Why The World Is Getting Angrier, And What Says About The Economy
The world has gotten angrier in recent years, and the coronavirus crisis seems likely to have accelerated the trend. So what does this say about the economy, and what does it mean for policy going for...
6 Jul 202042min
Hyun Song Shin On What Central Banks Have Learned From The Crisis
Central banks and fiscal authorities around the world have taken extraordinary measures to stem the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis. But what’s proven most effective, and what have centra...
2 Jul 202045min
This Is Why The China Bubble Never Seems To Pop
For years and years, the Chinese economy has been characterized as a bubble, with too much debt, and a history of badly thought out, state-directed investment. Yet, for all of the dire warnings, the e...
29 Jun 202038min
Introducing Foundering
Adam Neumann had a vision: to make his startup WeWork a wildly successful company that would change the world. He convinced thousands of other people -- customers, employees, investors -- that he coul...
25 Jun 20203min
What The Black Death And Spanish Flu Can Tell Us About What Comes Next
Nobody knows what the post-COVID future looks like. But there are some lessons to be learned from previous pandemics. On today’s episode we speak with Jamie Catherwood of O’Shaughnessy Asset Managemen...
22 Jun 202030min
Chamath Palihapitiya Says A Reckoning Is Coming For Big Tech
Chamath Palihapitiya is the CEO of Social Capital, the Chairman of Virgin Galactic and a partial owner of the Golden State Warriors basketball team. He’s also been an outspoken critic of the way the c...
18 Jun 202044min
Domino’s: This Is How A Pizza Chain Stock Did Just As Well As Google
In the summer of 2004, Google went public and, as everyone knows, it’s done phenomenally well. What’s less known is that a few weeks later, Domino’s Pizza also went public. What’s crazy is that the st...
15 Jun 202041min
Why You Can’t Blame The Fed For Ultra-Low Interest Rates And Soaring Asset Prices
One of the characteristics of the pre-crisis (and perhaps also the post-crisis) economy is the presence of very low interest rates, and financial asset prices that are expensive by historical standard...
11 Jun 202040min
