Mitu Gulati and Ugo Panizza on Haiti’s Odious Post-Colonial Debt
Nearly 200 years ago, the colonialist French power granted independence to Haiti. But it did so under the brutal condition that it pay 150 million francs in exchange for its freedom. This was a stagge...
26 Aug 202143min
A Conversation With Ajmal Ahmady, Afghanistan’s Former Central Bank Chief
Over the last week and a half, the world has watched in shock at the dizzying speed of the collapse in Afghanistan. Events are still unfolding, so the future remains extremely uncertain. One former of...
23 Aug 202147min
David Woo on What the Economists Got Wrong About the Stimulus
David Woo has always been one of the most outspoken voices on the street. A former top strategist at Bank of America, he is now publishing independently at his new site David Woo Unbound. On this epis...
19 Aug 202156min
Neel Kashkari on the Fed’s Quest To Get To Full Employment
The last two jobs reports have been strong, but the unemployment rate remains over 5%. And by some estimates, the economy is still 8 million jobs shy of where it would have been had it not been for th...
16 Aug 202146min
Brent Donnelly on What It Takes To Be a Winning Trader
The last 18 months has seen an incredible influx of people getting into trading. Thanks to a combination of Robinhood, a bull market, and perhaps more free time, trading is part of popular culture to ...
12 Aug 202151min
Dallas Fed President Rob Kaplan on the Economy and Monetary Policy Right Now
The economy is in uncharted territory in more ways that one right now. Coming out of the worst of the pandemic, we're seeing a rapid pace of GDP growth, along with elevated inflation readings the like...
9 Aug 202152min
Sam Bankman-Fried and Matt Levine on How the Crypto Market Really Works
Sam Bankman-Fried is arguably the most important and powerful person in crypto. His crypto exchange FTX just raised $900 million and is growing like crazy. Meanwhile, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Matt ...
5 Aug 20211h 9min
Gene Seroka on the Logistical Logjam at the Port of LA
America's ports are a key source of congestion contributing to supply chain disruptions rippling through the economy. Things have gotten a little better, but very slowly. And the disruptions are expec...
2 Aug 202156min
