🌴 Thank you for supporting Wall Street Wildlife on https://www.patreon.com/wallstreetwildlife ! 💵 The few bucks you won’t miss will help us make the show even better. 📚 Bradford DeLong, Economic historian and author of Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century, joins us for a kick-ass conversation about the intersection of history, economics and investing. We learned a tremendous amount from Professor DeLong’s book and his depth of historical and economic understanding. Brad DeLong regularly shares his economic insights at https://braddelong.substack.com/ Segments: 00:00 Introduction to Tesla and Guest Speaker 00:43 Welcoming Brad DeLong 03:21 The Dangers of Timing the Market 13:51 Optimism vs Pessimism 17:25 Techno-Feudalism and Modern Capitalism 25:48 The Accelerating Pace of Technological Change 29:30 Investing in the Age of Misinformation 35:39 The Unseen Costs of our Consumption 39:56 The Enigma of Elon Musk 49:17 Technological Advancements and Society's Future 57:51 Can the US Handle Its Debt? 01:04:31 Bitcoin: Digital Gold, or Fool's Gold? 01:21:42 Final Thoughts and Wisdom --- Please leave us a review on Apple or Spotify if our Wall Street Wildlife episodes have helped you become a better investor. If you're enjoying the show and want to support us in creating even more valuable content, head over to patreon.com/wallstreetwildlife. Your support will help us research, learn, and bring you the best insights from the investing jungle. Find your investing animal and show us some love. If you want to see our furry faces, this podcast is also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1. If you want to use the same portfolio tracking tool as Luke, check-out https://www.portseido.com/?fpr=lukehallard You can find more episodes of the podcast at ⁠⁠wallstreetwildlife.com⁠⁠ where you can also get our "10 Laws of the Investing Jungle" free PDF download, and you can follow us at: ⁠x.com/7LukeHallard⁠ ⁠x.com/7FlyingPlatypus ⁠ Wall Street Wildlife is also on Instagram @wallstreetwildlife. --- Fed up with the stock market giving you a hard time? - Invest like seasoned pros with over 40 years in the game - Discover the world's leading companies - Sharpen your best investing practices and ditch the worst - Learn how to start investing - Essential investing principles to boost your returns --- investing in stocks for beginners, stock trading for beginners, stocks and shares for beginners, investing 101, learn how to invest, stock market for dummies