Valley of the shadow of debt: bond-market jitters

Bond yields across the rich world keep ticking up. We take a global look at where the risks are mounting most, and just how much worry is warranted. What might have once seemed fanciful is becoming real: delivering daylight to dark parts of the world using mirrors in space. And the fatal earnestness of “The Social Reckoning”.

Guests and host:

• Alex Domash, economics correspondent
• Tim Cross, senior science writer
• Tom Wainwright, culture correspondent
• Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
• Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered:

• bond yields, monetary policy, animal spirits
• satellite technology, darkness and light
• “The Social Reckoning”, Aaron Sorkin

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