The Quarantine Tapes: A week-day program from Onassis LA and dublab. Hosted by Paul Holdengräber, the series chronicles shifting paradigms in the age of social distancing. Each day, Paul calls a guest for a brief discussion about how they are experiencing the global pandemic.

About episode 115:

On episode 115 of The Quarantine Tapes, Paul Holdengräber talks with journalist Nomi Prins. With a long history writing about Wall Street and the economy, Nomi talks about her decision to return to finish her PhD during quarantine. Then, their conversation turns to what has been happening in the national and global economy as a result of the pandemic.

Nomi contextualizes the current financial situation with a brief history of the Federal Reserve. She explains to Paul what actions the Federal Reserve has taken in the past few months and how those choices ripple out across the globe. Nomi recounts her recent trip to the Hoover Dam, holding it up as an example of a project undertaken in a moment of financial crisis that benefited the country and the planet.

Nomi Prins is a renowned author, journalist, speaker, respected TV and radio commentator, and former Wall Street executive. Her latest book Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World is an exposé of how the 2007-08 financial crisis put more power in the hands of monetary elites. All the Presidents’ Bankers, her previous book, is about the relationships of presidents to key bankers over the past century and how they impacted domestic and foreign policy. Before becoming a journalist, Nomi worked on Wall Street as a managing director at Goldman Sachs and ran the international analytics group as a senior managing director at Bear Stearns in London. She has been a featured commentator on numerous TV programs including BBC, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, CSPAN, Democracy Now, Fox and PBS. In addition, she’s been featured on hundreds of radio shows including CNNRadio, Marketplace, NPR, BBC, and Canadian Programming.

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