How to understand money stuff (w/ Matt Levine) | from How to Be a Better Human

About this episode

Matt Levine joins Chris to discuss common money questions and how to make finance accessible through humor.

Matt Levine is the author of Bloomberg’s “Money Stuff” newsletter where he writes about Wall Street and finances. Matt joins Chris to break down common money questions such as what exactly is commodity trading? How do AI companies make money? How do companies balance ethics and virtues with increasing profits for shareholders? They also discuss how Matt uses comedy and humor to make complicated money topics accessible. Learn more about our flagship conference happening this April at  attend.ted.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Chris

Guest: Matt Levine

Topics covered

• money
• finance
• commodity trading
• AI companies
• ethics in business
• humor in finance

Keywords

• money
• finance
• commodity trading
• AI
• ethics
• humor
• Wall Street

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bloomberg, TED

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