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Andrew Ross Sorkin

Co-anchor & columnist, CNBC & The New York Times

Founded DealBook and co-anchors CNBC’s Squawk Box; wrote the bestselling books 1929 and Too Big to Fail.

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Real Alpha has cut 5 moments of Andrew Ross Sorkin (Co-anchor & columnist, CNBC & The New York Times) talking, from 2 interviews on The Real Eisman Playbook and Prof G Markets, the latest published Oct 27, 2025.

What Andrew Ross Sorkin said

  1. The Real Eisman Playbook ·

    Andrew Ross Sorkin on the Crash of 1929 & The Parallels We See Today | The Real Eisman Playbook

    2 moments · 7 min

    1. 42:22

      Fed political pressure worsened the Depression

      “there was an incentive to sit on their hands because they thought that politically it might not be palatable”
      at 44:09
    2. 45:50

      New investment wrappers can recreate old leverage risks

      “But here we are in this moment where, you know, private credit has all of a sudden become the thing.”
      at 46:39

  2. Prof G Markets ·

    LA Fires, Trump Trades, TikTok, and Legacy Media’s Fate — ft. Andrew Ross Sorkin | Prof G Markets

    4 moments · 14 min

    1. 28:10

      Private equity is stuck until firms can exit investments

      “Every year you're marking up these investments as if they're worth more, but you haven't exited.”
      at 29:08
    2. 35:12

      AI infrastructure may have a stronger moat than language models

      “And what does that say about the defensibility and the sort of the moat around the large language models?”
      at 37:30
    3. 23:53

      The bond market could constrain Trump’s agenda Pro pick

      “the only potential governor on them is oddly enough the bond market”
      at 25:37

    Also from this interview

    1. 14:09

      California’s fire insurance backstop faces a large funding gap

      “I don't think taxpayers in California should have to bail out people who decide it's their birthright to live in fire-prone areas.”
      Scott Galloway · at 17:09

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