SALT Talks

Zach Carter is a Senior Reporter for HuffPost and the Author of The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes. 

After reading Keynes’ The Economic Consequences of Peace, Zach realized there was more to the economy than dollars, deficits and numbers. Keynes presented social theory and the idea that a national economy could enable a broader social vision.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Kai-Fu Lee is the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Sinovation Ventures, a leading venture capital firm. Before this, Dr. Lee held various leadership roles at Microsoft, SGI, Apple and most recently Google, where he was the president of their China business.

“Artificial Intelligence has tremendous power to help humans do their jobs better. Yes, some ‘routine’ jobs can and may be replaced by AI, but most will be supplemented by its presence. AI can handle System 1 tasks (repetitive, routine), whereas humans beings will handle System 2 tasks (thinking, analysis).”

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Alex Denner is the Founder & Chief Investment Officer of Sarissa Capital Management, an activist firm investing in opportunities created by the unique dynamics of the healthcare sector. Alex also has a background in biomedical engineering.

The estimated Net Worth of Alexander J Denner is at least $4.11 Billion dollars as of 26 February 2021. Alexander Denner owns over 1,350,000 units of Biogen Inc stock worth over $4,110,207,300 and over the last 12 years he sold BIIB stock worth over $1,800,788.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Stephanie Kelton is a Stony Brook University professor of economics and author of the NYT-Best-Selling book The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy. Professor Kelton was also the former chief economist on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee.

In this conversation, Professor Kelton discusses many of the misconceptions around the national debt vs. more normative thinking around financial management and fiscal responsibility.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to The Obama Foundation and former Director, Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs under the Obama Administration, joins SALT Talks after the murder of George Floyd to discuss social unrest in the United States.

“Every Black family has conversations and lessons with their sons about how to deal with police when they encounter them.” Interactions with the police serve as a microcosm for race relations in America, where Valerie thinks we’ve reached an inflection point in what we will and will not tolerate.

Turning to the 2020 election, Valerie voiced her support for the presumptive Democratic nominee. “No one understands Vice President Biden’s qualifications and capabilities better than President Obama.”

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Bob Diamond is the Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer of Atlas Merchant Capital, investing primarily in the Financial Services sector. Previously, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Barclays Bank.

In this conversation, Bob discusses how to optimize business and financial performance, his experience in private equity, and investment management. 

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Welcome to another episode of SALT Talks with host Anthony Scaramucci, and guests Karen Firestone of Aureus Asset Management, Keith Cardoza of Brownson, Rehmus & Foxworth, and Shannon Saccocia of Boston Private.

In this conversation, the guests discuss their reaction to the pandemic-driven stock volatility, how the Federal Reserve and monetary policy will play a major role in driving investment strategy through the pandemic, and the effectiveness of active vs. passive investing.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci.

Steve Case, the CEO of Revolution, a Washington D.C.-based investment firm. He’s notably the Founder of AOL, where he focused mainly on marketing aspects for the company.

In this conversation, Steve provides his insights on three important waves in history: the Agricultural Revolution, Industrial Revolution, and Technology Revolution.

What does a post-COVID economy look like? Broadly, Steve says companies will need to reimagine themselves to not only compete but survive.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Sal Khan is the Founder of Khan Academy, a non-profit educational organization that provides free online classes by way of video, as well as supplementary educational tools.

The good news: the digital divide at schools has greatly been reduced. The bad news: 70% of kids who, when they go to community college, have to be remediated in some way, usually at the middle school level.

Learning should not be bound by time or space. In a potentially unpopular opinion, Sal believes summer break should be eliminated in favor of shorter, 2-3 week-long breaks throughout the year.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Chamath Palihapitiya is the CEO of Social Capital, Chairman of Virgin Galactic, and owner of the Golden State Warriors.

Chamath believes there is a dispersion occurring in both the public and private markets between the “have’s” and the “have-nots.” The cycle of building a company and profiting from it is broken, as it now takes too long to see a profit. Politically, he believes there will be a change of the guard come 2024. “Politically, this is the last gasp for Boomers.” There will be new alternatives on both sides but in general, there will be a shift to the left. Things like higher education cannot become akin to luxury goods.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci.