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These Stories Of Horse Racing Gamblers Will Get You Psyched For The Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is coming up in early May, and it's time to get excited. On this week's Odd Lots podcast, we talk to Bloomberg editor David Papadopoulos, who in addition to his day job has been be…
Published on 7 years, 7 months ago
Why The Entire Way We Talk About Millennials Is Wrong
When it comes to millennials, the media has certain tropes that it likes to go back to. Millennials love avocados. Millennials aren't into homebuying. Millennials are always killing off this or that …
Published on 7 years, 7 months ago
We're Nominated For A Webby Award, And We Need Your Help!
We've been nominated for a Webby Award in the business podcast category, and we need the support of our listeners to help us win. Go online to https://www.webbyawards.com/ and vote now. And thanks fo…
Published on 7 years, 7 months ago
Why A Florida Orange Grove In 1946 Is The Key To Understanding Regulation Of ICOs
By now, everyone's heard of ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) where companies issue their own currency-like tokens. They boomed massively in 2017, alongside the whole cryptocurrency craze. But very few p…
Published on 7 years, 7 months ago
This Is What A Trade War With China Would Actually Look Like
Recent threats to impose tariffs on Chinese goods, coupled with China's own retaliatory announcements have raised the prospects of a trade war between the world's two biggest economies. But what is a…
Published on 7 years, 8 months ago
An Economist Explains Why Losing Weight Is Kind Of Like Defeating Inflation
A lot of people would probably agree that there's something wrong with much of the traditional advice in how to lose weight -- or at least how it's implemented. The economist Miles Kimball has lost w…
Published on 7 years, 8 months ago
The World's Most Controversial Interest Rate Is Haunting Us Again
Remember LIBOR? The London Interbank Offered Rate measures the cost of money when banks borrow from each other. It famously blew out during the financial crisis, but for a long time since then it's b…
Published on 7 years, 8 months ago
What It Was Like In The Glory Days Of Trading Currencies In The Pits
These days, when you think of trading, you think of people sitting at a desk with a bunch of monitors, watching charts, and maybe making decisions based on algorithmic signals. Of course if you imagi…
Published on 7 years, 8 months ago
For The First Time In Years, Why People Are Suddenly Talking About Inflation Again
For years, nobody seemed particularly concerned about inflation. Outside of a few blips, in the wake of the financial crisis, people have become accustomed to low inflation, and central banks providi…
Published on 7 years, 9 months ago
Why The Human Brain Loves To Be Lied To
In theory, people should want to know accurate facts about the state of the world. In practice, it's not so simple. Because of the way we evolved, and how our brains work, there are often things that…
Published on 7 years, 9 months ago