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Reinventing the Financial System

By Marc Rubinstein | June 15, 2021 | 4 Comments

If you’re like me, you’ve been put off from digging deeper into DeFi by the terrible signal-to-noise ratio of anything crypto-related on the interwebs. That’s why I found this DeFi primer (using Maker DAO as a specific example) by ET contributor and banking analyst Marc Rubinstein to be so fantastic.

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Why Am I Reading This Now? 04.08.24

Recent major media stories that feel to us like they’re part of a larger narrativ‌e campaign.



Why Am I Reading This Now? 03.18.24

Recent major media stories that feel to us like they’re part of a larger narrativ‌e campaign.



Why Am I Reading This Now? 03.11.24

Recent major media stories that feel to us like they’re part of a larger narrativ‌e campaign.



Why Am I Reading This Now? 03.04.24

Recent major media stories that feel to us like they’re part of a larger narrativ‌e campaign.



Why Am I Reading This Now? 02.26.24

Recent major media stories that feel to us like they’re part of a larger narrativ‌e campaign.



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Why Am I Reading This Now? 04.08.24

Recent major media stories that feel to us like they’re part of a larger narrativ‌e campaign.



Why Am I Reading This Now? 03.18.24

Recent major media stories that feel to us like they’re part of a larger narrativ‌e campaign.



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Office Hours Recap 9/09/2022

By Harper Hunt | September 13, 2022

These are the major topics and ideas we discussed during the 09/09/2022 Office Hours as well as some of the biggest takeaways. If you have something you want to add to the conversation, let us know in the comments and join us next time.

Office Hours Recap 8/26/2022

By Harper Hunt | August 29, 2022

These are the major topics and ideas we discussed during the 08/26/2022 Office Hours as well as some of the biggest takeaways. If you have something you want to add to the conversation, let us know in the comments and join us next time.

Sauron Remains Undefeated

By Ben Hunt | August 25, 2022

The US Treasury is the Eye of Sauron — a gigantic panopticon tower that sweeps the world with its unblinking gaze, seeking out the owners of power, i.e. money.

What Treasury did to Tornado Cash and its developers is just the beginning.

Cursed Knowledge #12: Resurrectionists

By Harper Hunt | August 24, 2022

What’s in a name? Quite a bit actually. Names and titles can be all that’s needed to make some one a hero or a villain. So we’re looking at some villains who never got their proper title. People who were able to hide behind social standing and wealth to excuse their crimes.

Office Hours Recap 8/19/2022

By Harper Hunt | August 22, 2022

These are the major topics and ideas we discussed during the 08/19/2022 Office Hours as well as some of the biggest takeaways. If you have something you want to add to the conversation, let us know in the comments and join us next time.

Narrative and Metaverse, Pt. 4 – Carrying the Fire

By Ben Hunt | August 17, 2022

This is how we resist the Long Now, how we find an alternative world to the endless present where the Party is always right. By connecting the human past to the human present to the human future. By carrying the fire of our own stories in our own words across the weave of time and space. By building an ark and an arc.

This is my faith.

Office Hours Recap 8/05/2022

By Harper Hunt | August 8, 2022

These are the major topics and ideas we discussed during the 08/05/2022 Office Hours as well as some of the biggest takeaways. If you have something you want to add to the conversation, let us know in the comments and join us next time.

Before You Fly The Nest: Advice for kids heading to college

By Brent Donnelly | August 5, 2022

ET contributor Brent Donnelly went out and asked some people he respects what advice they would give kids heading off to college. Here’s what he found.

The Most Important Sector in the Universe

By Marc Rubinstein | August 2, 2022

The total value of the Chinese residential property sector is approximately $60 trillion – twice the size of the US residential market and bigger than the entire US bond market. Bigger than the entire US stock market, too.

It is … ummm … having a moment.

Office Hours Recap 7/29/2022

By Harper Hunt | August 1, 2022

These are the major topics and ideas we discussed during the 07/29/2022 Office Hours as well as some of the biggest takeaways. If you have something you want to add to the conversation, let us know in the comments and join us next time.

The Fifteen Faces of Fiat News

By Rusty Guinn | July 26, 2022

We’re building a Narrative Early Warning System (NEWS) as our first major research project in a larger effort to inoculate ourselves against the weaponized narratives of Big Tech, Big Media and Big Politics.

Cursed Knowledge #11: Locks of Love

By Harper Hunt | July 26, 2022

Locks of Love is one of the most well known and well regarded charities in America. But things aren’t always what they seem. Sometimes the smokescreen of common knowledge can obscure what’s really going on. So join me in a look behind the curtain at America’s most beloved charity.

Office Hours Recap 7/22/2022

By Harper Hunt | July 25, 2022

These are the major topics and ideas we discussed during the 07/22/2022 Office Hours as well as some of the biggest takeaways. If you have something you want to add to the conversation, let us know in the comments and join us next time.

Mailbag! Hollow Men Edition

By Ben Hunt | July 21, 2022

The Epsilon Theory commentariat is the best thing on the Internet today. Watch from a distance if you like, but when you’re ready … join us!

Office Hours Recap: 07/15/2022

By Harper Hunt | July 18, 2022

These are the major topics and ideas we discussed during the 07/15/2022 Office Hours as well as some of the biggest takeaways. If you have something you want to add to the conversation, let us know in the comments and join us next time.

Office Hours Recap: 07/08/2022

By Harper Hunt | July 11, 2022

These are the major topics and ideas we discussed during the 07/08/2022 Office Hours as well as some of the biggest takeaways. If you have something you want to add to the conversation, let us know in the comments and join us next time.

Hollow Men, Hollow Markets, Hollow World

By Ben Hunt | July 9, 2022

Over the past 25 years, our leaders have intentionally constructed an Apocalypse Now world of proclamation and fiat, where our wealth has grown much faster than our economy.

The bill is due for their hubris, and inflation is here to collect it.

How to Succeed as a Sell Side Trader

By Brent Donnelly | June 27, 2022

ET contributor Brent Donnelly has some advice that’s ostensibly for sell-side traders, but is actually for everyone in markets. And everyone who isn’t.

Office Hours Recap: 06/24/2022

By Harper Hunt | June 27, 2022

These are the major topics and ideas we discussed during the 06/24/2022 Office Hours as well as some of the biggest takeaways. If you have something you want to add to the conversation, let us know in the comments and join us next time.

Office Hours Recap: 06/10/2022

By Harper Hunt | June 13, 2022

These are the major topics and ideas we discussed during the 06/10/2022 Office Hours as well as some of the biggest takeaways. If you have something you want to add to the conversation, let us know in the comments and join us next time.