Wintrust Business Lunch 4/24/25: Fed independence, tariff policy, Tesla profits

Wintrust Business Lunch

Segment 1: Jim Wojdyla, Marketing Director, Volo Auto Museum, joins John Williams to talk about the history of the Volo Museum, how the museum has expanded through the years, the types of cars they sell at the auto museum, and the other attractions at the museum like the Titanic exhibit, and Jurassic Gardens.

Segment 2: Bree Fowler, Senior Writer, CNET, joins John to talk about a group of former OpenAI employees asking the top law enforcement officers in California and Delaware to stop the company from shifting control of its artificial intelligence technology from a nonprofit charity to a for-profit business, European Union watchdogs fining Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation bloc’s digital competition rules, and Elon Musk saying he’ll be spending less time in Washington and more time running Tesla after his electric vehicle company reported a big drop in profits.

Segment 3: Michael Miller, Economics Professor, Western Washington University and Professor Emeritus at DePaul University, joins John Williams to talk about a number of issues including the impact of President Trump’s tariff policies, the importance of Fed independence, and if a college degree is really worth it.

https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7384170/Wintrust_Business_Lunch_4-24-25_Tesla_Tariffs_Federal_Reserve_Volo_Museum_2025-04-24-191410.128.mp3

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