Bethany McLean – Enron, FTX, 2008, Musk, Frauds, & Visionaries

The Lunar Society | 21 December 2022 | 1h 25m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Bethany McLean discussing the astounding similarities between Enron & FTX, how visionaries are just frauds who succeed (and which category describes Elon Musk), what caused 2008, and whether we are headed for a new crisis, why there are too many venture capitalists and not enough short sellers, and why history keeps repeating itself.

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John Carreyrou: Bad Blood in Silicon Valley

RNZ: Nine To Noon | 26 November 2018 | 0h 27m | Listen Later  | iTunes
Interview with John Carreyrou, author of Bad Blood, about Elizabeth Holmes and the fraud at Silicon Valley start-up Theranos. The company raised billions to revolutionalise blood-testing before being exposed as a scam.

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