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Transcript: Stephanie Kelton on US Fiscal Policy and the ‘Deficit Myth’

The Big Picture

Professor Stephanie Kelton teaches Public Policy and Economics at SUNY Stony Brook. You get a bachelor’s, a BA and a BS in Economics and Business at California Sacramento, then University of Cambridge, master’s in Philosophy and Economics, then a PhD in economics at the New School. I happened to pick that one.

Economy 144
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Transcript: Bill Bernstein on Navigating Uncertainty

The Big Picture

Yeah, you have to, you know, the conceit of finance is that basically the math is all there is to it. So you mentioned half math, half Shakespeare. Let’s talk about the math side. Ivanka said, oh no, you don’t have to be able to do math to do real estate 00:20:13 [Speaker Changed] Or investing for that math.

Math 130
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Transcript: Tom Barkin, Richmond Federal Reserve President & CEO

The Big Picture

He’s a super intelligent, thoughtful guy, very well versed in business economics and monetary policy. And when I went there I was gonna be a lawyer and I was gonna major in mathematics and I took my freshman year math and that all went great. I found this conversation absolutely fascinating. And so I made that transition.

Economy 130
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Sunday links: the arc of markets

Abnormal Returns

on.ft.com) What it took to rebuild Notre Dame (nytimes.com) Budgeting The math on any additional tax cuts is tough. donmoynihan.substack.com) Climate policy IS economic policy. slowboring.com) Defense IS manufacturing. nytimes.com) The economic schedule for the coming week. (press.airstreet.com) Will AI eat the browser?

Marketing 147
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Transcript: Christine Phillpotts, Ariel Investments

The Big Picture

We’ll get to where you work at JP Morgan, but economics bachelor’s from Columbia MBA from Harvard. So I decided to become an economics major and a psychology minor. So the intersection of psychology and economics became really interesting. And I did a lot of options math, which I thought was interesting.

Investing 144
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Weekly Market Insights – January 8, 2024

Cornerstone Financial Advisory

1,2 All About The Fed On Wednesday, manufacturing news came in better than expected, lifting markets until the December Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes were released, revealing that the Fed members had discussed rate cuts for 2024 but in no specific terms. 3,4 This Week: Key Economic Data Tuesday: International Trade in Goods.

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Three Things – Weekend Reading

Discipline Funds

And this concern was confirmed on Thursday evening when Lululemon warned that economic uncertainty was leading to softer than expected consumer spending. Of all the silly discussions that I’ve had over the years regarding economics I have to say that the tariff discussion is among the very silliest. 2) Tariffs 101.

Taxes 102