This Is How the U.S. Ran Out of Homes for Sale
Home demand is booming. By some measures, the market is even hotter than it was during the peak prior to the financial crisis. But there's one big problem: There just aren't many homes available to bu...
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Dan Ariely on How To Win Big by Betting on Human Capital
Dan Ariely is one of the most famous behavioral economists in the world. And in his latest act, he's attempted to apply his research to investing. His five-year-old firm Irrational Capital searches ou...
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Roshun Patel on What Really Happened During the Crypto Market Crash
The crypto market recently experienced one of its worst crashes ever, with numerous coins cut in half in a manner of days, seemingly without an obvious catalyst. So what really happened during the sel...
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Data Centers, Crypto Miners, and Gamers Are All Battling for Semiconductors
These days, there's a shortage of chips everywhere you look. Some of it is related to idiosyncratic events specifically related to logistics. Some of it is related to production challenges relating to...
27 Touko 202152min
Daniela Gabor on the Critical Case Against Private Sector ESG
Over the last few years, ESG has become a gigantic industry. Due to concerns over climate, the treatment of workers, and other public matters, there's been a huge influx of money into investments that...
24 Touko 202142min
Aaron Lammer on Yield Farming and Trading in the World of DeFi
"Decentralized Finance," "Yield farming"... you've probably heard these terms before, but have very little idea about how they all work. On a recent episode, we spoke with one of the creators of the l...
20 Touko 20211h 5min
How the World's Companies Wound Up in a Deepening Supply Chain Nightmare
By now, everybody knows that global supply chains are a mess. Not a day goes by where there isn't news of some shortage or bottleneck. Chips, shipping containers, lumber, you name it. So how did it ha...
17 Touko 202149min
Jared Bernstein on Taxes, Spending, and Why President Biden Wants to 'Pay for It'
Jared Bernstein has been a longtime advisor to President Joe Biden. He was his advisor while Biden was Vice President, and today he serves on the Council of Economic Advisors. On the latest Odd Lots, ...
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