How to Put a Price on a Bird: the Forgotten Science of Economic Ornithology
This episode is for the birds — and one bird in particular. Flaco, an Eurasian eagle-owl, escaped from the Central Park Zoo last year and went on to become a local celebrity, delighting New Yorkers wi...
1 Mar 202435min
What Really Goes Into the Fed's Favorite Measure of Inflation?
The Federal Reserve has a goal of getting inflation down to 2%. But of course, there are a lot of different ways of measuring inflation. Many people know about the Consumer Price Index, and the variou...
29 Feb 202449min
How the Rise of 'Pod Shops' Is Reshaping the Way Markets Trade
The hedge fund industry has gone through multiple evolutions. Investing styles go in and out of fashion as market conditions change. Strategies that work become crowded with investors, which can mean ...
26 Feb 202449min
How Ukraine Delivers the Mail During Wartime
If you order something from Ukraine right now, be it a T-shirt or a vintage Christmas ornament, chances are it will arrive on time and in good shape. Not only is the country's mail service still opera...
23 Feb 202438min
A Longtime Aerospace Analyst Questions Boeing's Future
Troubles at Boeing just keep piling up, along with existential questions about the company's future. Not only is Boeing enormously important to US manufacturing, but it's also a major defense contract...
22 Feb 202447min
This Is What's Hard About Building a US Domestic Battery Industry
The growth of electric vehicles has heightened concerns about China's current dominance in lithium-ion batteries. So as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, the US government is spending money and pro...
19 Feb 202454min
Lots More on What Earnings Are Telling Us About Prices Now
Last year, Corbu managing director Samuel Rines came on Odd Lots to discuss what exactly companies were saying about why they were raising prices. His argument was that in the post-pandemic environmen...
16 Feb 202428min
The Quiet Revolution in How We Rescue Banks
A little less than a year ago, the US financial system was rocked by its first major banking drama since 2008. While the crisis was eventually contained, and only three lenders ended up collapsing, th...
15 Feb 202443min
