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Matt Levine on the Collapse of FTX and Alameda
It was on an episode of the Odd Lots podcast in April 2022 that Sam Bankman-Fried infamously characterized yield farming as a "box," in a metaphor th…
3 years, 4 months ago
Understanding the Collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's Crypto Empire
The collapse of the Sam Bankman-Fried empire is gigantic, sprawling and fast moving. While details are still coming out, it already ranks among the m…
3 years, 4 months ago
Guyana Is the Most Exciting Story in the World Oil Market
We talk a lot about the US shale boom. And we talk a lot about OPEC. But one of the most exciting stories in the global oil industry is the incredibl…
3 years, 4 months ago
Isabella Weber On Germany's Plan to Cap the Price of Gas
The surge in gas costs in Europe threatens to impose massive pain on households and cripple energy-intensive heavy industry. So there has been a lot …
3 years, 5 months ago
Josh Younger on the Origin Story of the Shadow Banking System
There are a bunch of historical analogies that people like to reach for in order to describe some of the economic trends we're seeing today. There's …
3 years, 5 months ago
Mark Bergen on Apple's Threat to the Online Ad Industry
After years of basically printing money, the big online Internet behemoths are starting to stumble for various reasons. There's the macro slowdowns. …
3 years, 5 months ago
Hyun Song Shin Explains Why This Dollar Shock Is So Unique
It's no secret that a strong US dollar causes the rest of the world pain, but the impact of this year's rally is shaping up to be a bit different tha…
3 years, 5 months ago
A Midwest Drought Is Creating a Supply Chain Crisis on the Mississippi River
The Midwest has been gripped by drought this year and water levels on the Mississippi River have fallen to their lowest marks in decades. That's bad …
3 years, 5 months ago
This Is The Legal Mess Now Facing the Trucking Industry
When people think about the so-called 'gig economy' they probably first think about Uber. But truck drivers are arguably the original gig workers. An…
3 years, 5 months ago
A Broken Market Is Causing Mortgage Rates to Surge
US mortgage rates have jumped to a two-decade high, with the average 30-year home loan now running above 7%. Of course, this makes sense. The Federal…
3 years, 5 months ago