In this episode, Nik is joined by Jack Farley, host of the Forward Guidance podcast. Jack and Nik discuss their favorite books on finance and global macroeconomics. From banking history to financial markets to science fiction, Jack discusses what he loved about each book and inquires about Nik's background as a money markets and Treasury repo trader. Books and authors mentioned during this recording:

Lords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed

Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefèvre

New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson

The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest by Edward Chancellor

When Genius Failed by Roger Lowenstein

Adam Tooze

Bethany McLean

Barry J. Eichengreen

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