
The Moment a Most Famous Dotcom Millionaire Knew the Party Was Over
The first real explosive Internet IPO was a company called TheGlobe.com. It was kind of a proto-social networking/message board site, and on the day it went public in 1998, its shares soared 606%. Its...
7 Jul 202246min

Admiral Stavridis on a Plan to Get Ukrainian Wheat Out of a Warzone
Inflation was running hot even before Russia invaded Ukraine, but disruption in Europe's bread basket certainly hasn't helped matters and there are now plenty of warnings that a global food shortage c...
4 Jul 202234min

How to Spot a Fraud When Everyone's Against You
'Markets can stay irrational for longer than you can stay solvent' is a classic maxim for investors, but it holds true for journalists too. In this episode, we speak with the Financial Times's Dan McC...
1 Jul 202249min

Jigar Shah on the DOE's Role In Accelerating The Energy Transition
The situation in energy right now seems bleak. But while everyone is focused on the high price of gasoline, or the frailty of the electrical grid, advances are still being made to decarbonize, and mak...
30 Jun 202255min

Jay Newman on the Coming Crisis for Emerging Markets
There are a lot of challenges facing emerging markets right now. For a start, the dollar has been pretty strong, heaping pressure on governments that have borrowed in a foreign currency. Meanwhile, en...
27 Jun 202247min

The Behind-the-Scenes Mess Now Facing the VC Industry
There's a fairly linear relationship between what's going on in the stock market and what's going on in the world of venture capital and private tech investing. When tech stocks plunge and the IPO win...
23 Jun 202254min

A Concrete Plan to Bring the Price of Oil Down Right Now
The price of oil is the central threat to the economy right now. Surging gasoline costs crimp consumer budgets. Surging diesel costs make everything more expensive. And of course, we know there are al...
22 Jun 202245min

Why It's So Hard to Get the Oil Taps Turned Back On
Oil prices are sky high. And there's plenty of oil in the ground in North America. And so far the supply response has been disappointing. Frustration is boiling over among drivers and politicians, and...
20 Jun 202249min



















