Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) and Will (@BiasedHouston) are joined by Rockets mediacaster Jason Walker (@TheMindofJDubb) discuss: Rockets MVP Rockets Rookie of the Year Rockets 6th Man of the Year Rockets Most Improved Rockets most underrated Follow/Subscribe/Listen Anywhere: linktr.ee/bradeauxandwill Subscribe to our YouTube channel: The Bradeaux & Will…

Christian. Meditation. Podcast. Day One in our Beatitudes series. This series is inspired by the section of Yeshua’s famous “Sermon on the Mount” commonly referred to as “The Beatitudes” or the “Blessed Are The’s”. The passage can be found in Matthew 5:3-12. Support for Harkening Deer: Harkening Deer | Meditation Harkening Deer Podcast Join us on P…

Dani Rodrik (Harvard Kennedy School Economics Professor) joins the podcast to discuss his career, the best case for industrial policy, the labor market effects of globalization, and his vision of an ideal economic policy paradigm. Rodrik is the Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Gover…

Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with historian and standup comedian, Sean Vanatta, lecturer in economic and social history at the University of Glasgow and senior fellow at the Wharton Initiative for Financial Policy and Regulation, about Vanatta’s cool new book, Plastic Capitalism: Banks, Credit Cards, and the End of Financial Control (Ya…

The issue of the future of Social Security, on which millions of Americans depend, produced great political theater at the State of the Union address. That highlighted a bigger problem of financing retirement as baby boomers seek to retire, often with limited resources. Many argue that the solution to the problem is for people to work longer. In Wo…

Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) and Will (@BiasedHouston) are joined by Rockets sideline reporter Vanessa Richardson (@SportsVanessa) discuss:- Thoughts on Jalen Green leading the Rockets this month. - Thoughts on Amen Thompson stepping up in the starting lineup. - Thoughts on the Rockets primarily having a coaching staff filled with former players, on how…

Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) and Will (@BiasedHouston) discuss: - The Houston Rockets winning 10 games in a row - Jalen Green emerging over the last month, carrying the Rockets to a much needed win - Amen Thompson stepping up HUGE for the Rockets Follow/Subscribe/Listen Anywhere: https://linktr.ee/bradeauxandwillSubscribe to our YouTube channel: Bradeau…

Charles Dallara, managing director of the Institute of International Finance from 1993–2013, talks about his crisis memoir: Euroshock: How the Largest Debt Restructuring in History Helped Save Greece and Preserve the Eurozone (Rodin Books, 2024). Dallara, who co-led a small team who negotiated a €100-billion write-off of Greek debt in 2011-12, disc…

Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) and Will (@BiasedHouston) discuss:- What’s contributed to Jalen Green’s elevated level of play- Fred VanVleet playing his best basketball of the season- Amen Thompson looking like an elite rookie- Jabari Smith Jr. shooting better/playing better perimeter defense- Why Sengun not playing isn’t the reason why the Rockets are wi…

Steven D. Levitt (Freakonomics co-author and University of Chicago Economics Professor) joins the podcast to discuss his career, including being an early leader in applied microeconomics and how the Freakonomics media empire got started, along with his recent decision to retire from academic economics. Transcript available here. Jon Hartley is an e…

Most people rely only on their life experience to make investment decisions. This causes them to overlook cyclical forces that repeatedly reshape economies and markets. Investing in U.S. Financial History: Understanding the Past to Forecast the Future (Greenleaf, 2024) fills this void by recounting the comprehensive financial history of the United …

Wartime is not just about military success. Economists at War: How a Handful of Economists Helped Win and Lose the World Wars (Oxford UP, 2020) tells a different story - about a group of remarkable economists who used their skills to help their countries fight their battles during the Chinese-Japanese War, Second World War, and the Cold War. 1935-5…

Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) and Will (@BiasedHouston) are joined by Houston Sports Journalist from the Chron, Michael Shaprio (@mshap2) to discuss: - What should the Rockets do with Jalen Green this Summer - Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks production Follow/Subscribe/Listen Anywhere: https://linktr.ee/bradeauxandwillSubscribe to our YouTube channel: Br…

Bankers brought the global economic system to its knees in 2007 and nearly did the same in 2020. Both times, the US government bailed out the banks and left them in control. How can we end this cycle of trillion-dollar bailouts and make finance work for the rest of us? Busting the Bankers' Club confronts the powerful people and institutions that be…

In Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism (Melville House, 2023), Yanis Varoufakis argues that capitalism is dead and a new economic era has begun. Insane sums of money that were supposed to re-float our economies in the wake of the financial crisis and the pandemic have ended up supercharging big tech's hold over every aspect of the economy. Capi…

Through imagery & visualization we enter into the scene of Psalm 23 with a slight twist.. we meet Yeshua as Shepherd there! This track is great for calming anxiety & for going deeper into connection with God. Let the beautiful, peaceful scene described in Psalm 23 take you into a moment of Stillness & Peace. Support for Harkening Deer: Harkening De…

