Commodities & Manufacturing

Education & Revolutions

You can find the written version of this episode at https://labattu.com/s6c10-education-revolutions/ [https://labattu.com/s6c10-education-revolutions/] (00:00) Intro (00:48) Learning through the ages (07:26) The purpose of education (10:51) The pillar of sanity (14:56) Knowledge is power (17:34) Reaching the summit (19:58) Trivia: the Trivium (20:54) Further reading (21:23) Outro If you wish to support the lab you can do so by clicking the “Support” button in the website’s header.

Sovereign Economics

You can find the written version of this episode at https://labattu.com/s6c9-sovereign-economics/ [https://labattu.com/s6c9-sovereign-economics/] (00:00) Intro (00:48) Balance of payments (05:49) Monetary policy (12:02) Sovereign debt (18:24) Taxation and welfare (26:52) Trivia: the allure of gold (29:08) Further reading (29:32) Outro If you wish to support the lab you can do so by clicking the “Support” button in the website’s header.

Money & Banking

You can find the written version of this episode at https://labattu.com/s6c8-money-banking/ [https://labattu.com/s6c8-money-banking/] (00:00) Intro (00:48) Nature and role of money (05:47) Banks as savings and financing conduits (10:03) Debt Vs Equity (12:43) Payments (17:27) Hedging and Exchanges (22:37) Trivia: Blockchain and private currencies (25:01) Further reading (25:19) Outro If you wish to support the lab you can do so by clicking the “Support” button in the website’s header.

Commodities & Manufacturing

You can find the written version of this episode at https://labattu.com/s6c7-commodities-manufacturing/ [https://labattu.com/s6c7-commodities-manufacturing/] (00:00) Intro (00:48) Mapping hydrocarbon production and refining (05:55) Moving and smelting ore (10:42) Supply Chain dynamics (14:39) The auto industry case study (21:12) Understanding capital and profitability (25:17) Trivia: The Industrial Revolutions (27:34) Further reading (27:59) Outro If you wish to support the lab you can do so by clicking the “Support” button in the website’s header.

Agriculture & Food

You can find the written version of this episode at https://labattu.com/s6c6-agriculture-food/ [https://labattu.com/s6c6-agriculture-food/] (00:00) Intro (00:48) Harvesting biological processes (04:51) Productivity and resistance in agriculture (08:41) Vertical farming and cultured meat (13:49) Food processing (17:27) Cooking (21:01) Trivia: Bread (22:45) Further reading (23:01) Outro If you wish to support the lab you can do so by clicking the “Support” button in the website’s header.