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Exponent

Episode 110 — Moral Hazard

Exponent

Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6832 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2017

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

James and Ben discuss moral hazard and what seems to be going wrong with the U.S. economy, the different kinds of regulation, and how the App Store explains government policy. Presented by MailChimp Links James Allworth: Prioritizing Economics is Crippling the U.S. Economy — Medium Ryne Rohla: Creating a National Precinct Map — Decision Desk HQ Jeff Bezos: Annual Letter to Shareholders — SEC Matt Stoller: How Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul — The Atlantic Hosts Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review Podcast Information Feed iTunes SoundCloud Twitter Feedback Presented by MailChimp

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, Ben.

0:01.4

James, how are you?

0:03.1

I'm doing well.

0:04.3

How are you?

0:06.5

My mind is going a million miles a minute because I'm trying to, it's like riding a

0:11.5

bike where the handles like turn the opposite way.

0:14.4

So I'm trying to properly fill my role as responding to your opening.

0:20.2

And it's actually way harder than it seems.

0:22.0

I know. After 100 plus episodes of doing this, you get into this, this rhythm and it's kind of crazy

0:29.5

when you try and mix it up how difficult it is to do so. Hey, well, you know, we're all about learning

0:36.3

and expanding our horizons. So yes, indeed we are. And on that know, we're all about learning and expanding our horizons.

0:37.9

Yes, indeed we are.

0:39.6

And on that note, we should thank our sponsor, Mailchimp, who has been around since 2001.

0:45.2

The company started as a side project, funded by various web development jobs.

0:49.2

Now, they're the world's leading email marketplace platform, and they send more than a billion

0:53.6

emails a day.

0:54.8

They democratize technology for small businesses, creating innovative products that empower their

0:59.8

customers to grow.

1:01.3

Our thanks to MailChimp, who are the sponsor of today's episode of Exponent, as they are every

1:07.7

episode of Exponent this season.

1:09.7

Yeah, thanks, guys.

1:14.5

I always do that, don't I?

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