Lev Menand and Nathan Tankus on Why Fed Independence Is Now Hanging by a Thread
Last August, President Trump made the unprecedented choice of moving to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook. The administration claimed she was being terminated with cause, citing an ongoing investigation in ...
17 Juli 1h 5min
Why Soccer Analytics Works Like Volatility Arbitrage Trading
American sports fans have long been comfortable talking in the language of stats and analytics. Soccer embraced the 'moneyball' revolution later; the sport was once perceived as too complex to model a...
16 Juli 51min
NY Governor Kathy Hochul on Her One Year Data Center Moratorium
On July 14, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a one-year moratorium on new large data center projects in the state. It's the nation's first such pause at a time when anti-data center politics i...
15 Juli 42min
Why AI Might Actually Create More Work for Lawyers
It seems obvious that among the many industries that AI might disrupt, the legal profession might face some of the most adverse outcomes. When clerical, research-based tasks like searching through dat...
13 Juli 55min
The Korean Levered ETFs Shaking Markets All Around the World
Retail participation in the stock market is booming. And of course the biggest story in markets is the AI trade, which has created an incredible amount of demand for chips and memory. These two broad ...
10 Juli 43min
One of the World's Largest Hedge Funds on Its 86x Growth in Token Spending
We've gone through a number of a technological revolutions in investing, whether it was the dawn of the high frequency trading era or the introduction of robotraders. When it comes to AI, the big ques...
9 Juli 52min
These Are the Sharps Actually Making Money on Prediction Markets
Here's a couple things about prediction markets. A lot of it is pure gambling and speculation, much of it on things with very little economic relevance. Another fact is that in all likelihood, if you ...
6 Juli 48min
How a Major Grocery Store Chain Can Dramatically Lower the Cost of Food
In June, grocery giant Aldi opened a store just off of Times Square in Manhattan. It's the company's first location in Midtown and, according to their US Chief Commercial Officer Scott Patton, Aldi ha...
3 Juli 50min
