How Monetary Policy Undermined American Resilience
Today on the Brief: Jobless claims slightly exceed expectations at 884,000 ECB keeps policy unchained; euro rises versus dollar Survey: What’s the right way to understand the business and market ...
11 Sep 202015min
‘Absolute Raging Mania’: Famed Investor Druckenmiller Thinks 10% Inflation Is Possible
Today on the Brief: Markets recover slightly but vaccine trade falters as AstraZeneca pauses trials Bitcoin and gold correlation increases sharply around dollar instability Mastercard launches si...
10 Sep 202019min
Why Bitcoin Investors Aren’t Worried About This Price Pullback
Today on the Brief: Stock market continues its descent Insider stock selling reached five-year high in August President Trump promises more aggressive decoupling from China Our main discussion: ...
9 Sep 202016min
Sorry, Uncle Sam, We’re Entering the Era of Private Money
On this special Labor Day edition of The Breakdown, NLW is doing a reading of Nic Carter’s most recent essay “The Crypto-Dollar Surge and the American Opportunity.” In it, Carter argues that rather ...
7 Sep 202012min
A Practical Utopian’s Guide to the Coming Collapse
Earlier this week, news broke that David Graeber, author of influential works such as “Debt: The First 5000 Years,” had passed away. In his memory, today’s Long Reads Sunday is a reading of his 2013...
6 Sep 202023min
Is Tesla a Stock for Suckers?
On this episode of The Breakdown Weekly Recap, NLW looks at the full story the stock markets are telling us about the economy, including: SoftBank unmasked as the “Nasdaq whale” playing the same opt...
5 Sep 202010min
8 Historical Analogies That Help Explain the Madness of 2020
Inspired by Michael Batnik’s “All Wrapped In One,” this episode examines eight moments from history that can help us make sense of one of the most chaotic years of our lives. Income inequality of t...
5 Sep 202018min
DeFi Degens Are Crypto’s Suicide Squad
Today on the Brief: Traditional markets falter, led down by tech stocks Bitcoin falls under $11,000 for the first time since July Stablecoins mint $100m daily since mid-July Our main discussion ...
4 Sep 202017min
