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The Breakdown

A daily analysis of macroeconomics, bitcoin, geopolitics and big picture power shifts, hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore @nlw. The Breakdown is produced and distributed by CoinDesk.
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The Breakdown
2020-09-11

How Monetary Policy Undermined American Resilience

Today on the Brief: Jobless claims slightly exceed expectations at 884,000 ECB keeps policy unchain…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-09-10

‘Absolute Raging Mania’: Famed Investor Druckenmiller Thinks 10% Inflation Is Possible

Today on the Brief: Markets recover slightly but vaccine trade falters as AstraZeneca pauses trials…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-09-09

Why Bitcoin Investors Aren’t Worried About This Price Pullback

Today on the Brief: Stock market continues its descent Insider stock selling reached five-year high…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-09-08

Sorry, Uncle Sam, We’re Entering the Era of Private Money

On this special Labor Day edition of The Breakdown, NLW is doing a reading of Nic Carter’s most rece…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-09-07

A Practical Utopian’s Guide to the Coming Collapse

Earlier this week, news broke that David Graeber, author of influential works such as “Debt: The Fir…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-09-06

Is Tesla a Stock for Suckers?

On this episode of The Breakdown Weekly Recap, NLW looks at the full story the stock markets are tel…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-09-05

8 Historical Analogies That Help Explain the Madness of 2020

Inspired by Michael Batnik’s “All Wrapped In One,” this episode examines eight moments from history …
 
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The Breakdown
2020-09-04

DeFi Degens Are Crypto’s Suicide Squad

Today on the Brief: Traditional markets falter, led down by tech stocks Bitcoin falls under $11,000…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-09-03

Let Them Eat Equities! The Economic Chickens Come Home to Roost, Feat. Luke Gromen

Today on the Brief: Debt will exceed U.S. GDP for the first time since 1946 SPACs in action! Decent…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-09-02

Financial Postmodernism and the Great Inflation Debate

August has come to a close. In this recap and “best of” episode, NLW looks at the big themes that de…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-09-01

US Stock Market Cap to GDP Reaches 190%, Eclipsing Dotcom Bubble High

Today’s episode of The Breakdown looks at the stories the stock market is trying to tell, including:…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-08-31

The Case for $500,000 Bitcoin

This week’s episode of Long Reads Sunday is a reading of the latest essay from Tyler and Cameron Win…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-08-30

The End of an Era? Why Bitcoin and MMT Won the Week

On The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap, NLW looks at the shifting sands of the global economy. He says Fede…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-08-29

The Anxiety Index: 4 Fear Factors Shaping the Economy

Today on the Brief: Skepticism around Powell’s inflation prognostications The Tesla Stock Split Gam…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-08-28

Everything You Need to Know About Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole Speech

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke Thursday at the annual Jackson Hole conference convened by…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-08-27

The Battle to Get A Dictator’s Seized Millions to 62,000 Venezuelan Health Care Workers

Today on the Brief  The SEC changes accredited investor rules  Fintech and crypto investor Ribbit C…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-08-26

An Unintended Consequence of Low Interest Rates? The Big Get Bigger

Today’s episode of The Breakdown is an extended edition of the Brief. NLW discusses: The “COVID-19 …
 
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The Breakdown
2020-08-25

How Much Should We Fear Post-Crisis Debt or Inflation? Feat. Adam Tooze

Our guest today is Adam Tooze. Adam holds the Shelby Cullom Davis Chair of History at Columbia Unive…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-08-24

Why Are Traditional Investors So Hungry for Yield Curve Control?

On today’s edition of The Breakdown’s Long Reads Sunday, our selections have to do with one of the h…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-08-23

People Aren’t Buying the ‘Great American Recovery’ Narrative

Today on The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap: People aren’t buying “the Great American Recovery” Let’s sto…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-08-22

Winter Is Coming: Examining the Economy's Eight-Body Problem

The “three-body problem” is a physics issue that deals with unpredictable futures.  In a recent ess…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-08-21

The Most Pro-Bitcoin Politicians in the US

Today on the Brief: Markets react to FOMC notes Taiwan blocks China streaming services Initial jobl…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-08-20

S&P 5 vs. S&P 500: The Real Story of the Stock Market Recovery

Today, NLW debuts a new format: “10 Takes in 10(ish) Minutes.”  In this analysis, he looks at 10 tak…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-08-19

How Excess Capital and Low Interest Rates Reshaped Silicon Valley, Feat. Chris McCann

Today on the Brief: Everyone turns bullish as S&P 500 nears all-time highs Emerging market currenci…