The little known concept of Positional Goods is fundamental to a well rounded understanding of inequality. John Nye explains what exactly Positional Goods are and helps us connect how this concept is also fuelling our current culture wars.

What’s at the heart of our ongoing and dramatic culture wars? Eric Kaufmann joins us to discuss his theories. Both sides are increasingly uninterested in looking at their own contradictions and blind spots, yet they are intensely aware of the other side's dogmatic errors.

If you could raise your IQ 10 points or raise your nation’s IQ 10 points which would pay you more? Turns out the latter would increase your income by 6x more!

Antonio Fatas of INSEAD University joins us to discuss his research on Business Cycles, how economies create memories & CBDC’s.

Are banks good? Who discovered money? What is the evolution of money?

Axios correspondent & host of Slate Money podcast Felix Salmon joins to discuss his thoughts on Crypto.

Roman Historian Alexander Mariotti walks us through some of the parallels between ancient Rome and America today. We then take these elements and see if there are any applications to our lives today.

Martin Wolf of the Financial Times explains why the stakes couldn’t be higher. America has entered a time where the future of democracy is being tested. Martin explains how we got here and what the underlying forces are that impact our election cycles, political tensions & culture wars.

Summary: Jesse Felder joins us to discuss the Federal Reserve’s two options going forward. Out of control inflation or a market crash. Jesse lays out a foundation of how we got here, why the Fed has become backed into this corner and what might come next.

For more information from Jesse you can find how work in The Felder Report and his podcast Super Investors and the Art of Worldly Wisdom.

Life happens, so sadly we're taking a week off from our full episode schedule this week, but join us next week to hear another fascinating empire conversation.