Margaret Hilda Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, serving from 1979 to 1990. Known as the 'Iron Lady' for her uncompromising politics and leadership style, she implemented a series of conservative economic policies known as Thatcherism and was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century.
7 episodes featuring Margaret Hilda Thatcher
Bloomberg Daybreak: US Edition
Markets weigh rate risks from US inflation to Australia’s housing squeeze
The episode connects the week’s data, political pressures, corporate earnings, and infrastructure spending to a broader question about how higher rates reshape growth.
Sep 25, 2026 · 50 min
The Bulwark Daily
Trump’s media politics echo Italy’s populist past
The episode connects attacks on press access in Washington to Italy’s experience with media-driven populism, while asking whether Giorgia Meloni offers Republicans a model or warning.
Sep 23, 2026 · 1h 19m
Friday Night Economic Review
Capital flows expose the risks behind escalating geopolitical conflict
The episode argues that currencies, debt, military spending, and trade routes may reveal strategic intentions more clearly than political rhetoric.
Sep 11, 2026 · 1h 31m
The Rest Is Science
A human egg cell anchors the universe’s vastest scale
The episode turns an abstract journey from the Planck length to the observable cosmos into a meditation on scale, uncertainty, and scientific curiosity.
Sep 2, 2026 · 50 min
Office Hours with Prop G
Microsoft retreats from China while its services endure
The episode connects a Western technology company’s changing China strategy with the country’s reform legacy, infrastructure resilience, and uneven economic outlook.
Aug 18, 2026 · 43 min
Better Offline
NVIDIA’s AI boom rests on extraordinary growth expectations
The episode examines whether NVIDIA’s projected expansion can withstand customers and hyperscalers using enormous debt to finance GPU purchases.
Aug 12, 2026 · 16 min
The Sunday Roast
Small caps rally as AI valuations and mineral projects face scrutiny
The episode connects renewed UK small-cap optimism with the valuation, funding and development risks shaping resource and technology investments.
May 24, 2026 · 1h 17m