Economics and Finance for N00bs with Alex Merced

Economics and Finance for N00bs with Alex Merced

Alex Merced focuses on helping you understand concepts in Economics, Finance and Crypto so you can make better decisions and understand the world around you. Follow Alex Merced on twitter @alexmerced. Find all episodes here: https://host.alexmercedpodcast.com/series/economics/ Join the Slack Community -> https://join.slack.com/t/mercedslack/shared_invite/zt-4ff5mn5u-2ZyN~UDWKo0rjUDE21BIsg

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May 18, 2026 26 mins
Alex Merced discusses his thoughts on the Virality of the AI Song, the Puerto Rico Song, the role of AI in music and whether it threatens art.
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Alex Merced gives his optimistic take on the future AI-driven world. Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com
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Alex Merced breaks down his world view on politics and economics. Follow Alex on twitter @loveatarian
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Alex Merced discusses his thoughts on the concept that “Universal Healthcare, Income and Education would lead to better Capitalism”. Alex Merced breaks down what makes sense and what doesn’t about this sentiment. Follow Alex on twitter @loveatarian
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Alex reflects on Trump floating the Idea of funding the government entirely through Tariffs. https://bio.alexmerced.com/opinion
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Alex Merced talks about his thoughts on ideas like limiting income to 10 Million per year and the supposed effects of inequality and fixing it through policy. Find my social links https://bio.alexmerced.com/opinion
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Alex Merced reflects on a twitter conversation involving former Open AI CEO Emmet Shear about a 50% inheritance tax.
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Alex Merced discusses– what is inflation how it is always a monetary event– how central banks manage money supply– how gov spending influences central banks
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Alex Merced discusses what happened with Silicon Valley Bank
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Alex Merced talks about his experience buying a home and knowledge that may be useful for potential home buyers.
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Alex Merced helps explain the nature of why prices of everything drops when rates are rising. tl:dr Raising rates is a sign of higher perceived risk from either capital shortage or an unsafe econ environment, so prices adjust downwards to make economic transactions more worth the risk. Lower rates are the exact opposite, prices go […]
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Alex Merced discusses interest rates
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Alex Merced talks about shortages, surpluses and how price gouging can play an important role in economics.
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Alex Merced discusses what is money, prices and inflation. Follow Alex Merced @alexmerced on twitter.
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Alex Merced discusses what is economics and whether value is objective or subjective.
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Alex Merced introduces some new podcasts to soon show up on spotify, google play, stitcher and iTunes.
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