Enjoy!
(i) Acquired Podcast: The Complete History & Strategy of Benchmark Capital
A lot of really interesting stuff on designing incentives and building an investment firm.
(ii) 137. Creating value with M&A: A conversation with XPO CEO Brad Jacobs
Interview was mostly boring, but Brad is back on the hunt!
(iii) The Changing World of Life Sciences R&D
I didn’t really know any of this.
(iv) Tyler Cowen: The economic contributions of Ben Bernanke
“Ben Bernanke is best known for being Fed chairman, but he has a long and distinguished research career of great influence. Here are some of his contributions”
(v) Timothy Snyder: How does the Russo-Ukrainian War end?
The bull case, so to speak. I also loved Snyder’s brief history of Crimea. Related, see As Russia Reels, Eurasia Roils.