The Narrative Monopoly

#31 - Jamie Catherwood, Investor Amnesia

Episode Summary

A conversation with Jamie Catherwood, publisher of Investor Amnesia, on the history of finance

Episode Notes

Bio

Jamie Catherwood is the publisher and author of Investor Amnesia ("The goal of Investor Amnesia is to provide investors with key insights and lessons from our past in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes.”). He majored in History at King’s College London, and entered the financial services industry after graduating. He started writing about financial history in 2018 and writes the Financial History: Sunday Reads newsletter, which goes out to over 14,000 people. 

He's guest lectured at the Yale School of Management, and his work has featured in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, Financial Times, CNBC and more. 

Times

• 0:15 - Intro to Jamie & Investor Amnesia
• 3:45 - What got Jamie into financial history
• 6:30 - Old financial illustrations
• 10:15 - How the government could harness speculation for productive uses
• 20:30 - Detour on Cleveland, OH
• 24:40 - Access to public and private companies and SPACs
• 31:30 - Imperial finance
• 42:45 - Busting the Tulip Bubble narrative
• 45:30 - Importance of history
• 50:45 - Jamie’s closing thoughts on how to apply financial history

Links

Investor Amnesia (articles, courses, etc)

IPO and SPAC article mentioned

Jamie's twitter

Jeff's twitter

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