Notes from James:
I’ve been seeing a ton of misinformation lately about tariffs and inflation, so I had to set the record straight. People assume tariffs drive prices up across the board, but that’s just not how economics works. Inflation happens when money is printed, not when certain goods have price adjustments due to trade policies.
I explain why the cur ... Show More
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Becoming Kareem, the Skyhook, and the Search for a Self [From the Archive]
Episode Description:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joins James for a From the Archive conversation about basketball, identity, mentorship, faith, writing, civil rights, and his book Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court.The episode begins with basketball. James asks Kareem how th ... Show More
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How You Get Rich Isn't How You Stay Rich: 300 Years of Proof | Joseph Moore
A Note from James:In 1790, one of the easiest ways to get rich in America was the old-fashioned way: marry someone rich.George Washington did pretty well that way. Benjamin Franklin, meanwhile, was so deep in debt that he offered to marry a woman if her parents would mortgage the ... Show More
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Aug 23
Seth Godin: The Smallest Viable Audience and the Work That Might Not Work [From the Archive]
Episode Description:This is a From the Archive episode with Seth Godin.Seth Godin returns to the show for a conversation about making work that matters in a world obsessed with hits, rankings, followers, algorithms, and approval.James opens by talking about Seth’s long body of wo ... Show More
52m 56s
Jun 2025
Mark Blyth and Nicolò Fraccaroli, "Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers" (W. W. Norton & Co, 2025)
Inflation is back, and its impact can be felt everywhere, from the grocery store to the mortgage market to the results of elections around the world. What's more, tariffs and trade wars threaten to accelerate inflation again. Yet the conventional wisdom about inflation is stuck i ... Show More
51m 18s
Nov 2024
How inflationary are tariffs, really?
<p>President-elect Donald Trump has just announced “Day 1” tariffs on Mexico and Canada, in addition to previously promised tariffs on China. Tariffs will definitely affect domestic prices, but how much, and will they truly cause catastrophic inflation? Today on the show, guest h ... Show More
14m 41s
Dec 2020
How Everyone Is WRONG About Inflation | Jeff Booth
<p>How Everyone Is WRONG About Inflation | Jeff Booth 👉THE MARKET DISRUPTORS SHOW ARE TO HELP YOU 👈 navigate these tricky markets, to build, grow, and protect your wealth, so you have more options in life and more freedom. If you like this content: SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL NOW � ... Show More
47m 33s
Apr 2025
Tariffs: What are they good for?
What are tariffs good for?For years, mainstream economists have basically said: tariffs are not good. They are an import tax paid by consumers, they've said, and they discourage free trade, and we want more! Because free trade has broadly led to more global economic growth.But gl ... Show More
23m 28s