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
Let Them Eat Equities! The Economic Chickens Come Home to Roost, Feat. Luke Gromen
Today on the Brief: Debt will exceed U.S. GDP for the first time since 1946 SPACs in action! Decentralized exchange volume flippens centralized exchanges Our main conversation is with Luke Grom...
3 Sep 202052min
Financial Postmodernism and the Great Inflation Debate
August has come to a close. In this recap and “best of” episode, NLW looks at the big themes that defined the month. Most notable was the discussion of inflation culminating in the Federal Reserve’s n...
2 Sep 202024min
