US Stock Market Cap to GDP Reaches 190%, Eclipsing Dotcom Bubble High
Today’s episode of The Breakdown looks at the stories the stock market is trying to tell, including: New all time high in total market capitalization to GDP ratio (higher than dotcom bubble) “No p...
1 Syys 202010min
The Case for $500,000 Bitcoin
This week’s episode of Long Reads Sunday is a reading of the latest essay from Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss. The essay looks systematically at the problems of the slate of current store-of-value asse...
30 Elo 202024min
The End of an Era? Why Bitcoin and MMT Won the Week
On The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap, NLW looks at the shifting sands of the global economy. He says Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole this week was an argument that an era that ...
29 Elo 20209min
The Anxiety Index: 4 Fear Factors Shaping the Economy
Today on the Brief: Skepticism around Powell’s inflation prognostications The Tesla Stock Split Game China’s COVID-19 vaccine maker presses countries for early adoption Our main discussion: The ...
29 Elo 202016min
Everything You Need to Know About Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole Speech
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke Thursday at the annual Jackson Hole conference convened by the Kansas City Fed, which was virtual this year due to COVID-19. In the highly anticipated speec...
28 Elo 202019min
The Battle to Get A Dictator’s Seized Millions to 62,000 Venezuelan Health Care Workers
Today on the Brief The SEC changes accredited investor rules Fintech and crypto investor Ribbit Capital starts $350 million SPAC Previewing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole spe...
27 Elo 202037min
An Unintended Consequence of Low Interest Rates? The Big Get Bigger
Today’s episode of The Breakdown is an extended edition of the Brief. NLW discusses: The “COVID-19 vaccine trade” on Wall Street kicks markets higher The latest on TikTok vs. the U.S. and what it ...
26 Elo 202016min
How Much Should We Fear Post-Crisis Debt or Inflation? Feat. Adam Tooze
Our guest today is Adam Tooze. Adam holds the Shelby Cullom Davis Chair of History at Columbia University and serves as director of its European Institute. He is known for his books “The Deluge: The G...
25 Elo 202059min
