Rosie Bloor

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2,594 appearances 76 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 5d ago

Rosie Bloor’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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recordings per month · last 12 months

Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 76 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 21.

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Economist Podcasts · Burning questions: a more fire-prone world · 28 Jul 2026 podcast

Daniela, thank you very much. matched

Economist Podcasts · Cockroaches 1, Modi 0: India’s remarkable protests · 27 Jul 2026 podcast

Well, Josh Roberts, you're our capital markets correspondent. matched

So I assume you'd rake it in. matched

Okay, so Idiot's Guide to Markets here, by which I mean me. matched

Obviously, markets move on financial information, how businesses have done, all sorts of things like that, but also on global trends, on political information, on data releases, that kind of thing. matched

And yet you're saying that even if people knew what was going to happen, they'd still do badly on the stock market? matched

So how does this study work, Josh? matched

Did they just give everyone a crystal ball and tell them to get on with it? matched

So what does all that mean? matched

Why are we so bad? matched

So we're bad at predicting what might happen. matched

And we're bad at predicting how likely it is that that might happen. matched

Personally, I find that quite comforting. matched

The machines aren't brilliant at this. matched

Is anyone any good at this? matched

Where does this leave the existential question, particularly working at The Economist? matched

Are the markets rational? matched

Are the rest of us irrational? matched

I think... matched

Josh, thank you very much. matched

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