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

Episodes

Reflecing on “The Weeds” Episode about Limitarianism (Banning Millionaires)

February 28, 2024

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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BONUS – Emmet Shear and a 50% Inheritance Tax (My Thoughts)

December 29, 2023

Alex Merced reflects on a twitter conversation involving former Open AI CEO Emmet Shear about a 50% inheritance tax.

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9 – Milei and the Dollarization of Argentina

December 10, 2023

Just thinking out loud about how you could practically pull it off.

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8 – Understand the Relationship between Inflation and Government Spending (Exploring Mechanisms)

July 7, 2023

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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8 – Explaining the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

March 12, 2023

Alex Merced discusses what happened with Silicon Valley Bank

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7 – The Process of Buying and Home and Mortgage Rates

February 18, 2023

Alex Merced talks about his experience buying a home and knowledge that may be useful for potential home buyers.

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6 – Understanding the Inverse Relationships between Rates and Prices

January 23, 2023

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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5 – Understanding the Tech Layoffs

November 12, 2022

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4 – Interest Rates and the Austrian Business Cycle Theory

October 14, 2022

Alex Merced discusses interest rates

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3 – Price Gouging, Surpluses and Shortages

September 29, 2022

Alex Merced talks about shortages, surpluses and how price gouging can play an important role in economics.

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Economics and Finance for N00bs with Alex Merced

Episodes

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.css-r6mb8g{margin:0;word-break:break-word;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;box-orient:vertical;-webkit-line-clamp:1;overflow:hidden;}BONUS – Emmet Shear and a 50% Inheritance Tax (My Thoughts)

9 – Milei and the Dollarization of Argentina

8 – Understand the Relationship between Inflation and Government Spending (Exploring Mechanisms)

8 – Explaining the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

7 – The Process of Buying and Home and Mortgage Rates

6 – Understanding the Inverse Relationships between Rates and Prices

5 – Understanding the Tech Layoffs

4 – Interest Rates and the Austrian Business Cycle Theory

3 – Price Gouging, Surpluses and Shortages

Popular Podcasts

Reflecing on “The Weeds” Episode about Limitarianism (Banning Millionaires)

BONUS – Emmet Shear and a 50% Inheritance Tax (My Thoughts)