The Geopolitics of Cryptocurrencies — with Niall Ferguson

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

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Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Niall Ferguson returns to the pod for a discussion about his latest book, Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe. Niall shares why "all disasters are in some sense man-made" and what history can teach us about handling crises. Niall also explains the state of play around digital currencies from a geopolitical perspective. Follow Niall on Twitter, @nfergus. Scott opens with his thoughts on AT&T’s reverse merger with Discovery, and what it means for the streaming wars. He also discusses the implications of stock buybacks and dividends. Related Reading: Companies Are Flush With Cash—and Ready to Pad Shareholder Pockets Algebra of Happiness: Find moments of engagement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Busy making budget plans for the business year ahead, we've got you covered.
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0:28.2	Search three business price promise.
0:30.2	Episode 69, the atomic number of thuleum.
0:32.7	In July of 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon.
0:36.9	Speaking of moonwalkers, Michael Jackson's book severely underrated.
0:41.7	The ins and outs of child rearing.
0:44.7	Okay.
0:45.7	If you think I'm looking to get canceled, trust your instincts.
0:49.2	Go, go, go!
1:00.2	Welcome to the 69th episode of The Prop G Show.
1:03.7	In today's episode, we speak with one of our favorite prop cheat podcast guests, Neil Ferguson.
1:08.2	Neil is a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institute and a Bloomberg opinion columnist.
1:13.7	He's also the author of 15 books and is latest, Doom, the politics of catastrophe is out now.
1:20.7	I like this guy.
1:21.7	Doom, the politics of catastrophe.
1:24.2	There's a white dude, even more angry and depressed than the dog.
1:28.7	We hear more about Neil's latest book during our interview, as well as the thoughts on geopolitics or on the geopolitics of cryptocurrencies.
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