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Goldman's Jan Hatzius on the Lessons Learned in 2020
2020 has been an absolutely extraordinary year for the economy. In March, we saw the fastest economic contraction in history with an extraordinary su…
5 years, 3 months ago
Michael Saylor, the CEO Who Turned a Software Company Into a Bitcoin Company
This past summer, the business intelligence software company MicroStrategy made waves when it put some of its extra cash into Bitcoin. Then, as Bitco…
5 years, 3 months ago
Camille Fournier on Building Tech at Two Sigma
We talk a lot about quantitative trading on the podcast, but typically from a rather big picture perspective, and not at the level of actually buildi…
5 years, 3 months ago
Apple Is at the Cutting Edge of a Revolution in Chips
On a recent episode of Odd Lots, we talked about Intel, and how the former dominant American semiconductor company was stumbling. But big things are …
5 years, 3 months ago
This Is the Macro Picture Going Into 2021
It's obviously been an extraordinary year for markets and the economy for reasons that don't need stating at this point. But what does 2021 have in s…
5 years, 3 months ago
Why Africa Borrowed Billions of Dollars From China
It's no secret that some African nations went on a borrowing spree in recent years, tapping both international markets and sovereign lenders such as …
5 years, 3 months ago
Why the IMF Changed Its Views on Capital Controls
For years, the IMF was generally of the view that free trade was good, and that open capital flows were also good. But in recent years, the latter vi…
5 years, 4 months ago
Former ECB Chief Economist Peter Praet on What's Next For Central Banks
With developed economies still operating well below pre-crisis levels, central banks face substantial pressure to pursue stimulative policies on an o…
5 years, 4 months ago
How the Number One U.S. Semiconductor Company Stumbled
For years, Intel has been the pre-eminent U.S. semiconductor company. But lately, the company has stumbled. This past summer, shares in the company p…
5 years, 4 months ago
How Money Became A Form Of Social Media
There are many similarities between cryptocurrencies and social networks. And the rise of payment apps like Venmo make the link between payments and …
5 years, 4 months ago