Today on the Brief:

• FTX lists two Compound tokens
• Reddit partners with Ethereum Foundation on Layer 2 scaling
• Black-In Freedom Festival reimagines Juneteenth

Our main topic: 

Dr. Vikram Mansharamani is a lecturer at Harvard and author of “Boombustology: Spotting Financial Bubbles Before They Burst” as well as the just released “Think for Yourself: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence.” 

In this wide-ranging conversation, he and NLW discuss:

• Why our relationship with experts and expertise is leading us astray
• How COVID-19 shows the downside of both over-reliance on, and complete rejection of, experts 
• How the economic crisis surrounding COVID-19 is bursting bubbles and moving us from a period defined by deflation to one defined by inflation
• Why “monetary debasement is here to stay”
• Why the U.S.-China relationship is the key backdrop for understanding the next 10 years of global economic reality 
• Why inequality threatens the fabric of our economy and our society, and what might be done about it

Find our guest online:

• Twitter: @mansharamani

Website: Vikram Mansharamani | “THINK FOR YOURSELF”