086: De-Globalization: Energy and Critical Re...

In this episode let’s have a big, reflective conversation—recapping the series, diving deep into industrials winners, touching on cybersecurity tie-ins, and most importantly, giving you practical strategies for investing in de-globalization going forward. 

In this episode we cover everything before the twentieth century - roughly four thousand years of experimentation, from the first scratched forward contracts on Mesopotamian clay all the way to the global telegraph-linked bourses of the late 1890s. No computers. No Bloomberg term ...  عرض المزيد

In his latest memo, Howard Marks discusses the implications of governmental intervention in economies. Considering examples such as rent control, fire insurance, and tariffs, he emphasizes that while free markets don’t produce perfect solutions, efforts to control them often make ...  عرض المزيد

<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">Modern economics was built on ideas spelled out by Adam Smith in his 18</span><sup><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;">th</span> ...

The classical economic assumption, from the days of Adam Smith, is that we all have free will and this freedom ensures the best possible outcomes for the economy, provided those decisions are based on greed and self-interest. This week’s episode opens with a student questioning M ...  عرض المزيد

Father of free market economics, Adam Smith was one of many great philosophers of the 18th century Enlightenment period. His philosophies helped change the economy, putting an end to the long-standing feudal system. But outside of his well-known works, such as The Wealth of Natio ...  عرض المزيد