The spectacular power of Big Lens

24th September, 2018

A long article but it provides an interesting insight into the eyewear industry and the two dominant companies within it that are in the process of merging.

Essilor is a prescription lens business that manufactures a large share of the worlds prescription lenses and Luxottica is known by many consumers through its retail brand Sunglass Hut.

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When Oracles Err: Planet Money Podcast

30th July, 2018

Planet Money talks to Michael Batnick, author of Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments, about the mistakes made by famous investors and the lessons that can be learned from those mistakes.

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St Louis Fed: Closer look at the reasons for low inflation

06th April, 2018

A short summary of the different theories to explain the low inflation that the U.S. and other developed countries have been experiencing in recent years.

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What keeps the Chanceller of the Exchequer awake at night

29th January, 2018

BBC Program (29 minutes): “If you’re the Chancellor of the Exchequer, worrying about where the next financial crisis might come from, what keeps you awake at night?”

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Boston Fed Paper: Credit Card Utilization and Consumption over the Life Cycle and Business Cycle

28th December, 2017

Nearly 80 percent of U.S. adults have a credit card, and more than half of them revolve their debt from month to month. Using a large sample of credit bureau data, this paper documents a tight link between available credit (the limit) and credit card debt, and then it offers a model-based interpretation of this linkage.

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Rose Blumkin

06th November, 2017

A 1980s NBC News story about Rose Blumkin, better known to folks in Omaha as “Mrs. B.”, founder of the Nebraska Furniture Mart, part of Berkshire Hathaway

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Board Games

06th November, 2017

Planet Money podcast about CEO pay. Story about two guys who tried to cut the pay of the CEO at a small pneumatic tool company on Long Island.

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