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1219 episodes transcribedOver the past year it's become clear that traditional economics doesn't necessarily do a great job of accounting for real world problems like transpor...
Inflation is running hot these days. But, even when the official measures were considerably cooler, there were many people who were skeptical and insi...
Vlad Zamfir is something of a crypto legend. The researcher was early into Bitcoin, and he was part of the Ethereum Foundation before it launched. He'...
One of the big stories in the economy right now is the high number of unfilled job openings in the leisure and hospitality sectors. There are numerous...
Mainstream economics has come under attack lately. People have begun questioning its understanding of things like inflation, monetary policy, deficits...
Bookstores typically aren't seen as the most attractive businesses in the year 2021. Add in the pandemic, and that makes it even tougher. And if you'r...
There's a lot of hype about so-called DeFi (decentralized finance) these days, and much of it is based on enthusiasm over what can be built on Ethereu...
By now you've no doubt heard about DeFi: the hot vision of crypto that aims to disrupt traditional lending and fundraising. But the space remains real...
The world's central bankers are facing challenges the likes of which they've never seen before. We're in a unique moment for the macroeconomy, coming...
You can't talk about the problems in logistics and supply chains right now without talking about trucking. Once goods are unloaded from ships, trucks...
Everyone knows that tech stocks performed amazingly well amid the coronavirus crisis. In the last few months, there's been a little bit of a cooling o...
By this point, you're aware that shipping anything internationally is pretty tough right now. It turns out, it's getting worse. Earlier in the year, T...
Over the last year, numerous celebrities and athletes have gotten into crypto in some way. For example, some have announced plans to put part of their...
Home demand is booming. By some measures, the market is even hotter than it was during the peak prior to the financial crisis. But there's one big pro...
Dan Ariely is one of the most famous behavioral economists in the world. And in his latest act, he's attempted to apply his research to investing. His...
The crypto market recently experienced one of its worst crashes ever, with numerous coins cut in half in a manner of days, seemingly without an obviou...
These days, there's a shortage of chips everywhere you look. Some of it is related to idiosyncratic events specifically related to logistics. Some of...
Over the last few years, ESG has become a gigantic industry. Due to concerns over climate, the treatment of workers, and other public matters, there's...
"Decentralized Finance," "Yield farming"... you've probably heard these terms before, but have very little idea about how they all work. On a recent e...
By now, everybody knows that global supply chains are a mess. Not a day goes by where there isn't news of some shortage or bottleneck. Chips, shipping...
