MAR 17, 2026Vox Media Podcast Network
Why the Pentagon Is Hiring Wall Street Bankers
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The Pentagon’s financial pivot - The Department of Defense is increasingly recruiting Wall Street talent to weaponize capital and manage economic defense strategies.
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The $10 billion TikTok fee - The Trump administration’s move to collect a massive brokerage fee for the TikTok deal signals a new era of government-driven private equity logic.
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The convergence at SXSW - Cultural and tech festivals are evolving into critical indicators for how geopolitics, media, and finance will intersect in the coming years.