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.
Apr 8, 2020
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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
CoinDesk
CoinDesk is the world leader in news, prices and information on bitcoin and other digital currencies.
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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