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Explaining Macroeconomics, The Fed, Interest Rates and Valuations (with Matt McBrady)

2021/8/16
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The episode begins with a discussion on the money supply, defined by M1 and M2, and how an increase in money supply historically led to inflation due to the doubling of purchasing power without a corresponding increase in goods and services.

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Confused about everything going on with The Fed, inflation and how it affects tech and startup valuations? Or why it seems like every Jerome Powell comment brings out an army of finance's equivalent of fortune tellers and tarot card readers? So were we, so we called up the best person we know to explain everything -- Matt McBrady. Matt may be the only person who's been an academic economist, worked at the US Treasury, run a massive hedge fund AND helped start and sit on the board of two very successful startups, aQuantive and Axon/TASER. Tune in for a crash course in everything you need to know!

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