor in coming years
Return to stagflation
Mnuchin under-rated as Treasury Secretary, Yellen over-rated
Supply-side policies/inequality under Trump
The fundamental shifts in US-China relations
China tech policy is what Biden wishes he could do
Book that influenced David: Predictioneer (de Mesquita)

David Woo On Persistence Of COVID, Stagflation, and Political Taboos