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6 Things Jobless Claims Tell Us About the State of the Real Economy
18.6.2020
Persistent unemployment and fears of further layoffs are the real economic counterpoint to the financial market’s unbridled enthusiasm
What Satoshi Understood: Nobody Knows You’re a Dog on Social Media, Feat. The Crypto Dog
17.6.2020
A conversation about pseudo-anonymity, global digital nomadism and the trader’s mindset
From Moral Hazard to Business as Usual, Feat. Jesse Felder
16.6.2020
A leading independent financial analysis shares thoughts on the “Robinhood rally,” Fed policy and why Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is already here
Sorry, Bloomberg: Here Are 6 Reasons Why 2020 Is a Great Year for Bitcoin
15.6.2020
A Bloomberg senior editor today argued there were six reasons why 2020 was bad for bitcoin. Here’s the opposite case
The Chad Index Versus Doomer Internet Money: The Breakdown Weekly Recap
13.6.2020
This week, the wildest, most nonsensical, volatile part of the market wasn’t bitcoin, but the “Robinhood Rally” in equities
Bitcoin Is More Than an Inflation Hedge
12.6.2020
While fears of a “great monetary inflation” have driven the recent bitcoin narrative, other aspects like censorship resistance and peaceful protest matter just as much
Why the Fed Keeps Denying Its Role in Increasing Inequality
11.6.2020
The Federal Reserve expects low inflation, says rates will stay close to zero through 2022 and keeps lying about the role of central banks in increasing inequality
A Vision for Digital Property Rights, Feat. Nic Carter
10.6.2020
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?
COVID-19 Accelerates Digital Innovation and the Breakdown of Analogue Living
10.6.2020
Now, more than ever, the economic efficiency and transparency is omnipresent, and emerging technologies such as blockchain have highlighted the dire need for such solutions
What the Stock Market’s ‘Robinhood Rally’ Means for Bitcoin
9.6.2020
The largest 50-day rally in stock market history and even shares of bankrupt companies are up more than 100%. What is going on?
Why War Reporting Is the Right Mental Model for Today’s Media, Feat. Jake Hanrahan
8.6.2020
The founder of Popular Front joins NLW for a discussion about protests, media and how the people being covered tend to not reflect divisive politics
The Revolution Will Be Retweeted: The Breakdown Weekly Recap
6.6.2020
A recap of one of the most significant weeks in recent American political history
The Biggest Realignment in the US-China Relationship Since Nixon, Feat. Graham Webster
5.6.2020
How one of the world’s most important geopolitical relationships came to be what it is in 2020
The Mirage of the Money Printer: Why the Fed Is More PR Than Policy, Feat. Jeffrey P. Snider
4.6.2020
The meme is “money printer go brrr,” but according to this macro expert, central banks have almost no power to actually influence money itself
5 Numbers That Tell the Story of Markets Right Now
3.6.2020
From the largest 50-day rally in history to the highest unemployment since the Great Depression, the story of markets in 5 key numbers
Cellphones, Bitcoin and the Citizen Tools of Anti-Authoritarianism, Feat. Alex Gladstein
2.6.2020
As protests mount in the U.S., we sit down with an outspoken pro-bitcoin, anti-surveillance human-rights advocate
On the ‘Bitcoin Fixes This’ Meme
1.6.2020
As the U.S. experiences the most sustained civil disobedience in more than a generation, an exploration of what role bitcoin has to play in building a better system
The Battle for the Future of Money, Feat. Lawrence Summers, CZ, Michelle Phan, the Winklevoss Brothers, The Chainsmokers and More
29.5.2020
As the current economic crisis comes into clearer focus, how leading voices from pop culture to crypto including Carlota Perez, The Chainsmokers, Ray Yousseff and many others are reimaging money
The Geopolitical Implications of a Too-Strong Dollar, Feat. Brent Johnson
28.5.2020
A macro expert joins to discuss why the U.S. dollar and economy are more broadly poised to suck the liquidity from the entire global economy
Why Innovation Matters (and How Not to Screw It Up), Feat. Matt Ridley
27.5.2020
The “Rational Optimist” author gives his take on the economic history and possible futures of prosperity’s most important driver: innovation