From a leading historian, the story of how entrepreneurial Jewish immigrants transformed commercial banking and enabled the economic and social advancement of Jews in America.
What are immigrants to do when business opportunities abound in their new home, but banks refuse essential financial support? How could they make the journey in the first place withou ... Show More
Sep 3
The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars
The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars (Princeton UP, 2023) is an essential handbook for writing fundable grants. This easy-to-use guide features writing samples, a glossary of important terms, answers common questions, and explains pitfalls to avoid. Dr. Betty Lai focu ... Show More
55m 27s
Mar 2025
Jeffrey Lee Funk on Unicorns, Hype, and Bubbles
Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with retired professor, consultant, Discovery Institute fellow, and a winner of the NTT DoCoMo Mobile Science Award, Jeffrey Lee Funk, about his recent book Unicorns, Hype, and Bubbles: A Guide to Spotting, Avoiding, and Exploiting Investm ... Show More
59m 23s
Aug 28
Mark S. LeClair, "Foul Play in the Nonprofit Sector: Analyzing Corruption in US Charities" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)
It is quite easy to find corruption within nonprofits. This is particularly the case in the subsector of not-for-profits that are incorporated as traditional 501(c)(3) entities. With the continuing erosion of public confidence in charities, these institutions must act now, both i ... Show More
40m 55s
Jan 2023
Tom Gardner and Morgan Housel on Inflation, Tesla, and Starbucks
Everything feels unprecedented if you don’t study history, and 2022 wasn’t unique for the stock market. Morgan Housel is the best-selling author of “The Psychology of Money”. He joined Motley Fool co-founder and CEO Tom Gardner for a conversation about:
- Why cash is a better he ... Show More
29m 22s
Mar 2025
Tariffs Tangle Markets, Businesses, Investors
When uncertainty spikes, our ability to look out into the future shrinks.
(00:21) Emily Flippen and Matt Argersinger discuss:
- How the shifting tariff picture is driving uncertainty across markets, economic forecasts, and investor outlooks.
- Target’s continuing troubles, and ... Show More
40m 31s
Feb 2021
Prelude to Inflation: The Best of Times and The Worst of Times
From universal basic income, mass manipulation of markets, to collateral mortgage-backed securities, today’s guest says, “For the uninformed, the Biden administration will seem like the best of years,” but as the informed already know, we are headed for what Robert Kiyosaki calls ... Show More
36m 37s