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The Questions We're Not Allowed to Ask, Feat. Hidden Forces' Demetri Kofinas

A candid conversation with Hidden Forces host Demetri Kofinas about Covid-19 response, media incentives, and the getting the economy back in action.

By Nathaniel Whittemore
AccessTimeIconApr 8, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Updated Sep 14, 2021 at 8:27 a.m. UTC
Demetri Kofinas

A candid conversation with Hidden Forces host Demetri Kofinas about COVID-19 response, media incentives and the getting the economy back in action.

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Demetri Kofinas is the host of Hidden Forces, a popular podcast that examines markets through the lens of large patterns of change. 

On this episode, Demetri and @NLW discuss:

  • How the politicization of the coronavirus crisis has undermined smart action
  • How media incentivizes extreme opinions regardless of underlying expertise 
  • What conversations we are not having around coronavirus - in particular in terms of second-order effects
  • Why we’ve barely begun to discuss the plan for turning the economy back on

See also: Unlimited QE and Why Markets Can't Price In COVID-19

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