Pullman Strike of 1894: Eugene Debs, a Company Town and 12,000 Army Troops
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!George Pullman built the town of Pullman, Illinois, outside Chicago, where his company owned eve...
18 Okt 24min
Homestead Strike of 1892: Fort Frick, Burning Pinkerton Barges and Berkman
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Through the 1880s Carnegie Steel installed open hearth furnaces and continuous production at its...
18 Okt 20min
Insider Trading Law: O'Hagan's Pillsbury Bet, Shadow Trading and Friedman
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Insider trading is buying or selling a public company's securities on material, non-public infor...
18 Okt 20min
Latvian Lats: Silver Five-Lats Coins, Soviet Erasure and the 500 Lats Note
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Newly independent Latvia introduced the lats on August 3, 1922, replacing the Latvian ruble at 5...
18 Okt 19min
Ray Dalio's Bridgewater: A Barn Startup, Radical Transparency and The Fund
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Ray Dalio was born in 1949 in Jackson Heights, Queens, to homemaker Anne and jazz musician Marin...
18 Okt 20min
Jordan Belfort's Stratton Oakmont: Steve Madden IPO to a 1MDB-Funded Film
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Jordan Belfort reached Wall Street in 1987 at L.F. Rothschild, only to lose his job after the Bl...
18 Okt 19min
John Paulson's Subprime Short: Abacus, $4 Billion and a Gold Mine in Idaho
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!John Paulson was born in Queens in 1955 to Jacqueline, the daughter of Jewish immigrants, and Al...
18 Okt 18min
Double Irish Dutch Sandwich: Apple's 0.005% Rate and Leprechaun Economics
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Between 2004 and 2018, U.S. multinationals used the double Irish arrangement to build roughly $1...
18 Okt 23min
