# Ep. 363: Martin Wolf on AI's Colossal Impact, Central Banking Risks, and the Democratic Recession Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/macro-hive-conversations-with-bilal-hafeez-524900/ep-363-martin-wolf-on-ai-s-colossal-impact-central-banking-risks-and-the-democratic-recession Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/macro-hive-conversations-with-bilal-hafeez-524900/ep-363-martin-wolf-on-ai-s-colossal-impact-central-banking-risks-and-the-democratic-recession.md Podcast: [Macro Hive Conversations With Bilal Hafeez](https://stenobird.com/podcast/macro-hive-conversations-with-bilal-hafeez-524900) Published: 2026-06-19T07:41:00+00:00 Episode link: https://macrohive.libsyn.com/ep-363-martin-wolf-on-ais-colossal-impact-central-banking-risks-and-the-democratic-recession Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/macrohive/MH_w_WOLF2.mp3?dest-id=1929056 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/macro-hive-conversations-with-bilal-hafeez-524900/episodes/ep-363-martin-wolf-on-ai-s-colossal-impact-central-banking-risks-and-the-democratic-recession Duration seconds: 3133 ## Resource Martin Wolf is the chief economics commentator at the Financial Times in London. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2000 ' for services to financial journalism ' . In this podcast, we disc uss: AI: The Ultimate General-Purpose Technology Market Complacency in the Middle East Jay Powell's "Superb" but Flawed Legacy The "Perverse" Risks of Kevin Warsh The UK's Productivity Puzzle and Brexit From "Democratic Recession" to Depression The "Graduate Trap" and Disaffected Youth Advice for the Next Generation ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/macro-hive-conversations-with-bilal-hafeez-524900/episodes/ep-363-martin-wolf-on-ai-s-colossal-impact-central-banking-risks-and-the-democratic-recession/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/macro-hive-conversations-with-bilal-hafeez-524900/ep-363-martin-wolf-on-ai-s-colossal-impact-central-banking-risks-and-the-democratic-recession.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.