Orality
Model
75%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)
Speaker Breakdown
HostTracy Alloway(2,574 words)
M:29%
HostJoe Weisenthal(2,227 words)
M:28%
GuestBrad DeLong(3,609 words)
M:29%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic35%
basically, very, totally
Engagement62%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, like, well
Repetition100%
like (143x), know (100x), it's (57x)
Parallelism84%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., But one thing we do know is th..., But I feel like I don't know....
Sound Patterns70%
65 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases9%
you know what, i mean, the thing is
Literate Indicators
Hedging9%
maybe, could, might
Passive Voice4%
was executed, was supposed, be sustained
Abstract Nouns19%
investment, opportunity, precarity
Subordination8%
because, since, although
Sentence Length41%
Avg: 15.2 words/sentence
Word Complexity47%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers3%
according to
Impersonal Style38%
580 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style100%
internationally, apply, really
Description
We're in the aftermath of an extraordinary bubble in cryptocurrencies and the collapse of FTX is a defining chapter of the industry's turmoil. But what does history tells us about the cycle of bubbles and busts? Which past manias are the most similar to what we've just seen? In this episode, we speak with Brad DeLong, an economic historian at the University of California at Berkeley, who is also the author of the new book, "Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century." He explains how the FTX saga shares shocking similarities with the story of the South Sea Company, a British endeavor that was at the center of a massive mania of speculation in the early 1700s. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.