Investing doesn’t have to be complicated. Buy a business with a wide moat and hold it for a really long time. Mary Long talks with Ron Gross about: - How to tell if a business is a monopoly - Laser-focused companies that have fended off competition - Monopolies in railroads, trash, and surgical robots
The Chicago musician Angel Bat Dawid draws parallels between Mozart and the ’60s documentary “The Cry of Jazz” in her latest album, Requiem for Jazz. Angel joins Reset to talk about the new album, her hopes for future Black musicians, and her early days learning the clarinet.
In 1906, George Soper, a freelance sanitary engineer, was hired to investigate several outbreaks of typhoid fever in wealthy New York households.
The reason why it was mysterious is that typhoid fever usually only occurred in places with unsanitary conditions.
What Soper discovered radically changed our knowledge of infectious diseases and how they spread.
Learn more about Typhoid Mary and how she was discovered on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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In Seven Crashes: The Economic Crises That Shaped Globalization (Yale UP, 2023), distinguished economic historian Harold James offers a fresh perspective on the past two centuries of globalization and the pivotal moments that shaped it. James analyzes seven major economic crises that occurred over this period, including the late 1840s, the simultaneous stock market shocks of 1873, the First World War years, the Great Depression era, the 1970s, the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008, and most recently the Covid-19 crisis. Through his insightful analysis, he illustrates how some of these crises contributed to increased cross-border integration of labor, goods, and capital markets, while others resulted in significant deglobalization.
James classifies the crises into two categories: those caused by shortages and those driven by demand. He explains how shortages have led to greater globalization as markets expanded and producers innovated to increase supply, as evidenced by events such as the First World War and the oil shocks of the 1970s. In contrast, demand-driven crises, such as those that caused the Great Depression and the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008, have typically led to international trade contraction and decreased globalization, often accompanied by widespread skepticism of governments.
To support his findings, James examines the writings of key observers who shaped our understanding of each crisis, including Karl Marx in 1848, Stanley Jevons, Léon Walras, and Carl Menger in the 1870s, German Treasury Secretary Karl Helfferich in the First World War, John Maynard Keynes in the Great Depression, Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek in the 1970s, Ben Bernanke in 2008, and Larry Summers and Raj Chetty in 2020.
Overall, James' work provides an insightful and thought-provoking analysis of the relationship between economic crises and globalization over the past two centuries, and sheds light on the potential trajectory of future economic developments.
Javier Mejia is an economist at Stanford University who specializes in the intersection of social networks and economic history. His research interests also include entrepreneurship and political economy, with a particular focus on Latin America and the Middle East. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Los Andes University. Mejia has previously been a Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer at New York University-Abu Dhabi and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Bordeaux. He is also a frequent contributor to various news outlets, currently serving as an op-ed columnist for Forbes Magazine.
Connect with the Filecoin community at the Filecoin Network Base in Austin, April 24-26, ahead of Consensus 2023. Register today at networkbase.io/austin. And find us on the Consensus show floor in the Protocol Village, presented by Filecoin Foundation.
See you in Austin!
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This episode has been edited by Jonas Huck. The senior producer is Michele Musso and the executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”
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Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 at Consensus 2023, happening April 26-28 in Austin, Texas. Come and immerse yourself in all that Web3, crypto, blockchain and the metaverse have to offer. Use code THEHASH to get 15% off your pass. Visit coindesk.com/consensus.
Redfin’s chief economist Daryl Fairweather is calling America’s housing market a “desert” right now. She’s here to explain how interest rates have affected home prices and availability, what all the data means for both buyers and sellers, and more!
On the "CBS News Weekend Roundup"" host Allison Keyes begins with new details from CBS's Catherine Herridge on the probe into those leaked classified documents at the Pentagon, and the arrest of a suspect. We'll also have the latest battle over abortion rights. In the "Kaleidoscope with Allison Keyes" segment, a discussion about Artificial Intelligence and diversity as Levi's gets a backlash over a decision to use computer-generated models of color rather than hiring real people.
There’s a terrible legal Easter egg in Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk’s ruling on the abortion medication, Mifepristone. And that same Easter egg makes an appearance in the Fifth Circuit’s partial stay. It’s the Comstock Act - a mostly forgotten 19th century vice statute that is suddenly the anti-abortion movement’s favorite zombie legislation. On a special extra episode of Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Mary Ziegler, an expert on the law, history, and politics of reproduction, health care, and conservatism in the United States from 1945 to the present. Together, they tackle the chaos upon chaos of the past week’s medication abortion cases, and take a long hard look at the next steps in the anti-abortion movement’s fight for a nationwide ban.
In this week’s Amicus Plus segment, Dahlia is joined by Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern to discuss the “quid pro Crow” of Justice Clarence Thomas’ real estate deals with GOP mega donor, and avid court-watcher, and amicus-brief-funder Harlan Crow.
Paul Connolly is expecting his second child, and the due date is just under two weeks away. In hopes of easing his anxiety every time the phone rings , he is joined by Professor Asma Khalil, Professor Chris Pettker and Doctor Melissa Wong to discover exactly how accurate his baby's due date is...
Presenter: Paul Connolly
Researcher: Octavia Woodward
Editor: Richard Vadon
Sound Engineer: Graham Puddifoot
Production Co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
"The Hash" tackles today's hot topics: What a look at balance sheets of the world's top central banks could mean for the outlook for risk assets like bitcoin. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering reopening a proposal that would fold in oversight of decentralized finance (DeFi) exchanges. A new Pew Research study shows that a majority of Americans are not confident in crypto. Plus, why Solana is selling a new smartphone.
Connect with the Filecoin community at the Filecoin Network Base in Austin, April 24-26, ahead of Consensus 2023. Register today at networkbase.io/austin. And find us on the Consensus show floor in the Protocol Village, presented by Filecoin Foundation.
See you in Austin!
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Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 at Consensus 2023, happening April 26-28 in Austin, Texas. Come and immerse yourself in all that Web3, crypto, blockchain and the metaverse have to offer. Use code THEHASH to get 15% off your pass. Visit coindesk.com/consensus.
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This episode has been edited by Ryan Huntington. The senior producer is Michele Musso and the executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”
