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 Renaissance Technologies, which would soon become one the greatest global hedge fund firms in the world. Forbes said of JHS that he was “arguably the world’s greatest investor”. Simons found success by applying mathematical models and computer algorithms to financial fluctuations. He turned record profits and he almost always won out. Almost…

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Ep.45 - Donald Trump and the Mar-a-lago accord

Ep.45 - Donald Trump and the Mar-a-lago accord

The Mar-a-Lago accord is a hypothetical project that both Trumpian economists and outside observers are following closely. It is bound to be an ambitious new direction for the international economic e...

20 Nov 202411min

Ep.44 - Franz Kafka and AI

Ep.44 - Franz Kafka and AI

The rise of Artificial Intelligence brings to mind the fear of an apocalypse. In one of these dystopian predictions, thinking machines will take over the giant maze of bureaucracy at the core of moder...

13 Nov 202410min

Ep.43 - When Nav Sarao shook Wall Street

Ep.43 - When Nav Sarao shook Wall Street

It’s 2.42 PM on May 6 2010. Navinder Sarao, a thirty-two year old British Indian and self-taught trader, plunges Wall Street into chaos. In just a few minutes, 750 billion euros disappear from the fin...

16 Okt 202410min

Ep.42 - A manifesto for the future of Italy

Ep.42 - A manifesto for the future of Italy

They’re called “inner areas”, they’re the spaces of a deep Italy, which have been kept far away from public debate for too long, without public investment and services, forced to a drastic fall in hab...

9 Okt 202413min

Ep.41 - Drugs and the politics of pain

Ep.41 - Drugs and the politics of pain

When we talk about drugs, we also have to talk about economics and urban spaces, about repressive policies and laws. We have to talk about poverty and the lack of prospects. About inefficiency, about ...

2 Okt 202414min

Ep.40- Minimum wage and the virus of poverty

Ep.40- Minimum wage and the virus of poverty

In the western world, poverty is an epidemic amongst low-wage workers. Introducing, extending and increasing the minimum wage are just some of the ways in which we can face this social crisis. In the ...

25 Sep 202412min

Ep.39 - This is Europe

Ep.39 - This is Europe

The ex-president of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi delivers his report on European competitiveness, and invites us to change our current course. The European Union is going through a crisis c...

18 Sep 202413min

Ep.38 - The army of invisibles

Ep.38 - The army of invisibles

On the night of June 14 2017, seventy-two people die in the flames of Grenfell Tower, in North Kensington, London City. 221 feet high, 24 stories tall, housing 120 apartments, Grenfell Tower is built ...

26 Jun 202412min

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