The Week: Iran, SpaceX, and a Nervous Bond Market
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Hogging seats on a crowded train, not saying excuse me, watching videos on your phone with no headphones in. Sometimes it feels like we don't know how to act anymore. What we have been seeing, increasingly, is people breaking rules. Why should I play by the rules if nobody else is going to do that for me? This week on Explain It to Me, how to mind your manners.
New episodes Sundays wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to the week from Prof. Gmedia, where we break down what mattered and what it all means. I'm George Hahn and it's Friday, May 29th. This week, we take a look at why the bond market is panicking and why that panic has been a long time coming.
War is pushing up oil prices, oil is feeding inflation fears, and inflation fears are pushing borrowing costs higher. Let's get into it. Let's start where the news started. Iran, day 88 of the war.
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