Voternomics

Will the Middle East War Lead to a Second Arab Spring?

This week we look at the economic toll the widening conflict is taking and how it could affect the political future of the region. Bloomberg reporter Sam Dagher joins from Dubai to discuss the <a data-cke-saved-href="bbg://news/stories/SKTCGIDWRGG0" data-web-url="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-10-04/in-jordan-support-for-hamas-and-hezbollah-show-dilemma-for-arab-world" href="bbg://news/stories/SKTCGIDWRGG0">dilemma facing Arab governments</a>. Also on the episode is Eugene Kandel, a former adviser to Netanyahu who joins from Jerusalem to discuss the economic cost the continuing war is having for Israel.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

This famously is the year of elections. So the Stephanomics feed has been taken over by our bonus series, Voternomics. It’s a weekly look at the way geopolitics - and elections - are upending the longstanding assumptions of policymakers and business people around the world. Hosted by Stephanie Flanders, head of Bloomberg Economics and former  BBC economics editor, former government advisor Allegra Stratton and Opinion columnist and author Adrian Wooldridge.