Tag: finance

• The Heretic’s Guide to Global Finance

  August 28, 2019

  Following the bank bailout and the Global Financial Crisis, anger towards the financial system reached new heights. https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745333502/the-heretics-guide-to-global-finance more ›

• The Invention of Money

  August 4, 2019

  When the Venetian merchant Marco Polo got to China, in the latter part of the thirteenth century, he saw many wonders—gunpowder and coal and eyeglasses and porcelain. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/08/05/the-invention-of-money more ›

• Bitcoin and the money myth

  July 29, 2019

  In recent weeks, Facebook has created a new digital currency and the price of Bitcoin has fluctuated wildly. Has money itself always been an illusion? https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2019/07/bitcoin-and-money-myth more ›

• Tales from the Crypt #86 : Ben Hunt by Tales from the Crypt : A Bitcoin Podcast : A podcast on Anchor

  July 21, 2019

  Join Marty as he sits down with Ben Hunt (with a guest appearance from James O’Beirne) to discuss some of the running themes from Epsilon Theory, how they relate to… more ›

• Paradigm Shifts

  July 21, 2019

  Identify the paradigm you’re in, examine if and how it is unsustainable, and visualize how the paradigm shift will transpire when that which is unsustainable stops. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/paradigm-shifts-ray-dalio more ›

• LIBRA: Rising tides of change lift all the boats

  June 23, 2019

  For the past few days, my social media feed has been overwhelmed with comments, opinions, and notes about the announcement of Libra, Facebook’s new global blockchain protocol and cryptocurrency. A…… more ›

• Netflix’s Content Budget Is Bigger Than It Seems (Netflix Misunderstandings, Pt. 1)

  June 15, 2019

  Netflix’s content spend remains one of the most obsessed-upon aspects of the company’s business model and future. It’s also one that’s often misreported or misunderstood. https://redef.com/original/netflix-misunderstandings-pt-1-netflixs-content-budget-is-bigger-than-it-seems more ›

• Colombian point-of-sale lender ADDI nabs $12.5 million from Andreessen Horowitz

  June 12, 2019

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• A complete guide to cryptocurrency after the crash

  February 12, 2019

  If one person embodies the unbridled audacity and optimism of bitcoin investors, it’s Didi Taihuttu. https://qz.com/1546591/a-complete-guide-to-cryptocurrency-after-the-crash/ more ›

• When Oligarchs Buy Media: A Central European Tale

  December 1, 2018

  When Oligarchs Buy Media: A Central European Tale How the financial crisis precipitated a mass exodus of Western investment from Central Europe—and paved the way for oligarchic takeovers of media.… more ›