Basis Point
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWanna listen to a financial noob summarize great economic literature? You don't? Okay, see ya around.
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Episodes
The Wealth of Nations - Chapter VIII
January 19, 2020 06:07 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBHow wages are determined; Adam Smith: the bleeding heart; intro from Ha-Joon Chang (https://youtu.be/6f5QgOO5otc), outro from Anand Giridharadas (https://youtu.be/axN8ppre-mU)
The Wealth of Nations - Chapters V through VII
May 19, 2019 06:25 - 18 minutes - 26 MBLabor value vs money value; wage, profit, and rent; supply and demand pricing, natural vs market price. Intro and outro from the Comedy Bang Bang podcast.
The Wealth of Nations - Chapters III and IV
February 22, 2019 08:24 - 17 minutes - 24.2 MBGet that MONEY!!! ... and transportation. Intro and outro by Alan Watts (https://youtu.be/nQirNLiVL9w). Andrew Yang on the JRE (https://youtu.be/cTsEzmFamZ8). Yuval Noah Harari addressing the RSA (https://youtu.be/zen-m0rMp4I).
The Wealth of Nations - Chapter II
February 09, 2019 08:49 - 12 minutes - 17 MBSend intro ideas into [email protected] for some CHOCOLATE GOLD COINZZZ!!! Check out cellular automaton on Wikipedia and Robert Sapolsky's Stanford lecture on emergence on YouTube.
The Wealth of Nations - Chapter I
February 01, 2019 07:22 - 19 minutes - 36.5 MBOf the Division of Labor - making pins, making nails, trading surplus swag.
The Wealth of Nations - Introduction
January 19, 2019 19:18 - 18 minutes - 24.8 MBHistory and context behind the publication of the book. A sample from the intro. Sampled audio from Steven Pinker's interview on the JRE podcast. Find MacAskill's book Doing Good Better, on Amazon. Email me at [email protected]
Welcome
January 03, 2019 08:51 - 4 minutes - 6.33 MBWelcome! Here's a quick intro to the podcast and what I'll be reading for the next little while: The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith