232: The Fed

30/05/2023

Classical Stuff You Should Know

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Graeme explains why the central bank is generally not a scary thing via the historical Knickerbocker Panic. I always thought that's what it's called when you realized you don't have any clean pants for work. Apparently not (Badum-tisssssss).

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232: The Fed

Classical Stuff You Should Know

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278: Marcus Aurelius's "Meditations"

277: "Emma," by Jane Austen

276: Dyskolos (my favorite DJ)

275: Herman Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener"

274: The Lord of the Flies

273: Against Christian Civilization

272: Sir Thomas More

271: The Socratic Method

270: Phaedo

269: Plato v. Aristotle