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What Odd Lots Says About History
30 episodes about history
<p>Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway explore the most interesting topics in finance, markets and economics. J...
Key Insights on History
The alternate scenario explores how a successful Charlemagne-Irene marriage in 794 could have prevented the East-West Schism and fundamentally altered European religious history
- Islam's Quran denies Jesus' crucifixion in Surah 4:157 despite overwhelming historical evidence, creating fundamental contradictions with established history
- Block announced cutting 40% of their workforce - 'the largest layoff in S&P history for a company of that size'
- Every empire with a central bank has collapsed from debt and deficit spending - the math always takes over
- YouTube's revenue share model (close to 50%) exists due to historical competition, while other social networks give creators effectively 0% outside token creator funds
- "The Empire State Building took 110 days from start to finish" compared to years for simple changes today due to regulatory complexity
- Cal Neva project involves 500 consultants working on a 200-room Lake Tahoe hotel with Frank Sinatra history
- "You have to know history to be a good designer" - contemporary references won't create timeless spaces
Episodes
Why Tomatoes Are the Most Expensive They've Been in Four Decades
Stripe's John Collison on How Agentic Commerce Will Reshape the Internet
Why SocGen's Albert Edwards Sees Double-Digit Inflation Coming Back
Martin Wolf on the 'Terrifying' Superpower That the US Wields
How Taiwan Became the World's Most Perilous Geopolitical Chokepoint
What's Actually Going On With Private Credit
Daniel Yergin Sees a 'Different World' Emerging After the Hormuz Crisis
Presenting What Next TBD: Why Everyone is Freaking out About Private Credit
Ziad Daoud Explains How War with Iran Will Reshape the Gulf
The Big Macro Force That's Been Driving Stocks Higher for Years
How Shipping Insurance Really Works During a War
Thomas Peterffy on Interactive Brokers' Plan to Professionalize Prediction Markets
Why NASA Hired a Chief Economist
David Shor and Byrne Hobart on the Politics of a White-Collar Wipeout
Greg Brew on Surging Energy and the 'Strategic Trap' of the War in Iran
War in Iran Is Creating a Fertilizer Crisis Like Never Before
How the Speed of a Trade Got Down to Nearly the Speed of Light
James van Geelen on His Viral AI Doom Scenario
Jamee Moudud on the Intellectual Roots of Zohranomics
Jared Sleeper on Which Software Companies Will Survive the "SaaSpocalypse"
Ray Wang on How AI Is Causing DRAM Prices to Surge
The Sixth Bureau, Episode 1: Your Friend From Nanjing
Why Adam Posen Thinks Inflation Will Surge Back to 4%
Ricardo Hausmann Explains How the Venezuelan Economy Collapsed
How a Former Fed Vice-Chair Is thinking About the Next Fed Chair
This Is How The US Can Become a Player in Rare Earth Metals
Jeff Currie on the Crazy Surge in Metals, And Why The Supercycle Has Years to Run
Pimco CEO Manny Roman on Japanese Bonds and the Sell America Trade
Why the Tech World Is Going Crazy for Claude Code
Greg Grandin on how the Monroe Doctrine Became the Donroe Doctrine
Books on history
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