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🏴☠️ Data Pirates, SEC Failures, & Transparency Under Siege 🛡️
Ep. 99
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Quarterly reports may vanish soon — is that long overdue reform or Wall Street’s biggest transparency loss yet? The SEC is rolling back protections, opening the door to white‑collar crime and consumer abuse. Combine that with billion‑dollar AI lawsuits and Chinese hackers in Congress, and the system has never looked more fragile.
🎯 In this episode of Good Revenue, we dig into the collision of finance, AI, and cybersecurity that could define the next decade.
What You’ll Learn
- Why the SEC’s rollback of quarterly reporting could be good or very, very bad
- How billion‑dollar AI copyright lawsuits are reshaping innovation stakes for OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic
- Why Congress hacks and cyber failures expose growing U.S. vulnerabilities
- How collapsing trust in governance impacts markets, policy, and global stability
📊 TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Investor Confidence Collapse 2025
00:46 End of Quarterly Reporting: Wall Street in the Dark
03:45 SEC Crackdowns & Investor Protections Slashed
07:51 AI Copyright Wars — Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic in Court
11:44 Hacking Congress: Cybersecurity Meltdown Escalates
15:00 Global Trust Crisis
17:58 Takeaways for Investors & Leaders
📈 KEY DATA & INSIGHTS:
- EU dropped quarterly reporting in 2013
- AI copyright lawsuits now top $1.5B+
- U.S. cyber incident rule delayed until May 2026
- 76% of Americans demand reform—yet half think change is impossible
- 80% say political polarization is at “extreme” levels
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📚 SOURCES & LINKS:
* POTUS pushes to scrap quarterly financial reports: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/trump-renews-calls-ending-quarterly-reports-companies-2025-09-15/
* The Man Who Broke Capitalism: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-man-who-broke-capitalism-how-jack-welch-gutted-the-heartland-and-crushed-the-soul-of-corporate-america-and-how-to-undo-his-legacy-david-gelles/2fd03e52ed460c9f?ean=9781982176426&next=t
* Jack Welch & quarterly reports transcript: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1101505691
* U Chicago report on quarterly reports: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/should-companies-report-annually-instead-quarterly
* SEC cancels 14 investor protection regulations: https://www.proskauer.com/alert/sec-withdraws-fourteen-rule-proposals
* CISA delays major cyber incident reporting rule: https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-pushes-final-cyber-incident-reporting-rule-to-may-2026/
* Meta, OpenAI’s AI training on pirated books: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/libgen-meta-openai/682093/
* Disney & Universal battle AI & Midjourney: https://youtu.be/PJXTD-fmJZg
* Chinese hackers impersonate congressman in trade talks: https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/china-trade-talks-spy-5c4801ca
* Carnegie Endowment on Chinese tech risk: https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2025/01/managing-the-risks-of-chinas-access-to-us-data-and-control-of-software-and-connected-technology?lang=en
* IC3 report on Chinese state-sponsored hacking: https://www.ic3.gov/CSA/2025/250827.pdf
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05:56||Ep. 140The data is not subtle. Layoffs are spiking, the dollar is weakening, travel is slowing, private credit is cooling, and nuclear arms control just took a step backward. Here is what that means.WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE- Why January layoffs reached their highest level since 2009- What post-tariff manufacturing losses reveal about policy outcomes- How a weakening dollar affects markets and consumers- Why international travel to the U.S. is declining- What cooling private credit markets signal for AI and tech- What Gallup’s global survey reveals about economic anxiety- Why the expiration of the START treaty matters- What nuclear proliferation risks look like in 2026- Why reports of Russian satellite interception are concerningTIMESTAMPS00:00 – Global macro stress and policy backdrop00:24 – January layoffs hit highest level since 200900:54 – Manufacturing retreat post tariffs01:22 – Dollar decline and implications01:43 – International travel downturn02:08 – Private credit cooling and AI exposure02:35 – Global economic anxiety from Gallup survey03:10 – START treaty expiration explained04:06 – Nuclear proliferation risks04:26 – Russia and European satellite interception05:21 – Closing thoughtsECONOMY- Challenger report on record January 2026 layoffs: https://www.challengergray.com/blog/challenger-report-january-job-cuts-surge-lowest-january-hiring-on-record/ - Public concerns: democracy, economy, inflation, housing: https://apnews.com/article/poll-gallup-top-issue-democracy-economy-inflation-housing-2b04063cf966a7227715b85410fbd4fa- New START collapse amid global nuclear arms race: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/us/politics/new-start-nuclear-arms-control.html- Manufacturing retreat persists despite tariffs: https://www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-manufacturing-is-in-retreat-and-trumps-tariffs-arent-helping-d2af4316 - Travel to US fell: deep dive into travel economics: https://www.ft.com/content/8f6d4196-6f61-4be9-8cb7-1d93253e4e8b- Dollar crashing: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dollar-hits-two-week-low-093834356.html - Nuclear arms control era ends: implications: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/us/politics/new-start-nuclear-arms-control.html- Russia intercepts European satellites: space security update: https://www.ft.com/content/cd08c49c-658e-49c9-9a15-234f2bfc2074- Why restarting nuclear testing is a terrible idea: https://youtu.be/g0RM9WZ0ybg139. Canada Bets on China's EV Tech While the US Locks the Door
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138. Anthropic Crushes Big Tech, Copilot Drops & Gemini Rises
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