Basis Point

Brennan Harris
  • 5.0 (2)
  • SOCIAL SCIENCES

Wanna listen to a financial noob summarize great economic literature? You don't? Okay, see ya around.

Episodes

  1. 01/19/2020

    The Wealth of Nations - Chapter VIII

    How 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)

    12 min

  2. 05/19/2019

    The Wealth of Nations - Chapters V through VII

    Labor 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.

    19 min

  3. 02/22/2019

    The Wealth of Nations - Chapters III and IV

    Get 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).

    18 min

  4. 02/09/2019

    The Wealth of Nations - Chapter II

    Send intro ideas into basispointpodcast@gmail.com for some CHOCOLATE GOLD COINZZZ!!! Check out cellular automaton on Wikipedia and Robert Sapolsky's Stanford lecture on emergence on YouTube.

    12 min

  5. 02/01/2019

    The Wealth of Nations - Chapter I

    Of the Division of Labor - making pins, making nails, trading surplus swag.

    20 min

  6. 01/19/2019

    The Wealth of Nations - Introduction

    History 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 brennankharris@gmail.com

    18 min

  7. 01/03/2019

    Welcome

    Welcome! 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

    5 min
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Wanna listen to a financial noob summarize great economic literature? You don't? Okay, see ya around.

Information

  • Creator
    Brennan Harris
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2020
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Brennan Harris
  • Show Website
    Basis Point