Ep.5 - The economic consequences of war

Ep.5 - The economic consequences of war

The conflict between Hamas and Israel may have repercussions on the world economy (already weakened by the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic and by the war in Ukraine). The price of oil and energy are the main concerns: the USA reserves of crude oil are at their lowest in recent memory, and prices are reaching dangerously high levels, just as the 2024 Presidential election gets closer. Across the pond, Europe is risking yet another rise in inflation - just as the cycle of interest rate hikes was coming to a close. The central banks need to walk a tightrope, in stiff conditions and avoiding the perils of stagflation: where high prices and zero growth coexist. A disaster that must be averted at all costs.

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Ep.37 - Roger Federer and high finance

Ep.37 - Roger Federer and high finance

If tennis is a metaphor of life, then it’s also a metaphor of finance – seeing as finance determines every aspect of life itself. There’s a strong connection between the trajectories impressed onto a ...

19 Jun 202414min

Ep.36 - What separates us from machines

Ep.36 - What separates us from machines

There’s something in common between Soviet Lieutenant Stanislav Petrov, American activist Aaron Swartz and the co-founder of OpenAI Ilya Sutskever. In different times and ways, all three of them have ...

12 Jun 202411min

Ep.35 - A bitcoin a day / Part two

Ep.35 - A bitcoin a day / Part two

Since June 2019, Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez has been the President of the Republic of El Salvador. Bukele hasn’t just freed the country from the throttle of drug gangs, but also started an unexpected ...

5 Jun 202413min

Ep.34 - A bitcoin a day / Part one

Ep.34 - A bitcoin a day / Part one

Leather jacket, mirror shades, a neatly trimmed beard and slick hair, Nayib Bukele has been the President of the Republic of El Salvador since 2019. Following his election, he’s repressed the drug gan...

29 Mai 202411min

Ep.33 - J.H. Simons, the mathematician who conquered markets

Ep.33 - J.H. Simons, the mathematician who conquered markets

This May 10 we lost James Harris Simons, a legend of high finance, the so-called “King of Quants”, the mathematician who left university and conquered the markets. In 1982, he founded the New York Ren...

22 Mai 202410min

Ep.32 - The bunker: the dream of the West

Ep.32 - The bunker: the dream of the West

We live in an age of permanent catastrophes: viruses and wars, nuclear threats and climate crises. If danger is everywhere, then it’s necessary to seek protection in closed up and impenetrable spaces:...

15 Mai 202411min

Ep.31 - The American civil war

Ep.31 - The American civil war

Theatres are seeing the release of Civil War, by British director Alex Garland, and in the meanwhile the United States truly seem to be under the influence of irreconcilable differences. If we look to...

8 Mai 202411min

Ep.30 - The carnage of Rana Plaza

Ep.30 - The carnage of Rana Plaza

On April 24th 2013, at 8.45. Rana Plaza – an eight-story building which houses several activities including some textile factories, at Savar near Dacca in Bangladesh – collapses upon itself. 1,134 peo...

24 Apr 202413min

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