The Economic Club of Florida podcast

“2023 Global Markets and Economic Outlook” LPL Financial Chief Economist Dr. Jeffrey Roach explains the rising risk of recession and the factors that will influence financial markets and the national and Florida economies before a January 19, 2023 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes   (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Dr. Roa...

“The Scientific and Economic Attraction of Florida’s Mag Lab” National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Director Greg Boebinger shares the scientific and economic impacts of the world’s largest and highest powered magnet lab before a December 15, 2022 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes   (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) The “...

“Running Restaurants in a Challenging Economy” Restaurant Brands International CEO Jose Cil shares how supply chain challenges, commodity and wage inflation, and labor shortages are impacting its Burger King, Popeyes, Firehouse Subs, and Tim Hortons restaurant chains before a November 29, 2022 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes   (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://econ...

“Building a Clean and Resilient Energy Future” Southern Company Executive Vice President Stan Connally discusses the rapid transformation taking place in the energy industry and the challenges it poses for producers and consumers before an October 26, 2022 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes   (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/...

“A Gadsden County native’s path to success as an American technology entrepreneur, inventor and philanthropist” Figgers Communication CEO Freddie Figgers shares how a $23 Goodwill purchase led to his multi-million dollar career as an entrepreneur and the importance of finding your passion in life before an August 25, 2022 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes Abandoned at two days ol...

“Is Florida Heading for a Recession?” Florida State University Economist Dr. Jerry Parrish shares the probability and how rising interest rates, housing costs, and gas prices affect consumers before a July 19, 2022 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes Dr. Jerry Parrish is the Chief Economist and Director of State and Local Policy Analysis at the Institute of Government at Florida St...

“Web3 and Cryptocurrency” Andreessen Horowitz’s Scott Kupor explains Web3, the next generation of the internet and cryptocurrency before a June 21, 2022 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes Scott Kupor is investing partner with the venture capital firm of Andreessen Horowitz (known as “a16z”), based in Silicon Valley, California.  One of its funds is “a16z crypto” which has raised $...

“Florida Courts by the Numbers” Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Canady explains the challenges in trying to reduce a 600,000 case backlog from the Florida court system created by the coronavirus pandemic before a May 17, 2022 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes The 2020-2021 pandemic created a big challenge for the Florida court system in how to keep operating without p...

“America’s Energy Challenges in a Changing World Environment” American Petroleum Institute President & CEO Mike Sommers discusses the domestic oil and gas industry and how the Russian-Ukraine War and current policies on production and climate change effect gasoline prices before an April 14, 2022 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes The non-partisan American Petroleum Institute...

“US-China Economic Relations Revisited” China Research Center Founding Director Dr. Penelope Prime shares her updated analysis of the macro political-economic environment of today’s China and its relationship with the United States before a March 22, 2022 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida.  Show Notes Dr. Prime is a retired professor of economics and international business at Georgia State U...

“Closing the Digital Divide to Create Economic Opportunity” Charter Communications Group Vice President of State Government Affairs Marva Johnson discusses the upwards of 2.3 million Floridians that are without broadband internet before a February 8, 2022 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida.  Show Notes Charter Communications is a national provider of broadband, the high-tech network of lines...

“2022 Market Outlook: Looking Through the Noise” BlackRock Global Allocation Fund Managing Director Kate Moore provides a financial market forecast for the New Year before a January 20, 2022 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida.  Show Notes The Club began the New Year with a timely address in January from Kate Moore, Managing Director and Head of Thematic Strategy for the BlackRock Global Alloc...

“The Future of Florida State University and Higher Education in Florida” Florida State University President Richard McCullough shares his vision on building academic innovation that impacts regional economies before a December 1, 2021 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida.  Show Notes Richard McCullough became the 16th president of FSU in August 2021 via Harvard University, where he had served f...

“How to make a 29.46% Investment Return” Florida’s outgoing Chief Investment Officer Ash Williams explains the state pension system’s phenomenal returns and shares his keen insight on the present and future financial markets, before a November 4, 2021 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes Ash Williams, who shepherded Florida’s public pension system for the past 13 years before his ow...

“Florida and the Future of Space” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson shares the latest on America’s planned return to the moon, a manned spaceflight to Mars, and his goals for the space agency, before an October 1, 2021 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes Bill Nelson has a storied career of public service to Florida, serving as a state representative, a U.S. representative, state insur...

“Land Development for a High-Growth Region” Jorge Gonzalez, President and CEO of The St. Joe Company, discusses the burgeoning development in Northwest Florida after Hurricane Michael, including a new regional healthcare partnership, before a September 16, 2021 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes The St. Joe Company is a diversified real estate development, asset management and ope...

“Return of Safe Vacation Cruising” Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, President and CEO of Celebrity Cruises, reveals the behind-the-scenes effort to resume cruise line sailing during the coronavirus pandemic and the new passenger safety protocols, before an August 10, 2021 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes It’s been a long previous 16-months with the No Sail Order in effect because of the coron...

“COVID Update – What Do We Know and How Best Can I Stay COVID-Free?” Dr. Dean Watson, M.D., Vice President and Chief Integration Officer for the Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare System, discusses the new uptake in COVID-19 cases in North Florida and the challenges of treating the Delta variant, before a July 22, 2021 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes Dr. Dean Watson is an internal...

“Partnerships Leading to a Healthier World” Dr. Judy Monroe, M.D., President and CEO of the CDC Foundation, discusses the challenges in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and how the business community can help, before a June 3, 2021 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes The CDC Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization that helps the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

“Navigating the Future for Seaports Post-Pandemic” Juan Kuryla, Port Director and CEO of the Port of Miami, shares current efforts to restart the cruise line business during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, before a May 20, 2021 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes When the coronavirus pandemic began making its way around the world in February of 2020, the cruise line industry was...

The State of Health Care: What is Changing?” Alan Levine, Chairman, President, and CEO of Ballad Health, outlines the challenges facing America’s health care systems and the patients who rely on them, before a May 12, 2021 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes Alan Levine got his start in the health care field in Florida.  He was a health policy advisor to Governor Bush before being...

“Recovering from the COVID-19 Shock: the Economic and Policy Outlook” Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew discusses the ongoing impacts of the pandemic and the expected central bank and other economic policies to encourage full recovery, before an April 27, 2021 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes Jacob Lew served as the Treasury Secretary under President Obama and as Director...

“Can the Olympics Vanquish its Cheating, Corruption, and Boycotts?” Former President of the World Anti-Doping Agency Sir Craig Reedie discusses the upcoming Tokyo 2021 Olympics, and past challenges that include his handling of the Russian doping scandal and his thoughts on whether the US & UK should boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over China’s human rights violations, before an Apr...

“Emerging Business Leadership in Florida” HCI Group CEO Ricky Caplin discusses the opportunities he sees for Florida to accelerate efforts to develop high-tech industry and good paying jobs, before a March 29, 2021 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes Richard “Ricky” Caplin developed an interest in entrepreneurship early in life.  “My mom kids that I was always spending time calcula...

“The Transformation of Florida’s Economy” Jeff Kottkamp, the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Florida, discusses how the private commercial space industry, together with bio-tech and life sciences, are transforming Florida’s economy before a February 23, 2021 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida.   Show Notes While agriculture, together with tourism and the services industry that supports it have lo...