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Berkeley Program on Finance and Democracy research director Brian Judge joined Garth Bray on The New Zealand Herald's "HNOW: Business" to discuss how diminishing investor confidence in private credit funds signals broader risks for the global financial market.

As high-profile private credit fund managers face a surge in withdrawals stemming from jitters over the economy, BESI's Brian Judge observes echoes of the months leading up to the 2008 financial crisis.

BESI senior researcher Samuel Trachtman spoke to journalist Steve Morris, editor of The Long Run newsletter, about rising energy costs for a recent post on the political risks to Democratic governors of a collapsing economy.

BESI Climate research lead Jonas Meckling comments on the widening gulf between central bank climate leaders and stragglers.

Are we now a ‘broligarchy’? A record 13 billionaires could end up serving in Trump’s administration.