"Most lawyers, most actors, most soldiers and sailors, most athletes, most doctors, and most diplomats feel a certain solidarity in the face of outsiders, and, in spite of other differences, they share fragments of a common ethic in their working life, and a kind of moral complicity." – Stuart Hampshire, Justice is Conflict. There are many more exa…

How can we build a more equal economy? In Innovation for the Masses: How to Share the Benefits of the High-Tech Economy (U California Press, 2024), Neil Lee, a Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics, explores the question of how societies have fostered and supported innovation. The book challenges conventional assumptions…

“Free enterprise” is an everyday phrase that connotes an American common sense. It appears everywhere from political speeches to pop culture. And it is so central to the idea of the United States that some even labeled Christopher Columbus and the Pilgrims free enterprisers. In his new book, Free Enterprise: An American History (Yale University Pre…

An Apophatic Meditation to create space for us to simply be with Christ. Support for Harkening Deer: Harkening Deer | Meditation Harkening Deer Podcast Join us on Patreon. Donate to Harkening Deer Check out creator & host of Harkening Deer, Sean J Stevens on Insight Timer, Aura, & Instagram. Keep in touch about Live Events with Sean J Stevens. Chri…

What can we learn from the financial crisis that brought Hitler to power? How did diplomatic deadlock fuel the rise of authoritarianism? Tobias Straumann shares vital insights with 1931: Debt, Crisis, and the Rise of Hitler (Oxford University Press, 2019). Through his fast-paced narrative, Straumann reveals how inflexible treaties created an inesca…

The US government is laboring under an enormous debt burden, one that will impact the living standards of future generations of Americans by limiting investment in people and infrastructure. In his new book, Fiscal Therapy: Curing America's Debt Addiction and Investing in the Future (Oxford University Press, 2019), Brookings Institution senior scho…

Winners Take All meets Nickel and Dimed: a provocative debunking of accepted wisdom, providing the pathway to a sustainable, survivable economy. Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century - widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world - many economists and bu…

American households have a debt problem. The problem is not, as often claimed, that Americans recklessly take on too much debt. The problem is that US debt policies have no basis in reality. Weaving together the histories and trends of US debt policy with her own family story, Chrystin Ondersma debunks the myths that have long governed debt policy,…

Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) and Will (@BiasedHouston) discuss: Steven Adams trade How he fits in Houston next year Did they give up too much? Could he be flipped in a trade later on? Mikal Bridges interest in a swap for Jalen Green Mikal’s fit in Houston Is it too early to make this deal or to give up on Jalen Green…

Larry Summers, Harvard economics professor and 71st US Secretary of the Treasury, joins the podcast for an in-depth discussion of his career at the highest levels of academic economics, economic policy, university leadership, and corporate America. Jon Hartley is an economics researcher with interests in international macroeconomics, finance, and l…

Support for Harkening Deer: Harkening Deer | Meditation Harkening Deer Podcast Join us on Patreon. Donate to Harkening Deer Check out creator & host of Harkening Deer, Sean J Stevens on Insight Timer, Aura, & Instagram. Keep in touch about Live Events with Sean J Stevens. Christian. Meditation. Podcast. =============================================…

In recent years, government agencies around the world have been forced to consider the role of competition law and policy in addressing various crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2008 financial collapse. There is no easy formula that a competition agency can apply to determine the appropriate response to a crisis; indeed, there is subs…

Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) and Will (@BiasedHouston) discuss: Amen Thompson (1st) Cam Whitmore (2nd) Where both have excelled and where they can improve. Follow/Subscribe/Listen Anywhere: linktr.ee/bradeauxandwill Subscribe to our YouTube channel: The Bradeaux & Will Show Follow Bradeaux & Will on Twitter (@bradeauxandwill) and Instagram (@bradeauxand…

Over the past decade, many of the world’s biggest companies have found themselves embroiled in legal disputes over corruption, fraud, environmental damage, tax evasion, or sanction violations. Corporations including Volkswagen, BP, and Credit Suisse have paid record-breaking fines. Many critics of globalisation and corporate impunity cheer this tur…

We are on the verge of a major paradigm shift for investors in the U.S. stock market. Dividend-focused stock investing has been receding in popularity for more than three decades in the U.S.; once the dominant investment style, it is now a boutique approach. That is about to change. Daniel Peris' book The Ownership Dividend: The Coming Paradigm Shi…

Trying to follow the key macroeconomic debates that are swirling around DC, CNBC, the WSJ and the NYT? If you are but don't want to go back to graduate school or re-open your college macroeconomics textbook, John Quiggin has a solution. His Economics in Two Lessons: Why Markets Work So Well, and Why They Can Fail So Badly (Princeton University Pres…

Since the last-but-one financial crisis abated and governments responded to better times by clawing back their stimulus packages, a once-obscure economic philosophy has been gaining a growing following on the left. But, following the extraordinary policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic, even some conservative commentators and policy makers are sh…

Before becoming a financial analyst and then a portfolio manager in New York, Daniel Peris worked as a tenure-track professor of Soviet history. I sat down with Dan and talked about his painful but ultimately successful 1990s transition from academia to finance. We chatted about how historical methods and perspectives shaped Dan's unique approach t…

Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) and Will (@BiasedHouston) discuss:- The Rockets young core of 6.- Jalen Green starting to pick it up- Alperen Sengun playing at an all star level- Jabari Smith Jr. being on of the most improved players in the NBA- Tari Eason being the 2nd most impactful player in the young core- Amen Thompson’s season- Cam Whitmore’s season …

Richard Vague really really cares about private-sector debt. And he thinks you should too. In A Brief History of Doom: Two Hundred Years of Financial Crises (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019), Vague sees the rise and fall of private sector debt as the key factor explaining the cycle of economic crises experienced by developed and major develo…

Is the University of Chicago-blessed, "greed is good" near-term profits approach to business wearing out its welcome? James O'Toole's The Enlightened Capitalists: Cautionary Tales of Business Pioneers Who Tried to Do Well by Doing Good(HarperBusiness, 2019) is a welcome addition to the current debate about what is the right balance between the near…

When teaching a public course called “The Age of Debt” this winter break, I had the strange realization that one of the the most successful readings in that course, the one which most clearly explained the 2008 crisis and the financialized economy, was written by an English professor. It was Annie McClanahan’s Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and Twenty…

Week Four of Advent 2023 is an Ignatian Exercise on The Birth of Yeshua. During this week the focus of our mediation is on Love. Let this Visualization transport you to the birth of Yeshua. LinkTree: Sean J Stevens Support for Harkening Deer: Harkening Deer | Meditation Harkening Deer Podcast Join us on Patreon. Donate to Harkening Deer Check out c…

February 2024 will mark the tenth anniversary of Russia’s seizure of Ukrainian territory in Crimea and the Donbas and two years since its full-scale invasion. While military assistance from Ukraine’s allies has been gradual and cautious, retaliatory sanctions have been impressive. "The sanctions imposed against Russia beginning in late winter 2022 …

Week Three of Advent 2023 is an Ignatian Exercise on Mary & Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem. During this week the focus of our mediation is on Joy. Let this Visualization transport you to the road from Nazareth to Bethlehem - as we embrace the Joy in the Journey. LinkTree: Sean J Stevens Support for Harkening Deer: Harkening Deer | Meditation Harkeni…

With increasing talk of de-dollarization and the Gulf attempts to get more influence in the IMF it’s a good time to talk about the world’s international financial institutions – and their role globalization and its future. Listen to Owen Bennett-Jones in conversation with Jamie Martin author of The Meddlers: Sovereignty, Empire, and the Birth of Gl…

Who hasn’t wished for a surefire formula for riches and a ticket to the good life? For three centuries, investment advisers of all kinds, legit and otherwise, have guaranteed that they alone can illuminate the golden pathway to prosperity—despite strong evidence to the contrary. In fact, too often, they are singing a siren song of devastation. And …

Week Two of Advent 2023 is an Ignatian Exercise on Mary receiving the news of her pregnancy (The Annunciation). During this week the focus of our meditation is Peace. Let this Visualization transport you to Ancient Roman-Occupied-Israel as we await the arrival of Christmas — as Mary awaited the birth of her miracle baby. LinkTree: Sean J Stevens Su…

Week One of Advent 2023 is an Ignatian Exercise on The Magi. During this week our Meditation is on Hope. Let this Visualization transport you to Ancient India as we await the arrival of Christmas — as they awaited the arrival of The Messiah. LinkTree: Sean J Stevens Support for Harkening Deer: Harkening Deer | Meditation Harkening Deer Podcast Join…

Justin talks with comedians Steven Briggs, Luke Schwartz, and Charles Greaves about the theory of the "10x rule", Steven using deepfake technology to produce his podcast, A.I. eventually taking over the human species, Luke details the funniest comedians at The Comedy Store, Jimmy Fallon being accused of being a bully, working with Nate Bargatze and…

Motivated by compassion and hope, and the shared desire to make the world a better place, the immense amount of charitable giving stands as a testament to the humanity's collective generosity. From aiding those in need to supporting noble causes in art and science, culture and religion, the act of giving has the power to transform lives and shape a…

In A Synthesis of Time: Zakat, Islamic Micro-finance and the Question of the Future in 21st-Century Indonesia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), Konstantinos Retsikas has anthropological investigation into the different forms the economy assumes, and the different purposes it serves, when conceived from the perspective of Islamic micro-finance as a field …

Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) and Will (@BiasedHouston) discuss: The Rockets winning their 6th win in a row The Rockets bench unit coming in clutch Alperen Şengün being a star Follow/Subscribe/Listen Anywhere: linktr.ee/bradeauxandwill Subscribe to our YouTube channel: The Bradeaux & Will Show Follow Bradeaux & Will on Twitter (@bradeauxandwill) and Inst…

Political Scientist Brendan Doherty has a new book that dives into the ways that presidents have raised money for themselves, their parties, and other elected officials over the past six decades. Doherty is an expert on campaign fundraising, especially by presidents, and Fundraiser in Chief: Presidents and the Politics of Campaign Cash (UP of Kansa…