<p>Have no idea what a futures market is, and how it affects your life? Tune in to <em>Please Explain</em> to find out! Charles M. Jones is Associate Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business.</p>

Have no idea what a futures market is, and how it affects your life? Tune in to Please Explain to find out! Charles M. Jones is Associate Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business.

Please Explain: Futures

In Please Explain, we set aside time every Friday afternoon to get to the bottom of one complex issue. Ever wonder how New York City's water system works? Or how the US became so polarized politically? We'll back up and review the basic facts and principles of complicated issues across a broad range of topics — history, politics, science, you name it.

Share Please Explain: Futures

Sign up to save your podcasts

Please Explain: Futures

Please Explain: Futures

More shows like Please Explain (The Leonard Lopate Show)

Radiolab

The New Yorker Radio Hour

On the Media

The Brian Lehrer Show

Death, Sex & Money

Science Friday

Spooked

The Anthropocene Reviewed

Dolly Parton's America

Terrestrials

Pfeffer on Power