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One of the hosts of NPR’s legendary “Planet Money” takes us on a whirlwind tour of some of the key moments of money history in the last 1,000 years.In this conversation, Jacob and NLW discuss:How China invented paper money and then forgot about it for centuriesWhy the invention of the
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Crypto legal experts join to discuss the U.S. government’s case against BitMEX and its implications for the broader ecosystem. Our main discussion explores the ramifications of the recent BitMEX charges.Yesterday, BitMEX was targeted with both civil and criminal complaints, with the CTO being arrested for violation of the Bank Secrecy Act. In
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A wide-ranging conversation about the state of macro, why central banks can’t really do anything and why private markets are leading the future of money. Raoul Pal is CEO and co-founder of Real Vision, a platform fundamentally disrupting macroeconomics and financial media. In this wide-ranging conversation, he and NLW discuss: Hot takes on
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The Crescat Capital portfolio manager gives his take on the flashing macro warning signals and why it is an explosive moment for gold, silver and (potentially) bitcoin. Tavi Costa is a portfolio manager at Crescat Capital. In this conversation with NLW, he discusses:The credit exhaustion moment in the engines of global growthThe
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One of the best-known macro analysts breaks down last week’s Jerome Powell speech and whether it truly represents a new policy era for the Federal Reserve. Our main conversation is with Luke Gromen, founder of the Forest for the Trees consulting firm. In this conversation, we discuss: Source
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An economic historian and one of Foreign Policy’s “Top Global Thinkers of the Decade” discusses post-COVID-19 global economics and politics. Our guest today is Adam Tooze. Adam holds the Shelby Cullom Davis Chair of History at Columbia University and serves as director of its European Institute. He is known for his
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Most people today look at social platforms like any other private company, but what if we saw them as alternative jurisdictions with a new set of property rights? Here’s a radical idea. What if your time and effort building a following on social media and serving that following with your content
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The best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. With the price of bitcoin headed up again, the idea of blockchains and digital currencies has never been more palatable to the mainstream. We've seen this cycle before, but could this time be different? Today's discussion features:Today's episode features audio
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The halving? Coronavirus and volatility? Fed action? Listeners vote on what's driving crypto growth.There’s no denying 2020 is off to a roaring start. From prices to volume to social media, sentiment is up, up, up. But what’s driving it? On this special Valentine’s Day episode, @nlw reacts to listeners' votes about
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