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Sam Bankman-Fried and Matt Levine on How the Crypto Market Really Works
Sam Bankman-Fried is arguably the most important and powerful person in crypto. His crypto exchange FTX just raised $900 million and is growing like …
4 years, 8 months ago
Gene Seroka on the Logistical Logjam at the Port of LA
America's ports are a key source of congestion contributing to supply chain disruptions rippling through the economy. Things have gotten a little bet…
4 years, 8 months ago
The Bathtub Episode: How the Pandemic Disrupted Plumbing
When you think about building a new home, obviously you think of various constraints regarding land, labor, and raw materials. But, of course, you ca…
4 years, 8 months ago
GXO's CIO on the Past, Present, and Future of Warehouses
You can't talk about supply chains without talking about warehouses. Basically everything we buy at some point eventually sits in a warehouse. But wa…
4 years, 8 months ago
What Complexity Economics Can Add to Our View of the World
Over the past year it's become clear that traditional economics doesn't necessarily do a great job of accounting for real world problems like transpo…
4 years, 8 months ago
Why Everyone's Experience Of Inflation Is So Different
Inflation is running hot these days. But, even when the official measures were considerably cooler, there were many people who were skeptical and ins…
4 years, 8 months ago
Vlad Zamfir on the Dangers of Unstoppable Software and What People Get Wrong About Blockchains
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…
4 years, 8 months ago
The Labor Episode: How the Omni Hotel Chain Is Dealing With Hiring Right Now
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 numerou…
4 years, 8 months ago
Steve Keen Says Economists Get Everything Wrong (Especially About Climate Change)
Mainstream economics has come under attack lately. People have begun questioning its understanding of things like inflation, monetary policy, deficit…
4 years, 9 months ago
Ryan Holiday on Opening a Bookstore During a Pandemic
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'…
4 years, 9 months ago