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I talk to the most interesting people about economic growth

Latest Episodes:

Ep 34: Long Run Growth with Trevor Chow Apr 17, 2022

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I spoke to the very very talented Trevor Chow about the history of long run growth. Topics include

Wishlist of economic history topics
Getting over vetocracy
Qualities of the best economic blogs
Why more economics graduates should join a VC firm!
Meme theory of money

Highly highly recommended

Ep 33: Jumping Through Financial History with Jamie Catherwood Mar 06, 2022

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I spoke with Jamie Catherwood who writes and teaches financial history at Investor Amnesia. We had a lot of fun talking about

The relevance of financial history
Formation of bubbles
Investing during a war
Surprising stories behind the 1907 financial panic
The influence of Twitter

The Indian Economy Feb 20, 2022

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I talked to Puja Mehra, a journalist and author of the book The Lost Decade about India's economic history of the years 2008-2018. We talked about The reasons for India's jobs crisis Should the Finance Ministry be split into two? The farming crisis Has India's Big Government really receded?

Chinese Tech Antitrust Feb 20, 2022

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I spoke to Michael Norris, a commentator on Chinese technology industries and research manager at AgencyChina. We talked about Understanding the motivations of Chinese antitrust enforcement The 'low hanging fruit' of antitrust The false dilemma of hard tech and software Chinese tech companies he is bullish on English language news sources for China tech

Ep 30: Finance and scams with Jamie Powell Feb 06, 2022

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I talked to Jamie Powell who is a financial journalist at the Financial Times. We had lots of fun talking about:

The economics of short selling
Can bubbles be good for the economy?
Issues with Web3
The story around tesla

Highly recommended!

Ep 29: Financing Science and Innovation Jan 30, 2022

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I talked to Ben Reinhardt about new models for funding science and innovation. Ben's pieces on DARPA and his proposal for a private DARPA-like research funding organization are foundational pieces in the field and should be read by anyone who wants to understand them. We talked about:

The Big Man Theory of History
What makes good DARPA program managers?
Why you need to be less responsible to innovate
Does science have an introspection problem?
Will the US maintain its leading position in science

Highly recommended!

Ep 28: Finding and Funding Entrepreneurs with Matt Clifford Jan 23, 2022

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I spoke with Matt Clifford, the co-founder and CEO of Entrepreneur First a pre-idea investing firm. We talked about some very exciting topics! They are:

Personality types of successful founders
Founders with high agency
The race between politics and technology
The most underrated impactful historical event

Ep 27: A Tour through British Economic History Jan 16, 2022

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I talked to Duncan Weldon a former Britain economics correspondent for The Economist and the writer of the substack Value Added. We talked about his book Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through. Topics include

How did the road to riches change through centuries?
Why does Britain have no tech giants?
How did Britain survive with high levels of debt in the past?
Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain and not elsewhere?

Ep 26: Housing policy with Sam Bowman Dec 26, 2021

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I talked to Sam Bowman, the Director of competition policy at the Law and Econ Center. He was previously Executive Director of the Adam Smith Institute and has been a constant advocate for saner housing policy. I talked to him about housing policy and adjacent topics:

How housing affects everything!
How do we incentivize NIMBYs into allowing more building?
The most underrated economist
Lessons from writing Works in Progress

Ep 25: Market Mechanics with Mike Green Dec 19, 2021

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I talked to Michael Green who is Chief Strategist and Portfolio Manager at Simplify ETFs. He previously was Chief Strategist and Portfolio Manager at Logica and even before that he was portfolio manager at Thiel Capital. Mike is extremely smart and very fun to talk to. We had an interesting conversation about

How do passive flows change the stock market?
How can you trade these with options?
Explaining the Gamestop rally in Jan 2021
How do you price crypto?
Why is his twitter handle profplum99?
Why ambitious people should not enter finance

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