The Big Picture

APRIL 29, 2023

Pour yourself a mug of coffee, grab a seat by the window, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • How New York and California Botched Marijuana Legalization : Steep taxes and heavy regulation are making it hard for licensed pot sellers to operate in some states, driving more producers and buyers to illegal outlets.

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The Big Picture

MAY 30, 2023

And he’s really moving the needle in terms of having people take control of their own financial life in a way that benefits not just them but the entire economy and all of society. They’re an underground economy because they don’t trust the mainstream economy. These are not dumb people. RITHOLTZ: Right.

Banking 147

Banking Economics Business Planning Economy 147

The Big Picture

AUGUST 20, 2024

00:03:14 [Mike Greene] So that was actually an outgrowth from my experience coming out of Wharton and you mentioned the, the, you know, the transition of people who tended to be skilled at math or physics into finance. We were one of the last to get what’s called a value added license to the compus stat database. It goes so far.

Assets 173

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The Big Picture

JUNE 18, 2024

And at the time when I graduated the economy, it was very good. Barry Ritholtz : Oh, so booming economy, 50 grand in the nineties for right outta college. We over time had licensing and product development revenue. 00:40:26 [Speaker Changed] They, they know, they know math, they know math. What year was that?

Media 147

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

So I mean, in ’07 and ’08, you know, what killed the economy in ’07 and ‘08 were mortgages going down. RITHOLTZ: — and having the guy — the attendant asked me, do you have an even number or odd number license plate? RITHOLTZ: My answer was, I’m 11, I don’t have a license plate, just give the kid a gallon of gas.

Investments 263

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The Big Picture

MAY 6, 2025

Sander Gerber : Well, actually I was good at math. Because if you don’t include every single data point, then in the matrix math you have a divide by zero issue. Barry Ritholtz : So let’s start a little bit with your background. Bachelor’s in Humanistic philosophy and an MBA from Wharton Finance.

Risk Management 147

Risk Management Banking Portfolio Distribution 147

The Big Picture

JUNE 2, 2025

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. And it turned out that half of that class had been the US National Math team and they had all competed internationally and they knew stuff I didn’t. And we take that very seriously.

Economy 130

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The Big Picture

JUNE 20, 2023

Talk to people who try and get licensed to do insurance things, or if there’s a failure to pay out a policy in the litigation that follows. An economy does better if the most people are prosperous, right? MORGENSON: Well, I’m very interested to hear you say it’s very robust on the state side.

Insurance 147

Insurance Healthcare Retail Medicine 147

The Big Picture

AUGUST 22, 2023

So if you think the economy’s going to go sour and then you learn that’s not true, you might well be extremely credulous, meaning willing to believe the happy thing, even though it’s disconfirming of your belief. .” And then people will feel licensed to say what they had shut up about. RITHOLTZ: Oh, really?

Economics 245

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