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My guest today is Peter Leeson, an economics professor at George Mason University and is known for connecting rational choice theory with unusual domains. He looks at human behavior as a series of puzzles that are being solved by those involved. He focuses his studies on everything from bizarre rituals and superstitions to the behavior of Caribbean pirates. Peter’s work has also been quoted as “Freakonomics on steroids.”

The topics are his books WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird and The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Somalia pirates
• Anarchy vs. government
• Medieval law and order
• Trial by jury
• Logic of incentives
• Street hustlers

Mentions & Resources:

• Peter Leeson
• WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird
• The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates

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Food for thought:

• Buyback Derangement Syndrome
• Rivals take more risks – Is this a good thing for money management?
• Your Fees Are Bull%$&*
• Bloomberg: Daily Profit Reporting Would End Short-Termism
• Why I use index funds
• Getting Better Every Day
• The Supreme Court Isn’t Equipped to Judge Harvard’s Discrimination Lawsuit
• Models Will Run the World
• Who’s Afraid of Abby Johnson?
• The End of Quarterly Reporting? Not Much to Cheer About
• It’s time to put the shareholder value myth in the grave. America will be better off
• Good Things Happen in Book Stores
• Death of Active Management Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
• Zombie Index Funds Are Delivering Frightening Tax Bills
• Stock Market Is Taking Cues From the Private Market

Enjoy.

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Please enjoy my monologue The Golf Terminator with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio:

• Emotional fortitude
• Operating outside the system
• Extreme focus
• Cryptocurrency crashes

Mentions & Resources:

• Brooks Koepka
• Soylent

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Food for thought:

• What Trading Places teaches you about market efficiency
• A Blue Jays fan caught two home runs in the same inning
• The Utility of White-Bashing
• Tips for Aspiring Portfolio Managers
• Ageing in human cells successfully reversed in the lab
• Quants buoyed by rise of data science
• The Mystery Behind Tether, the Crypto World’s Digital Dollar
• Share ownership in the United States
• The Gender-Equality Paradox in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education
• You’re a completely different person at 14 and 77, the longest-running personality study ever has found
• High Cost Education
• How To Read More Books — A Lot More
• UBS trials Netflix-style algorithms for trading
• How Your Brokers Can Make 10 Times More on Your Cash Than You Do
• Chris Rock Explains Bias Blindness

Enjoy.

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Trend Following is for beginners, students and pros in all countries. This is not day trading 5-minute bars, prediction or analyzing fundamentals–it’s Trend Following.

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My guest today is Lawrence Krauss, a theoretical physicist and cosmologist, professor at Arizona State University, director of its Origins Project and author of bestselling books: “The Physics of Star Trek” and “A Universe from Nothing.” He is an advocate for science based data, public policy based on sound empirical data, and scientific skepticism. His goal is to reduce the influence of superstition and religious dogma in popular culture. Richard Feynman has played a large role in Lawrence and his studies. He is a great example of someone who did not let other’s hinder him. Feynman was charismatic, intelligent, and excited about all things new – he didn’t rely on other’s opinions. The charisma Feynman possessed, combined with the genius of his science made him the legend.

The topic is his book The Greatest Story Ever Told–So Far: Why Are We Here?.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Big bang theory
• Religion in science
• Simulations
• Skepticism

Mentions & Resources:

• Lawrence Krauss
• Richard Feynman
• The Greatest Story Ever Told–So Far: Why Are We Here?
• @LKrauss1

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Check out the preface for Trend Following, 5th Edition: How to Make a Fortune in Bull, Bear and Black Swan Markets. You can find the book here.

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• Trend Following Podcast Guests
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• Performance
• Research
• Markets to Trade
• Crisis Times
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• About Us

Trend Following is for beginners, students and pros in all countries. This is not day trading 5-minute bars, prediction or analyzing fundamentals–it’s Trend Following.