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- 3 days agoconversational50 min6-min read
AI Agents Are Already Changing the Price of Goods
The episode explores the transformation of pricing in the digital economy, driven by AI, algorithmic models, and dynamic personalization, which are eroding the long-standing norm of fixed, transparent prices. Hosts Tracy Allaway and Joe Wiesenthal interview Lindsay Owens, author of Gouged, who reveals how companies use surveillance pricing, A/B testing, and AI agents to extract maximum value from consumers, often without their knowledge.
- 5 days agoconversational48 min6-min read
How a Chicago Restaurant Has Stayed Open For Nearly Three Decades
In this episode of the OddLots Podcast, co-hosts Traci Alloway and Joe Weisenthal speak with Richard Mott, a University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumnus who left finance to build a multifaceted food service empire in Chicago. Mott shares his journey from launching student coffee shops during business school to owning North Pond, a fine dining restaurant in Lincoln Park, and founding Spark Shared Kitchen, a shared commercial kitchen space for food entrepreneurs. The conversation explores the economic realities of the restaurant industry, including razor-thin margins, labor and supply chain challenges, and the cultural shift toward experiential dining.
- 6 days agoconversational43 min5-min read
The Forgotten Godmother of Economic Literature
The episode explores how economic ideas spread through fiction, focusing on Maria Edgeworth, a 19th-century novelist who popularized Adam Smith’s economic principles through her novels, only to be largely forgotten despite her early influence and popularity surpassing Jane Austen’s.
- 1 weeks agonarrative53 min6-min read
Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under Socialism
This episode of Odd Lots explores the viability and structure of market socialism through a conversation with Bhaskar Sunkara, president of The Nation and co-author of The Blueprint: How Socialism Can Work in the Real World. The discussion reframes socialism not as a return to failed 20th-century models, but as a modern, pragmatic system combining worker ownership, public banking, and market mechanisms to achieve greater equality without sacrificing efficiency.
- 1 weeks agoconversational37 min7-min read
James Robinson on What It Looks Like When a State is Failing
James Robinson, Nobel Prize-winning economist and co-author of Why Nations Fail, joins the Odd Lots podcast to discuss the role of political and economic institutions in determining national success or failure. He argues that inclusive institutions — which broadly distribute opportunity and power — drive long-term prosperity, while extractive institutions, which concentrate power and wealth in the hands of a few, lead to stagnation and decline.
- 1 weeks agointerview29 min5-min read
CME's Terry Duffy on the Disconcerting State of Finance Regulation
Terry Duffy, longtime chairman and CEO of CME Group, reflects on his 46-year career and the evolving regulatory landscape, expressing deep concern about the current state of financial regulation, particularly the CFTC’s approval of speculative prediction markets and offshore perpetual futures. He argues that without durable, principled regulation, market credibility and systemic stability are at risk.
- 1 weeks agointerview26 min4-min read
Don Wilson on the GPU Market's Trillion Dollar Question
Don Wilson, founder and CEO of DRW, discusses the evolving market for AI compute, emphasizing the urgent need for GPU futures to manage risk, lower capital costs, and hedge volatile demand. Despite regulatory delays and skepticism, he argues that futures markets—backed by robust indices and growing demand from neoclouds and open-source AI providers—are inevitable and already economically necessary.
- 1 weeks agoconversational1h 0m6-min read
David Byrne Explains How Forgotten Ideas Come Back to Life
In this episode of Odd Lots, hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Chamberlain speak with musician and author David Byrne about his book Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up, which explores how valuable ideas, artworks, and technologies fade into obscurity only to be rediscovered during moments of crisis or cultural shift. The conversation spans Hyman Minsky’s financial theories, the forgotten genius of Herman Melville, and the self-healing properties of ancient Roman concrete, all illustrating how context, power structures, and human biases determine what gets remembered.
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