Flavor Smoke, AI & The Pope, and Elon Again... | Weekly Recap

Flavor Smoke, AI & The Pope, and Elon Again... | Weekly Recap

May 30, 2026 · 28 min · Episode 74

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This episode discusses significant regulatory and market changes, including the FDA's policy on e-cigarettes and Elon Musk's legal challenges.

This week on The Wealth Effect, we break down a series of historic capital and regulatory earthquakes, from the FDA's sudden policy reversal on flavored e-cigarettes to Elon Musk’s high-stakes legal defeat against OpenAI and his subsequent $2 trillion SpaceX IPO prospectus filing. We also analyze the shifting AI power dynamics as Anthropic secures a commanding $965 billion valuation, while Robinhood unleashes autonomous algorithmic trading for retail investors and the Vatican issues a sweeping civilizational manifesto on artificial intelligence.

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