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The Realignment

196 | Sebastian Mallaby: How Venture Capital and the Power Law Shape the Future

The Realignment

The Realignment

Saager Enjeti, Technology, Policy, News, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, Politics, News Commentary, Public Policy, U.s. Politics, National Security, Economics

4.82.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Sebastian Mallaby, author of The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future, The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan, and More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite, joins The Realignment to offer a contrarian take on the importance of VC funds when it comes to technological progress, how VC-backed startups challenge big tech incumbents, and how China and the U.S. are pursuing different paths when it comes to regulating firms and the tech unicorns they fund. Liked this (or any other episode)? Send us a tip: https://buy.stripe.com/bIYdRx0gc6qjaEEcMM Subscribe to The Realignment’s Substack newsletter: https://therealignment.substack.com/ Visit our Bookshop storefront and support the show: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment

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0:00.0

Marshall here. Welcome back to the Realignment.

0:03.0

If you want to go to our episode of Christopher Leonard on the Federal Reserve, we close by

0:13.6

asking for suggestions for reading on the topic. He immediately brought up Sebastian Malibu,

0:19.1

who wrote The Man Who New, The Life and Times Island Greenspan. The man who knew covered

0:24.2

the Greenspan's time at the Fed from 1987 to 2006. Sebastian also wrote more money than

0:29.9

God, hedge funds and the making of a new elite. Conveniently, we already booked Sebastian

0:35.2

discuss his new book, The Power Law, Adventure Capital and the Making of the New Future.

0:40.0

As I discussed with Sebastian, he's done a great job of covering really broad topics

0:45.0

we're interested in from The Power, The Federal Reserve, to the nature of Wall Street,

0:49.7

and then finally to How Venture Capital, Shapes Society. We spent a lot of time on the

0:54.3

show discussing tech companies, their founders and the industry's impact on society. Still,

0:59.5

with the exception of our episode of Founders, Funds, Keith, or Boy, we really haven't

1:03.5

covered the VC industry, and I didn't really know much about it before we started the show.

1:08.7

This was a great opportunity to delve more into this topic. We cover a lot of ground here,

1:12.7

and I can't recommend The Power Law enough. Two quick notes. We're going to stop posting

1:16.8

clips from the episode at the start of each show. If this is wildly offensive to you or

1:20.7

takes away from the show, please write us at RealignmentPod at gmail.com.

1:25.1

B, we've got a great episode on Thursday. A lot of people appreciated and saw our

1:29.9

might debate on you creating Russia. So we're going to do an entire episode on the topic

1:33.8

of Joe Weisberg, who created the Americans TV show at Erid on FX.

1:38.9

Couple quick other notes before we get into the show. One, we really appreciate those

1:43.1

who have sent in tips when they've appreciated an episode. Send us a tip. Link is in the

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