Has the Pandemic Changed You?
A look at growing patterns consumers and businesses are adopting as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.Topics covered include:Two constants in a radically unpredictable worldHow removing things is more...
20 Touko 202017min
The Stock Market Is Not the Economy
How the stock market differs from and can perform differently than the economy while remaining highly dependent on the economy for its success.Topics covered include:Why the stock markets in countries...
13 Touko 202027min
How to Protect Your Savings
How to protect your savings from monetary threats like devaluation. Why high yield savings accounts exist, and are they worth it.Topics covered include:Why Lebanon defaulted on its national debt and a...
6 Touko 202027min
Why Negative Prices Exist and What They Can Teach Us
Why the oil price fell below zero and what are other examples of negative prices. What lessons can we learn from negative prices.Topics covered include:How oil futures work and why the oil future pric...
29 Huhti 202025min
Federal Reserve Insolvency and Monetizing the National Debt
How central banks can become insolvent and why it can lead to hyperinflation. What are four ways the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury could monetize the national debt.Topics covered include:What ...
22 Huhti 202026min
How Stories Go Viral and Drive Economic Events
How the stories we tell ourselves lead to economic change. What are current pandemic related narratives that are impacting financial markets and the economy.Topics covered include:Examples of mathemat...
15 Huhti 202024min
Decision Making: Uncertainty versus Risk
What is the difference between risk and uncertainty and how our decision making approach should differ under each scenario. Why pandemics are highly uncertain and should be treated as such.Topics cove...
1 Huhti 202028min
Will Infinite Money Save the Economy
What central banks such as the Federal Reserve and federal governments are doing to counteract the negative impact of the pandemic related economic shutdown. What are the risks of this massive monetar...
25 Maalis 202025min
