Improve Your Financial Literacy: Edward Chancellor On Economic History & Investment Strategies
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Joining us in this episode is Edward Chancellor, a financial historian, journalist, and investment strategist. He is the author of Devil Take Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation, and The Price of Time, books that dive into the stock market, economic growth, rising inequality, elevated debt levels, the pensions crisis, and more.
In addition to his larger works, Edward is also a columnist writing for Reuters Breakingviews and a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, MoneyWeek, the New York Review of Books and Financial Times. What has 30 years of experience in the financial sector taught Edward about economic history and investment opportunities? He joins the podcast to explain…
In this conversation, we explore:
- What led Edward to leave the world of finance to pursue writing.
- How to understand investment from a historical perspective.
- How finances have changed in the last 60 years.
- What financialization is, and what it does to society.
To learn more about Edward and his ongoing work, click here now!
Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/30PvU9C
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| 0:41.1 | Very interesting guest today. |
| 0:42.3 | He's got a new book out called The Price of Time, The Real Story of Interest. |
| 0:46.6 | His name is Edward Chancellor. |
| 0:48.4 | He's a financial historian, a journalist, and an investment strategist. |
| 0:52.3 | So welcome, Edward. |
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