#macro — Wealth & Means

Episodes tagged #macro on Wealth & Means.

More Control, or Just a Better Interface? — 2026-07-25
There's a difference between the part of a system you interact with and the part that actually governs it. This week: infrastructure becoming programmable in ways you won't notice until the interface changes, a Fed decision and mega-cap earnings colliding on the same afternoon, the insurance that quietly holds everything up, two thinkers arguing about who designs the environments children grow up inside, and a physicist who refused to improve a perfectly good propeller.
Episode 16: Attention, Incentives, and Strategy in a Noisy Economy — 2026-02-13
Episode 16 follows the process from the ground up: the fast-moving signals that rarely make front pages, the institutional macro layer where guidance and credibility matter more than forecasts, the older meaning of 'wealth and means,' and a fictional debate over dividend taxation.
The Iron Rocket: How Steam Power Shattered the World and Built the Modern Economy — 2026-02-05
The transition from an organic economy to a mineral-based one powered by steam represents the most profound structural shift in the history of civilization. Traced as an S-curve: the Newcomen pump, Watt's condenser, Trevithick's high-pressure engine, and Stephenson's Rocket — and the economic transformation that followed each inflection point.

#macro — Wealth & Means

Episodes tagged #macro on Wealth & Means.

More Control, or Just a Better Interface? — 2026-07-25
There's a difference between the part of a system you interact with and the part that actually governs it. This week: infrastructure becoming programmable in ways you won't notice until the interface changes, a Fed decision and mega-cap earnings colliding on the same afternoon, the insurance that quietly holds everything up, two thinkers arguing about who designs the environments children grow up inside, and a physicist who refused to improve a perfectly good propeller.
Episode 16: Attention, Incentives, and Strategy in a Noisy Economy — 2026-02-13
Episode 16 follows the process from the ground up: the fast-moving signals that rarely make front pages, the institutional macro layer where guidance and credibility matter more than forecasts, the older meaning of 'wealth and means,' and a fictional debate over dividend taxation.
The Iron Rocket: How Steam Power Shattered the World and Built the Modern Economy — 2026-02-05
The transition from an organic economy to a mineral-based one powered by steam represents the most profound structural shift in the history of civilization. Traced as an S-curve: the Newcomen pump, Watt's condenser, Trevithick's high-pressure engine, and Stephenson's Rocket — and the economic transformation that followed each inflection point.