AI, Debt and Big Tech Put New Economic Order in Focus

In an episode of Merryn Talks Money, Merryn Somerset Webb spoke live at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Bloomberg Opinion columnist Adrian Wooldridge, former British ambassador Nick Hopton and Orbis Investment Management Chairman Alec Cutler about what Adam Smith can teach about today’s economic order. The panel discussed rising government debt, closer ties between states and powerful companies, and whether the AI investment boom could follow earlier market bubbles. Bloomberg reported they also talked about implications for investors, including gold, government bonds, energy stocks and the future of the North Sea.