Brexit Q&A

Ancient Rome Q&A-un2T1xXCnT8

German Economy Q&A

Star Wars Economy Q&A

Q&A session for the episode on the Christmas Crisis

Q&A session for the first video on China

An explainer about how America became The Modern Global Empire

The world of cryptocurrency began as little more than an experiment in computer engineering circles and has since evolved into (arguably) the most dynamic and volatile asset class ever conceived.

In today's episode, let's approach the topic of cryptocurrencies pragmatically and how they fit into the world of investments.

Trump. A man who needs no introduction. Today, let's look exclusively at President Trump's economic policies, go over their quirks and features, and more!

Trump is one of the few candidates we can actually talk about so early in this election cycle because, of course, he is the incumbent president. So, we don’t have to speculate about his promised economic policies. We can actually look directly at the policies that he has already enacted.

Trump’s policies are quite notable in two distinct fields where he has taken relatively assertive action, foreign, and domestic economics.

The foreign currency exchange market is one of the most influential markets in the world today, the New York stock exchange, the Nasdaq and the Tokyo stock exchange the three largest securities markets in the world have a daily trading volume of around 300 billion USD combined… the foreign exchange market has a daily trading volume of around 6.6 trillion dollars per day according to the Bank for International Settlements (which is basically the central bank for central banks). This daily figure is more than the annual GDP of all but two of the largest nations on earth, China and the USA.

Well, in this episode I want to explore three things: Why is the foreign exchange market so large and influential? Who actually conducts these trades and how? And while we are at it why is it that the UK pound is so valuable compared to all other currencies?