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Sunday Suspense (Full Episodes)Sunday Suspense (Full Episodes)ফেলুদা - বোসপুকুরে খুনখারাপিSatyajit Ray's Feluda Adventure: Bosepukure Khoonkharapi on Sunday Suspense Starring: Feluda- Sabyasachi Chakraborty Narrator, Topshe, Dev Narayan, Commentator- Deep Jatayu- Jagannath Basu Indra Narayan Acharya- Agni Ashwini Bhor- Sandip Bhattacharya Pradyumna Mallick- Surajit Bandyopadhyay Keerti Narayan- Shankari Prasad Mitra Hari Narayan- Neel Monilal Poddar- Anghsuman Pal Sarat Babu- Arghya Basu Haripada Babu- Sayan Lina- Arshiya Chakraborty Other Characters- Mirchi Team Background Score and Special Effects- RichardFeluda Original Theme- Satyajit RayFeluda Theme (Sunday Suspense)- Richard & Crostec Executive Producer- Arunima Dey2024-10-201h 50Bretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 57: India's Statistical StoryI spoke to Pramit Bhattacharya an independent data journalist about India's statistical system. We talked about How did Indian statisticians adapt their statistical methods to account for India's informal sector? How are India's GDP numbers constructed? Why it's so hard to outright manipulate GDP numbers The case for optimism --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2024-01-1056 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 56: Talking AI Regulation with Harry LawI talked with Harry Law of the University of Cambridge and Google DeepMind about AI regulation We talked about Me vs Harry on open source AI regulation Being humble when regulating AI Why a "Manhattan Project for X" is overrated --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2024-01-0345 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 55: Adaptive markets and crypto with Derek WongI spoke with Derek Wong about the adaptive markets hypothesis, macro investing and investing in cryptocurrency markets We talk about Why investors should consider the financial markets as a complex adaptive system How investing in China is very different from investing in the West How he invests in crypto without fundamental anchors --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2023-12-1848 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 54: High Skilled Immigration in AmericaI spoke to Adam Ozimek and Connor O'Brien from the Economic Innovation Group about the policy and politics of high skilled immigration in America. We talked about Why reforming high skilled immigration in the US is so difficult The lump of labour fallacy in immigration Reforming immigration through place-based visas --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2023-12-1444 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 53: The State of Indian Cities ft. Devashish DharI spoke with Devashish Dhar, the author of the excellent book India's Blind Spot which talks about India's urbanisation crisis and solutions to it. We talk about Why does India have a much lower reported rate of urbanisation than the rest of the world? Explaining the global bias against cities “Extremely high levels of traffic is caused by poor land policy” Why are there so many floods in Indian cities? How to climate-proof Indian cities “India’s biggest unfulfilled promise is local government” and much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters...2023-09-1156 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 52: Tyler Cowen on Singapore, AI and Economic GrowthI interviewed one of the most interesting thinkers today, Tyler Cowen. We talked about Why there are such few Singaporean famous people What Singapore can do to get more weird Why he's sceptical of an AI-driven singularity What happens to kids in a post-GPT world What happens to public intellectuals in a post-GPT world Why he's optimistic on Kenyan economic growth And so much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2023-09-041h 07Bretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 51: Why AI won't kill us all ft. Rohit KrishnanI spoke to Rohit Krishnan the author of the blog Strange Loop Canon about why he is sceptical about the idea that AI will kill us all We talked about Why he’s sceptical of AI regulation proposals Why AI “timelines” are not as meaningful as you think AI deployment is harder than you think! The value of incrementalism in AI policy Why he thinks instrumental convergence is unlikely to happen --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyu...2023-08-251h 05Bretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp. 50: mRNA vaccines in India ft. Soham SankaranI spoke to Soham Sankaran who runs PopVax, an Indian mRNA vaccine company. Their goal is to build low-cost broadly-protective vaccines to protect against the entire sarbecovirus species. Read Soham's experience here (https://chronicles.popvax.com/p/three-meetings-and-six-million-funerals) as a complement to this episode. Also check out their jobs page (https://jobs.popvax.com/) for opportunities. This episode includes How he started PopVax and (went bankrupt in the process) Why there hasn't been a successful Indian mRNA vaccine yet Why developing countries can't afford drugs for rare diseases What they're doing to fix...2023-08-211h 01Bretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 49: Dwarkesh Patel - podcasting, Robert Moses, Effective Altruism and AI xriskI talked to Dwarkesh Patel of the Lunar Society Podcast about many topics. We talked about: Why do AI researchers and rationalists disagree about existential risk? What would happen if Robert Moses ran San Francisco? Is localism overrated? What does Effective Altruism get right and wrong? Which politicians would he like to interview --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2023-06-2251 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 48: An Introduction to AI Alignment with Trevor ChowI spoke to Trevor Chow about existential risks from AI and techniques to align artificial intelligence with human goals. Specifically we talked about An introduction to existential risk from Artificial Intelligence Existing methods for alignment of AI models Why RLHF might fail in large language models Whether interpretability research might scale? New methods being developed to make larger models safer Regulatory frameworks for the future of AI --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2023-05-2857 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp. 47: The World's Biggest Invisible Country: IndonesiaI talked to Faris Abdurrachman about Indonesia and it's nickel boom. We talked specifically about Why Indonesia banned exports of raw nickel Who gets the value from nickel exports Indonesia's new sovereign wealth fund --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2023-05-2043 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 46: Growth teams with Kartik AkileswaranI spoke to Kartik Akileswaran who runs Growth Teams - an initiative which helps build state capacity for economic growth in developing countries. We talked about - Why implementation is a binding constraint for economic policy - How industrial policy helps reduce information constraints for investors - Underrated growth reforms --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2023-05-131h 23Bretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 45: What's going on with nuclear weapons?I spoke to Matt Korda who works at the Federation of American Scientists on nuclear weapon policy. We have an exciting discussion about the role of nuclear weapons, their growth and the dangerous arms races that are starting Some highlights of the show: The advent of “exotic” nuclear weapon systems China’s nuclear strategy has changed dramatically! Why nuclear experts are most worried about South Asia The new game theory of a multipolar nuclear world  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2022-11-2037 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 44: Trade Policy Tragedy in IndiaI talked to Anupam Manur, a professor of economics about India's trade policy before 1991. We talked about: The scarcity mindset about foreign exchange reserves The controversial 1966 devaluation How did the pre-1991 import licensing system work? “The financial account was almost non existent” “Hindustan Motors and Toyota were set up at the same time but in 15 years Toyota sold 280 times the cars” “Productivity growth was almost absent before 1991” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2022-07-3150 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 43: Funding Science and Innovation in the UKI spoke to Professor Richard Jones, about how science funding in the UK could improve. Some interesting questions we talked about are “Penny wise, pound foolish” in science funding Creating markets for technological advances How he’d invest a billion £ to accelerate scientific innovation? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2022-07-1754 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 42: ParliamentarismI talked to Tiago Santos, a diplomat, about his book Why Not Parliamentarism. Tiago and I explore some questions here What makes parliamentary democracies superior to presidential ones? The creeping presidentialisation of parliamentary democracies The optimal rate of constitutional amendments --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2022-07-1050 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 41: Libertarianism and podcasting with Amit VarmaI talked to Amit Varma who runs one of my favourite podcasts - The Seen and the Unseen about politics, economics and public policy. We talked about Libertarianism within the Indian canon Cultivating your audience  Being a public intellectual The differences between generations  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2022-06-271h 13Bretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 40: Progress StudiesI spoke to Jason Crawford of The Roots of Progress about the new movement of Progress Studies. We talked about Building a culture of economic progress Why are developed countries more averse to progress? Is there a tradeoff between economic progress and existential risk? What is the main constraint for the movement today? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2022-06-1948 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 39: Macro InvestingI talked with Mayank Seksaria of Liberty Mutual Investments about investing on macroeconomic views. We talked about Translating macro views into investing allocations A bottom up view of the macroeconomy Evaluating macro talent Why does institutional research cost so much? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2022-06-0553 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 38: The Bond KingI spoke to Mary Childs who is the author of the exceptional book The Bond King. We talked about How finance became an interesting profession How do you build institutions that succeed at investing? Can we automate the Fed? Financial history being undervalued --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2022-05-2242 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 37: Australia: A Mine with a Parliament?I spoke to Steven Hamilton professor of Economics at George Washington University about Australian economic policy, and their upcoming elections. We talk about Why was Australian COVID policy so strict? Australia as a nation of prison guards Economic issues of the Australian election “Australia is a mine with a parliament” Dutch disease in Australia Swimming, intermittent fasting and other personal habits --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2022-05-1557 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 36: Labour Economics Versus the WorldWhat is the labour market like? What are the largest barriers in the labour market? Nathan Young and I spoke to economist Bryan Caplan about his new book Labor Econ Versus The World. We also talk about Censorship and dictatorships Bets he is willing to take Malengo and international migration DALLE-2 and writing graphic novels The literature on education Why he is not an experimental economist The effect of AI on jobs Bets Bryan is willing to take No important disruption to the politics of countries where Ukrainian refugees immigrate Poland will gain over 3x of...2022-05-081h 13Bretton GoodsBretton GoodsWorking on Existential Risks with David ManheimI spoke to David Manehim who works on reducing existential threats to humanity at the Technion. We talked about The biggest threats to humanity Preventing all future pandemics Is working on X-risk even tractable? How you can work on reducing existential risk Very fun on an underrated topic! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2022-05-0239 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 34: Long Run Growth with Trevor ChowI spoke to the very very talented Trevor Chow about the history of long run growth. Topics include Wishlist of economic history topics Getting over vetocracy Qualities of the best economic blogs Why more economics graduates should join a VC firm! Meme theory of money Highly highly recommended --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2022-04-171h 09Bretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 33: Jumping Through Financial History with Jamie CatherwoodI spoke with Jamie Catherwood who writes and teaches financial history at Investor Amnesia. We had a lot of fun talking about  The relevance of financial history Formation of bubbles Investing during a war Surprising stories behind the 1907 financial panic The influence of Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2022-03-0645 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsThe Indian EconomyI talked to Puja Mehra, a journalist and author of the book The Lost Decade about India's economic history of the years 2008-2018. We talked about The reasons for India's jobs crisis Should the Finance Ministry be split into two? The farming crisis Has India's Big Government really receded?  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2022-02-2046 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsChinese Tech AntitrustI spoke to Michael Norris, a commentator on Chinese technology industries and research manager at AgencyChina. We talked about Understanding the motivations of Chinese antitrust enforcement The 'low hanging fruit' of antitrust  The false dilemma of hard tech and software Chinese tech companies he is bullish on English language news sources for China tech --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2022-02-2059 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 30: Finance and scams with Jamie PowellI talked to Jamie Powell who is a financial journalist at the Financial Times. We had lots of fun talking about: The economics of short selling Can bubbles be good for the economy? Issues with Web3 The story around tesla Highly recommended! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2022-02-0650 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 29: Financing Science and InnovationI talked to Ben Reinhardt about new models for funding science and innovation. Ben's pieces on DARPA and his proposal for a private DARPA-like research funding organization are foundational pieces in the field and should be read by anyone who wants to understand them. We talked about: The Big Man Theory of History What makes good DARPA program managers? Why you need to be less responsible to innovate Does science have an introspection problem? Will the US maintain its leading position in science Highly recommended!  --- Send i...2022-01-301h 31Bretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 28: Finding and Funding Entrepreneurs with Matt CliffordI spoke with Matt Clifford, the co-founder and CEO of Entrepreneur First a pre-idea investing firm. We talked about some very exciting topics! They are: Personality types of successful founders Founders with high agency The race between politics and technology The most underrated impactful historical event   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2022-01-2350 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 27: A Tour through British Economic HistoryI talked to Duncan Weldon a former Britain economics correspondent for The Economist and the writer of the substack Value Added. We talked about his book Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through. Topics include How did the road to riches change through centuries? Why does Britain have no tech giants? How did Britain survive with high levels of debt in the past? Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain and not elsewhere? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2022-01-1653 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 26: Housing policy with Sam BowmanI talked to Sam Bowman, the Director of competition policy at the Law and Econ Center. He was previously Executive Director of the Adam Smith Institute and has been a constant advocate for saner housing policy. I talked to him about housing policy and adjacent topics: How housing affects everything! How do we incentivize NIMBYs into allowing more building? The most underrated economist Lessons from writing Works in Progress   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-12-2656 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 25: Market Mechanics with Mike GreenI talked to Michael Green who is Chief Strategist and Portfolio Manager at Simplify ETFs. He previously was Chief Strategist and Portfolio Manager at Logica and even before that he was portfolio manager at Thiel Capital. Mike is extremely smart and very fun to talk to. We had an interesting conversation about How do passive flows change the stock market? How can you trade these with options? Explaining the Gamestop rally in Jan 2021 How do you price crypto? Why is his twitter handle profplum99? Why ambitious people should not enter finance --- Send in a...2021-12-1954 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 24: COVID and the FDA with Alex TabarrokI talked to Alex Tabarrok, Professor of Economics at George Mason University about the FDA's response on COVID along with a variety of other topics. We talked about What happens if the public wants an inefficient COVID response? What mistakes did zero-COVID countries make? What are bottlenecks to Indian growth? Why he thinks investing in life extension research gives a very high return? Who is the most underrated economist of the 20th century? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-12-1259 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 23: Monetary policy with Joey PolitanoI spoke to Joey Politano, who writes the popular newsletter Apricitas . We did a deep dive into monetary policy where Joey talked about Quantitative Easing, Yield Curve Control and stablecoins. Other topics include Measuring the stance of monetary policy  Which country would benefit from using dogecoin as currency? What can economists learn from political science --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-12-0554 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 22: Tom Spencer on the housing crisis, the monarchy, and BrexitI talked to Tom Spencer a law student at City Law School and Chief Organizer of London New Liberals. Tom's interests lie on the edge of law and economics where he does work on housing policy and anti trust. We had a lively conversation on Solving the UK's housing crisis What lawyers and economists can learn from each other Brexit and its consequences The unwritten British constitution Abolishing the monarchy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-11-2953 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 21: Michael Bishop on replication marketsI talked to Michael Bishop, who worked at DARPA's Replication Markets project. We talked about Why was there a replication crisis in science? How do you design a market for predicting replication attempts? Is there alpha in replication market trading? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-11-2246 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 20: Kevin Erdmann on the myths about the Great RecessionI talked to Kevin Erdmann, a visiting fellow at the Mercatus Center about his upcoming book Building From the Ground Up which is about myths surrounding the housing bubble and the Great Recession. We talked about The myth of a 'housing bubble' How American policymakers self induced a recession His research process Preorder Keivn's new book here! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-11-1444 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 19: Matt Darling on behavioural scienceI talked to Matt Darling, an Employment Policy Fellow at the Niskanen Institute  We talked about Cognitive tax of poverty Behavioural economics and the replication crisis What question does he wish people asked him? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-11-0244 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 18: Rohit Krishnan on ambition, optionality and venture capitalI talked to Rohit Krishnan, a venture capitalist and writer of the newsletter Strange Loop Canon. In my view he is among the most underrated writers in the public sphere today. I talked to him about a variety of topics. They are: The real meaning of ambition Why people misunderstand optionality Rohit’s favourite Indian cuisine Why you can’t replicate college with internet subcultures “VC’s biggest competition  is hedge funds”. Biggest career mistakes people make Do consulta...2021-09-271h 21Bretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 17: Maia on populism and ArgentinaI talked to the very popular @EGirlMonetarism about the political economy of Argentinian populism. It was a very informative conversation. We talked about: The political economy of Latin American populism The most underrated economic concept How to fix the Argentine economy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-09-2647 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsSamuel Hammond on passing policies and nonprofitsSamuel Hammond is the Director of Poverty and Welfare Policy at the Niskanen Center. We had an excellent conversation on  How policies actually get passed “libertarian think tanks exist for rich people to feel like they're smart and smart people to feel like they’re rich” Nonprofits and the lack of market incentives His most controversial opinion on economics --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-09-2548 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 15: Joshua Miller on Market Monetarism, NGDP Targeting and Milton FriedmanI talk to Joshua Miller, an extremely smart 16 year old on  Nominal GDP Targeting What he disagrees with Milton Friedman the most on The theory behind market monetarism --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-09-2158 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 14: Noah Smith on American growth, partisanship and veganismI talked to the very popular Noah Smith on a variety of topics. We talked about Is America too insular? Indian cultural exports to the US Is economic growth zero-sum at the country level? Where does he disagree with @jdcmedlock the most? What are the deep causes of partisanship in America? The moral coordination problem of going vegan The political economy of solving NIMBYism “America's national pastime is avoiding other Americans” Do give a listen to this! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-09-1455 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 13: Michael Fritzell on investing in AsiaI spoke to Michael Fritzell who writes the substack Asian Century Stocks about high-quality stock ideas around Asia. Michael is a CFA charterholder and has worked as an equity analyst in Asia for over a decade. We talk about Common characteristics of successful CEOs Why Chinese real estate prices are due for a fall How do you read an annual report in Asia? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-09-0651 minCarnatic Conservatory of Paris CCParisCarnatic Conservatory of Paris CCParisGita-Nritya with Dr. Neena PrasadGITA-NRITYA : Episode 5 Under the high Patronage of Indian Embassy, FranceCarnatic Conservatory of Paris In association with Samanvay centre for Dance presents GITA-NRITYA Every Sunday at 14h30 CET/ 6pm ISTWe are equally happy to have the support of our partners NamVara Studios and EKA [ unity ] Eshani Lasya and Samskaara Bharathi.Music Direction, arrangement and Video Compilation of theme Music : Prasanna Keshava, NamVara StudiosGuests: Guru Dr Neena PrasadHosted : Bhavana Pradyumna (Founder President @Carnatic Conservatory of Paris) Veena Murthy Vijay (Samanvay foundation for performing arts) #ccparis...2021-09-031h 13Bretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 12: Pranay Kothasthane on Indian foreign policy and growthI spoke to Pranay Kothasthane who is the Deputy Director of Takshashila Institution, a think tank based in Bengaluru.  We talk about India’s vaccine diplomacy Why Pranay’s an optimist on Indian growth What he learnt running a Hindi podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-08-2952 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 11: Mark Lutter on Charter CitiesMark Lutter is the Founder and Executive Director of the Charter Cities Institute. CCI's aim is to build an ecosystem for charter cities We talk about - The basic concepts of charter cities - What is the biggest misconception about charter cities? - What personality type does it take to run a non profit? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-08-2345 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 10: Shruti Rajagopalan on Indian economic reformsFor this Indian Independence day I talked to Shruti Rajagopalan about the Indian economic reforms. How was Nehruvian socialism different from socialism under Indira Gandhi? Why didn't land reform work in India? Does Shruti believe in the Great Man theory of history? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-08-1549 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 9:Karol Karpinski on bureaucracy, payments and shock therapyKarol is a financial sector specialist at the World Bank. I speak to him about Why doesn't America have 24/7 payment systems? Was shock therapy in Poland a mistake? Bangladesh’s growth miracle What do the World Bank’s critics get wrong? A highly enjoyable episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-08-0945 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 8: Srivatsan Prakash on podcasting, investments and stimulusI talk to Srivatsan Prakash - the host of the Market Champions podcast - about his experience podcasting, investing and some thoughts about the stimulus We talk about - The most surprising thing about being on a podcast - Is there a wrong way to invest - Why ‘Austrian investing’ is the wrong way to invest - The Biden stimulus isn’t going to lead to inflation --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-08-0146 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 7: Alfonso Peccatiello on Italy, trading and career adviceAlfonso Peccatiello is the Head of Fixed Income Portfolio Management at ING Deutschland. I talked to him about Why is Italy in trouble economically? How should you size positions while trading? Why do so many European institutions buy negative yielding bonds? Alfonso gives some very good career advice at the end of the interview! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-07-2645 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 6: Hemanth Bharatha Chakravarty on India’s political economy, debating and RCTsHemantha is a student at Harvard, who is currently working at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He has worked with the India CEA and the RBI. We talk about What makes certain government schemes successful? Does being a debater make you more adversarial? How would he change RCTs? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-07-171h 05Bretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 5: Mike Bird on journalism, property prices and central bankingMike is starting at The Economist as Asia business and finance editor. We talk about - What is the biggest flaw of journalists? - How Hong Kong's land policy hurts its tech companies - Why asset price "inflation" is nonsense - Why Mike's not an MMTer but would like to see it tried anyways BONUS: Mike reveals who he thinks will win the Euros! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-07-1050 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 4: Eli Dourado on think tanks, the Great Stagnation and regulationWe talk about - Do think tanks actually have an impact? - Should we loosen accredited investor regulations? - Should more companies invest in public policy roles? - What would he do if he could remake American federal regulation? You can read Eli's writing at https://elidourado.com/ You can read my writing at http://brettongoods.substack.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-07-0553 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 3: Byrne Hobart on Socratic dialogue, pseudonyms and institutionsWe talk about - How to become a good generalist - Why did America do so much better than Europe on vaccines? - What happened to the media industry? - His writing process - Picking a media diet - Why nobody writes in Socratic dialogue? - The pseudonymous economy - Where should ambitious people go? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-06-2855 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 2: Jeff Snider on the Monetary SystemI talked to Jeff Snider on why he thinks QE doesn't matter, the usage of repo in financial markets and the global dollar shortage. It was an entertaining conversation, and Jeff is very knowledgeable on these matters. Subscribe to my podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5a29fQG0xEbPEdqSxQjMcQ Read Jeff's writing here: https://alhambrapartners.com/author/jsnider/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-06-2253 minBretton GoodsBretton GoodsEp 1: Garett Jones on Democracy, The Senate and the Idea PipelineIn this episode I interview Garett Jones on his book 10% Less Democracy. We talked about term limits, lobbying, the workings of the Senate and how do policies go from ideas to implementation. Buy his book here: https://www.amazon.com/10-Less-Democracy-Should-Elites/dp/1503603571 Subscribe to my newsletter here: http://brettongoods.substack.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pradyumna-sp/message2021-06-0255 minThe Panenka ViewThe Panenka ViewEpisode 48: Liverpool are the CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE once again! Chelsea lift the UEFA Europa League!On Episode 48 of The Panenka View podcast, host Prasad Bhutkar welcomed back special guest Pradyumna Tembhekar a.k.a Decibel ACP as discuss The UEFA Champions League final between Liverpool and Spurs, the UEFA Europa League final between Arsenal and Chelsea. Speak about the managerial circus that is about to take place this summer. You do not want to miss this!   Hosted by Prasad Bhutkar  Special Guest: Pradyumna Tembhekar a.k.a Decibel ACP  Artwork by Shlok Tammal  Music by Shlok Tammal  ...2019-06-0329 minThe Panenka ViewThe Panenka ViewTPV Extraa: Igor Stimac, Isaac Doru, KINGS Cup and more feat. Decibel ACPHost Prasad Bhutkar returns with a very special guest, Pradyumna Tembhekar a.k.a ACP. a.ka DECIBEL ACP! They discuss the appointment of the new Indian Football team head coach, Isaac Doru coming on board as Technical Director. Why Stimac was preferred ahead of Albert Roca. The Kings Cup  & Intercontinental Cup. The coach's selection and his famous statement regarding I-League, will that prove to be a lifeline for the I-league clubs?. All this on the latest episode of the podcast. To give a feedback and contact us, kindly DM us on twitter.   2019-05-3126 min