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Transcript: Albert Wenger

Barry Ritholtz

He has a fascinating background in technology and software, and is interested in all sorts of interesting things, ranging from climate change to humanism, to the huge transitions that humans have gone through as a species and what it means to society, investing, scarcity and just the quality of life that we will enjoy as a species.

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Transcript: Elizabeth Burton, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Barry Ritholtz

Elizabeth Burton is Goldman Sachs asset management’s client investment strategist. Previously she was Chief Investment Officer at various state pension funds, including Maryland and Hawaii. I, I found this to be really an intriguing conversation with somebody who, whose investment charge is unconstrained. Two reasons.

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 The Amazon/Walmart Whole Paycheck Tracker: Rethinking And Realigning

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It is a complicated question — and one greatly dependent on how exactly one lays out the math. Moreover, as Amazon is continually increasing its investment in delivery logistics, they are appearing as more a competitor on the horizon than a collaborator. The firm is also investing $1.5 market share. Amazon led that round.

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Transcript: Steven Klinsky

Barry Ritholtz

They have $37 billion in clients and their own funds, of which they have invested across a variety of disciplines from credit to strategic capital, as well as taking companies private and helping them grow into something more substantial than they’ve been in the past. It was between corporate law and investment banking.

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Most Platforms Can’t Scale, Will Fail

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Well, it is “an innovative new payment platform created to transform the payments industry by drastically altering the economics through Internet-based technology, generating significant consumer benefits.” Is it a stealth startup from Silicon Valley? It’s secure, it’s cheap, it’s faster than a speeding bullet.

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The Growing “Do Good” Economy

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It seems that whether you work in government, a not for profit, tech startup, corporation, or even your own business, the part of the economy that is claiming positive social impact is growing rapidly. And I am a lover of math. I was a math nerd in high school. Math is one of my favorite tools.

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Filtering Down To The Most Impact-Weighted Work To Add Value

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I could go back and tell a story that I was a double major in economics and sociology, and financial planning was a perfect fit. And I think he wanted to train me and wanted to invest in me, and he saw that to be the best way to invest in me. Michael: Through your older sister’s college roommate. Natalie: Right.

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