BREAKDOWN: The Questions We're Not Allowed to Ask, Feat. Hidden Forces' Demetri Kofinas
A candid conversation about Covid-19 response, media incentives, and the getting the economy back in action.
ABOUT
Demetri Kofinas is the host of Hidden Forces, a popular podcast that examines markets through the lens of large patterns of change.
On this episode, Demetri and @NLW discuss:
- How the politicization of the Coronavirus crisis has undermined smart action
- How media incentivizes extreme opinions regardless of underlying expertise
- What conversations are we not having around Coronavirus - in particular in terms of second order effects
- Why we’ve barely begun to discuss the plan for turning the economy back on
HOST
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We cover news and analysis on the trends, price movements, technologies, companies and people in the bitcoin and digital currency world.

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