Softbank's Blurry Vision V: The Next Financial Crisis?
In this episode of our series on Softbank's Vision Fund, we talk about how their investment in fintech company Greensill Capital is potentially part of a series of investments that might create condit...
5 Nov 202031min
TT Stonks III: Stocks Divorced from Reality, the Great Accelerator, Future of the Show, and Listener Mailbag
In this episode, we talk about why the stock market is increasingly divorced from economic reality, and the fact that COVID-19 is proving to be a great accelerator rather than a great leveller - accel...
28 Okt 20201h 10min
Softbank's Blurry Vision, IV: Identifying as a Tech Company
We go further into Softbank's investments, including the $2bn-valued company that promised to develop an army of robots to cook and deliver pizzas and ended up just creating a round pizza box.
21 Okt 202028min
TT, Stonks I: FinCEN Files and the Story of Fake Tesla
In this episode, we discuss the leaked FinCEN files - which illustrate trillions of dollars in suspicious financial flows - as well as Nikola, the wannabe Tesla whose "hydrogen truck" was actually jus...
18 Okt 202043min
The Button: The Threat From Nuclear Weapons and What We Can Do About It, with Tom Collina
Very excited to say we have a special guest on the show today. Tom Collina has had a long and storied career in nuclear disarmament for many years, in the Director of Policy at the Plougshares Fund, a...
14 Okt 20201h 7min
Modern Monetary Theory with the MMT Podcast II: What Your Economy Can Do For You
Hello and welcome to this episode of Physical Attraction. We have a special couple of guests on the show today. Listeners to our episodes about QE for the People will remember that we briefly mentione...
8 Okt 20201h 43min
Modern Monetary Theory with the MMT Podcast I: Where Does Money Come From?
We have a special couple of guests on the show today. Listeners to our episodes about QE for the People will remember that we briefly mentioned Modern Monetary Theory as a new perspective on how econo...
7 Okt 202050min
Thermonuclear Takes: China Goes For Net Zero
In this episode of Physical Attraction, we'll be discussing the recent announcement by China that they will aim for zero net CO2 emissions by the year 2060 - a massive upgrade to their climate pledge....
30 Sep 202040min
