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The 'Widowmaker' Crypto Trade That Helped Blow Up an Industry
Over the last year, numerous things have gone wrong for the crypto industry. (Too many to list.) But one thing we've learned is that there's an incre…
3 years, 2 months ago
Isabella Weber On a New Way to Think About Inflation
In economics, there tends to be two dominant ways of thinking about inflation. Either you agree with Milton Friedman, who described inflation as alwa…
3 years, 2 months ago
Ex-Logger Aims to Beat Elon Musk in Electric Trucks
While electric vehicle use is growing rapidly, the internal combustion engine remains completely dominant in the world of heavy trucks. At some point…
3 years, 2 months ago
Why Banks Are Suddenly Borrowing From the Fed's Discount Window
The discount window at the Federal Reserve allows banks to borrow money at an above-market rate in exchange for high-quality collateral. The facility…
3 years, 2 months ago
Neil Dutta and Conor Sen on the Chances of a US Soft Landing
The most recent jobs report has revived talk that the US economy might pull off the fabled "soft landing." Jobs are still growing nicely and the unem…
3 years, 2 months ago
What Truckers Already Know About the Future of Electronic Worker Surveillance
Thanks to work from home, and other trends, workers are being electronically monitored by their bosses like never before. But some industries have ha…
3 years, 3 months ago
Flexport CEO Says a ‘Great Recession’ Is Here for Global Shipping
Back in early 2021, Ryan Petersen was one of the first people we spoke to on the Odd Lots podcast about supply chain snarls and high shipping costs. …
3 years, 3 months ago
The AMA Episode: Tracy and Joe Answer All Your Questions
In this special episode, Tracy and Joe reach into the mailbag and take some questions about Odd Lots, and the things regularly covered on the show. W…
3 years, 3 months ago
Odd Lots Revisited: Our First Episode with Tom Keene
Odd Lots is seven years old now, having started in late 2015. When it began, we really didn't know what the show was going to be or be about. To end …
3 years, 3 months ago
Why the Price of Plastic Is Crashing After a Record Surge
Plastic is in almost everything and prices of polypropylene, polyethylene and a host of other polymers went nuts in 2021, surging to record highs. No…
3 years, 3 months ago