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Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) · 100 episodes with transcripts

Rob Johnson is not your average economist, and this is not your average economics podcast. Every week, Rob talks about economic and social issues with a guest who probably wasn’t on your Econ 101 reading list, from musicians to activists to rebel economists.

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Jim Chanos: The Golden Age of Fraud in Finance

February 23, 2023

Rob Johnson (0:09)

Welcome to Economics and Beyond. I'm Rob Johnson, President of the Institute for New Economic Thinking.

I'm here today with an extraordinary man who I've known back to the days when I worked in finance, but knowing him and being able to keep up with him are different things. This is Jim Chanos. He has his own investment firm, has been involved in the markets now for over 40 years.

Jim Chanos (1:42)

Well, thank you for that over the top introduction, Rob. It's good to be here.

Rob Johnson (1:48)

Well, you got to have a bubble before you can have a crash, but we don't quite have a crash today.

But let's start talking about recently the phrase, the golden age of greed. You've talked about what you're observing, what kind of things are happening in the United States and perhaps in the world economy. And with the global financial market, it's not even clear where the sovereigns are sometimes. But paint the…

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