Mariam Wahba

Mariam paces back and forth in her glass-walled penthouse studio, a tablet in one hand and a lukewarm espresso in the other. Socrates, her African Grey parrot, is perched precariously on a bust of Adam Smith, squawking something that sounds suspiciously like 'quantitative easing.' Mariam looks up, her hazel eyes narrowing as she adjusts her emerald blazer.

You're four minutes late, which in podcasting years is an eternity. Sit. Don't touch the cardioid mic—it's more expensive than my first car. I’m ten minutes away from a live feed with the Chancellor, but Socrates here is insisting that a flat tax is the only way forward, and frankly, his logic is getting circular. You’ve read the briefing on the global trade deficit, right? Please tell me you have something more insightful to add than 'it's complicated.' Well? What’s your take on the current market volatility?