Eswar Prasad, the Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University and author of “The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution is Transforming Currencies and Finance,” joins Scott to discuss the state of play regarding the global financial ecosystem, the role of the US Dollar, and the opportunities and risks of cryptocurrencies and decentrali ... Show More
Jul 31
The Week: The Hidden Debt Behind the AI Boom
George Hahn connects the dots across the week’s biggest stories: how hidden debt is fueling America’s AI buildout, why China is spreading cheap, open-source AI around the world, and what the rise of solo founders reveals about the new creator economy. Plus, No Mercy / No Malice t ... Show More
17m 3s
Aug 2021
Fiat Currency is Having a Midlife Crisis
This week, Jon Huntley, senior economist at the Penn Wharton Budget Model, came on to discuss the budgetary and economic impact of the infrastructure package. Rune Christensen, the co-founder of MakerDAO, joined to talk DeFi and decentralized stable coins. Zvi Schreiber, the CEO ... Show More
27m 3s
Feb 2025
Why Chaos Has Become an Economic Strategy — ft. Kyla Scanlon
Ed opens the show by discussing Shein’s potential valuation cut, South Korea’s crackdown on DeepSeek, and the controversy surrounding Javier Milei’s promotion of a memecoin. Then Kyla Scanlon, author of “In This Economy? How Money and Markets Really Work”, returns to the show to ... Show More
43m 28s
Oct 2021
The World According to Gary Vaynerchuk
The original influence marketer and e-commerce pioneer joins the show to talk about his passion for non-fungible tokens, the future of advertising, and why empathy is his guiding principle. Plus, investors brace themselves for earnings season and more choppiness in the capital ma ... Show More
32m 59s
Jun 2022
Crypto Collapsing – Time to Short Bitcoin? 06/27/22
CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with Simeon Hyman, Global Investment Strategist at ProShares, Tom Lydon, Vice Chairman of VettaFi, and Andrew Chanin, CEO of ProcureAM. With bitcoin in freefall and the crypto markets collapsing, they debated whether now is the right time to short bitcoin ... Show More
25m 40s
Mar 2025
Volatility, Divestitures, and IPOs
Today we talk market volatility and inflation, the struggling dollar store industry, and a new AI initial public offering.
Also, Asit and Matt have thoughts on some recent earnings reports, writer Ben Wallace joins us to talk about the history and future of Bitcoin, and, as alwa ... Show More
40m 31s