Ep. 9: Debunking ZIRP ft. Joe Weisenthal

25/09/2024 58 min
Ep. 9: Debunking ZIRP ft. Joe Weisenthal

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This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart), one half of Bloomberg's Odd Lots Podcast and one of the biggest names in finance-Twitter. 00:00 Welcoming Joe Weisenthal, our favourite financial poster 02:00 The beard is natures mew 04:02 How working in different mediums shapes your view 10:05 The impact of the Fed rate cuts on startups and everyday people 14:52 The Gen X/Y/Z litmus tests 16:29 Is symbolism behind a quarter of a percent 21:10 The horseshoe of Lina Khan’s popularity 26:52 The triumph of the yuppies — where have all gone? 30:18 The modern divergence of political and cultural power 31:48 Restaurants are the new nightclubs 34:49 The evolving view on ‘selling out’ 37:30 Is the populism pendulum swinging back? 39:04 The fundamental similarities between country music and Christmas songs 40:43 Picking apart Industry, and loving it 46:08 Gambling and the thrill of losing 48:25 The light in the dark of Industry 51:04 The devolution of twitter, half a million tweets later