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'Field of Dreams,' 'Bronx is Burning': Must-Read Baseball Books

Scarlet Fu and Tom Keene discuss their must-read book on this weeks edition of "Bloomberg Money." They discuss "Shoeless Joe: The Inspiration for Field of Dreams" by W. P. Kinsella and "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City" by Jonathan Mahler.

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Oil Producers, Buyers Looking at Long-Term Alternatives to Hormuz, Says Clara Gillispie

Clara Gillispie, senior fellow for climate and energy at the Council on Foreign Relations, said that both oil producers and buyers are now considering the possibility that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed or operating at a reduced capacity a year in the future. Gillispie said that as countries look for workarounds to the Strait, they are looking both alternative routes and ways to decrease their insurance risk exposure.

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First-Time Homebuyers Find American Dream in Midwest

Bloomberg's Paulina Cachero joins Scarlet Fu and Tom Keene on "Bloomberg Money." The American Dream of owning a home is alive, at least in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Almost half of all new homeowners in Kent County are younger than 35, as the area is a high concentration of affordable homes and plentiful job opportunities.

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Consumer Slows, Inflation Impacts Midterm Voters: Money Roundtable

Bloomberg's Lily Meier, Isabelle Lee, and Joe Mathieu joins Scarlet Fu and Tom Keene on "Bloomberg Money." They discuss voter turnout in the midterm elections amid the affordability crisis, US retail sales falling in July by the most in more than a year, and how TikTok influencers are giving financial advice.

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Pricey Diesel to Push Harvest Season Costs Higher, Says Tom Kloza

Tom Kloza, chief oil advisor to Gulf Oil, says that disruption in the global oil market from the Iran war is likely to make this harvest season extremely costly as average diesel prices extends over $5 a gallon. Kloza also discussed the impact economic pressure on Iran and said that that likely means the US won't have 'full and unfettered access' to the global oil markets.

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Winning War With Iran Requires Patience, Says Retired Army Brigadier General

Retired US Army Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt said winning a war with Iran will require patience on the side of the United States because Iran follows a model of resistance and will consider the war a win if they don't lose. Kimmitt also cast doubt on the idea that the US could win the war with an air campaign alone as the Trump administration moves to put economic rather than military pressure on Iran.

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Beyond Chatbots: The Next Wave of AI

224 Ventures is a new AI-native venture firm launched by former AIX Ventures co-founder Shaun Johnson, ex-Google DeepMind researcher Oriol Vinyals, and AI pioneer Yann LeCun. The trio plans to make seed-stage bets and launches with more than $100 million in assets under management. 224 Ventures General Partner Shaun Johnson discusses why the most compelling opportunities may be "nonconsensus" bets, with white space emerging in the future of work, robotics and infrastructure. He joins Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Tech."

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