The Big View

The mayor of Milan celebrated his first year in office as authorities completed Italy's largest bank bailout. The Exchange visited Milan's city hall, the 16th century Palazzo Marino, to hear Mayor Sala's plans for making the city a post-Brexit financial capital. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump suggested the United States revisit the gold standard. So did his rivals Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Ben Carson. Why are Americans so obsessed with the precious metal, both as a store of value and an investment? James Ledbetter swings by Times Square to discuss his new book, "One Nation Under Gold." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As co-founder and CEO of Ares, Tony Ressler oversees the management of $100 billion. During a recent conversation in Los Angeles, he talked about the bull market under President Trump, his firm's struggling investment in Neiman Marcus and the rising cost of higher education. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As chief economist at Salomon Brothers in the 1970s, Henry Kaufman was known as Dr. Doom for his gloomy prognostications about the economy and markets. Kaufman swung by Times Square to discuss the "Trump bump," the Fed, Wall Street culture and lessons learned at Salomon and beyond. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first episode of our "Summer Reading" series kicks off on a musical note. The Governors Ball co-founder discusses the economics of putting on a music festival, the business of live music and life as part of Live Nation, the world's largest concert-promotion company. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support for Donald Trump's presidential campaign is thin on Wall Street. The financial industry has by and large cast its bet with his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Not Anthony Scaramucci. The founder of SkyBridge capital, who once backed fellow Harvard Law graduate Barack Obama, is now one of the New York real estate developer's economic advisors. Scaramucci swung by Times Square to discuss why he's with Trump, and the impact that decision has had on his business and life among the financial elite.   The Exchange is a regular conversation with influential and interesting people hosted by Rob Cox, global editor of Breakingviews, the financial commentary publication of Thomson Reuters. From Reuters’ global headquarters in New York’s Times Square, Rob and his colleagues debate and discuss trends in finance, business and economics with those who shape them, from central bankers and corporate executives to authors and artists. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the U.S. presidential election entering its final days, the jockeying for prime roles in helping shape economic policy has begun in earnest. Who will run the Department of Treasury? Who will advise the next occupant of the White House on economic policy? What about the U.S. Trade Representative or Commerce Secretary? And what happens if Janet Yellen is a one-term Federal Reserve chair? Ben White, chief economic correspondent at Politico, and Gina Chon, Washington columnist for Breakingviews, help answer these questions and more. The Economic Dream Team Machine: http://www.reuters.com/economic-dream-team   The Exchange is a regular conversation with influential and interesting people hosted by Rob Cox, global editor of Breakingviews, the financial commentary publication of Thomson Reuters. From Reuters’ global headquarters in New York’s Times Square, Rob and his colleagues debate and discuss... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald Trump has made a lot of promises to spur U.S. economic growth if he becomes president. Judy Shelton, co-director of the Sound Money Project, is one of the economists working with the GOP nominee to turn this pledge into action. She sat down with us in Washington recently to discuss her views on global finance and monetary issues.   The Exchange is a regular conversation with influential and interesting people hosted by Rob Cox, global editor of Breakingviews, the financial commentary publication of Thomson Reuters. From Reuters’ global headquarters in New York’s Times Square, Rob and his colleagues debate and discuss trends in finance, business and economics with those who shape them, from central bankers and corporate executives to authors and artists. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to know which emerging markets will thrive and which will fail? Listen to Morgan Stanley Investment Management's chief global strategist as he ticks through his ten metrics for determining the fate of economies. Hint: China is in a bad place. His new book, "The Rise and Fall of Nations" has some lessons for the developing world to consider, too. Description: The Exchange is a regular conversation with influential and interesting people hosted by Rob Cox, global editor of Breakingviews, the financial commentary publication of Thomson Reuters. From Reuters’ global headquarters in New York’s Times Square, Rob debates and discusses trends in finance, business and economics with those who shape them, from central bankers and corporate executives to authors and artists. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Burnett, editor of The Trace, an independent, non-profit media organization dedicated to expanding coverage of guns in the United States, swings by Times Square to discuss legislative responses to the horrific killing of 49 people at an Orlando nightclub, and the role firearms regulation will play generally in the upcoming presidential election.   The Exchange is a regular conversation with influential and interesting people hosted by Rob Cox, global editor of Breakingviews, the financial commentary publication of Thomson Reuters. From Reuters’ global headquarters in New York’s Times Square, Rob debates and discusses trends in finance, policy, business and economics with those who shape them, from central bankers and corporate executives to authors and artists. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices