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Hello listeners. Tim Harford here.

As loyal listeners will know, cautionary tales is a podcast about learning from the mistakes of the past.

But it also seems to me that we can learn from things that have gone well in the past.

For example, getting Jacob

Goldstein on the show. Jacob is, Jacob is back for an episode of cautionary questions. Hello, Jacob.

What's the opposite of a cautionary tale? A salutary tale. A salutary story. Yeah, I guess. We salute you, Jacob. We can do better. Let's try and punch that up.

We'll work on it. For those of you who don't know, Jacob is the host of Pushkin podcast, What's Your Problem, which is a brilliant show about people who are trying to make technological progress. He's also the author of the book Money, the true story of a made-up thing,

and he's the perfect person to help me answer all of the questions

that you lovely people have been kind enough to send in.

So Jacob, wonderful to have you back.

Of course, our virtual mailbag is bursting with queries

on topics as varied as climate investing and careers advice.

So, Jacob Goldstein, are you ready?

Yes.

Let's do it.

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