Speaker 1: Hello Stephanomics listeners. It's me Stephanie Flanders, and I'm excited
Speaker 1: to share that I will be finally back in your
Speaker 1: ears with a new podcast series starting this Friday. As
Speaker 1: many of you know famously, this is the year of elections.
Speaker 1: Around forty percent of the world's population have voted or
Speaker 1: will have the chance to vote, and those votes will
Speaker 1: shape the geoeconomic landscape for years to come. The implications
Speaker 1: are huge and well worth exploring, which is exactly what
Speaker 1: I'm going to do each week with my colleagues Bloomberg
Speaker 1: opinion columnist and author Adrian Wooldridge and Bloomberg contributor former
Speaker 1: government advisor Allegra Stratton. It's the rebooted podcast series voter Nomics,
Speaker 1: to weekly look at the way geopolitics and elections are
Speaker 1: upending the long standing assumptions of policymakers and business people
Speaker 1: around the world. Each Friday, we'll take a few steps
Speaker 1: back from the weekly news agenda to help you understand
Speaker 1: how the latest political movements are influencing markets, business and policy.
Speaker 1: You'll hear insights from influential voices in government and in
Speaker 1: the boardrooms from our journalists in Washington, Westminster, and across
Speaker 1: the globe and from some folks who don't fit into
Speaker 1: either category and are just really interesting about this stuff.
Speaker 1: This year, voters around the world have the ability to
Speaker 1: affect markets, countries, and economies like never before. Let voter
Speaker 1: nomics help you make sense of it all, So be
Speaker 1: sure to look out for our first episode this Friday,
Speaker 1: April twenty sixth, and listen in every week after