Ed Elson is joined by Steve Feldstein to break down why countries are pouring so much money into defense and what that says about the future stability of the world. Then, Zed Francis joins the show to break down why chip stocks are selling off despite strong earnings from Samsung. Finally, Ed is joined by Ara Kharazian to dig into his paper which showed that the biggest AI spenders are actually hiring more than non-adopters.Steve Feldstein is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Zed Francis is the CIO & Co-Founder at Convexitas. Ara Kharazian is the Lead Economist at Ramp.Subscribe to the Prof G Markets Youtube Channel Check out our latest Prof G Markets newsletterRead the Ramp paperFollow Prof G Markets on InstagramFollow Ed on Instagram, X and SubstackFollow Scott on InstagramSend us your questions or comments by emailing [email protected]Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices