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Writing the first draft of financial history with Byrne Hobart

Writing the first draft of financial history with Byrne Hobart

Update: 2024-07-18
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Patrick McKenzie (patio11) is joined by Byrne Hobart to discuss Byrne’s vantage point as writer of The Diff, a tech and finance newsletter. Byrne explains the toxicity of the 30-year mortgage, the dynamics of the finance newsletter ecosystem, how rationalist epistemics can be applied to hedge funds, and the joy of learning about an industry from scratch.

Full transcript here: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/episodes/writing-history-byrne-hobart/

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Timestamps:

(00:00 ) Intro

(00:25 ) The 30-year mortgage is an intrinsically toxic product

(04:46 ) Young households are the socially optimal holders of equities risk

(10:19 ) The structure of private equity returns

(14:18 ) Sponsor: Check

(15:32 ) Meta-analysis of the finance newsletter space

(19:54 ) Byrne’s aspirations for The Diff

(25:01 ) The origins of names

(27:19 ) The epistemics of a hedge fund

(34:26 ) Venture capital vs hedge funds

(38:13 ) Understanding scrapers

(41:20 ) How to learn about an industry from scratch

(45:37 ) The business of online travel agencies

(49:21 ) Wrap


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Writing the first draft of financial history with Byrne Hobart

Writing the first draft of financial history with Byrne Hobart

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