Aswath Damodaran on the Future of Business Education

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Introduction

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The Power of Narratives

01:56 • 3min

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The Tax Efficiency of Buybacks

04:55 • 4min

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The Importance of Dividends in Equity Investment

08:25 • 2min

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The Pushback to Buybacks

10:40 • 2min

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The Benefits of Buybacks

12:24 • 2min

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The Problem With Dividends

14:05 • 2min

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The Tax on Twitter's $20 Billion Valuation

16:28 • 3min

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The Reality of Twitter

19:28 • 2min

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The Difference Between Price and Valuation

21:43 • 2min

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The Risk-Adjusted Story of Small Cap Stocks

24:01 • 2min

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The Importance of Small Cap Premiums

25:52 • 2min

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The Importance of Quality in Investing

27:54 • 2min

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How to Be a Successful Portfolio Manager

29:57 • 2min

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How to Avoid Panic With Chatbots

31:57 • 4min

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The Disruption of the University Model

35:39 • 4min

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The Power of Numbers in Academic Research

39:22 • 2min

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The Pushback From the Academic Community to the Statement

41:02 • 3min

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The Disruption of Education

43:47 • 2min

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The Importance of Flexibility in Learning

46:03 • 2min

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The Importance of Control in the Publishing Business

48:31 • 2min

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The Status Quo's Trouble With Disruption

50:32 • 2min

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How to Disrupt Yourself

52:53 • 3min

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The Value of College Education

56:20 • 4min

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The First Crowd Short Squeeze in History

01:00:21 • 3min

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The Core Reason People Are Giving for Buying GameStop

01:03:07 • 3min

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The Rise and Fall of Lifecycle Stocks

01:06:02 • 2min

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The Endgame of Amazon's Lifecycle

01:08:04 • 3min

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The Death of Google

01:11:09 • 3min

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The Importance of a Mature Company

01:13:47 • 4min

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The 21st Century Company Ages and Dog Years

01:17:56 • 2min

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The Problem With Tesla

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The Transition to Tim Cook

01:21:48 • 2min

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The Rise of Benevolent Dictionaries

01:23:36 • 2min

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The G and ESG: Governance

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The Importance of Diversity in Board Governance

01:27:05 • 2min

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The Alternative to Corporate Governance

01:28:43 • 2min

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The Problem With Corporate Governance Scores

01:31:01 • 2min

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The State of the Market in 2023

01:33:10 • 2min

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The Fed's 2% Inflation Target

01:34:53 • 3min

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The Hidden Tax of Inflation

01:37:33 • 4min

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The Fed's Attention to Inflation Expectations

01:41:16 • 2min

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The Fed's Decision to Target 2 or the Et Cetera

01:43:28 • 2min

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The Impossible Question: Is the Fed Too Active?

01:45:09 • 2min

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The Last of Us

01:47:05 • 3min

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The Joy of Teaching Finance

01:50:01 • 4min

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Advice for a Recent College Grad Interested in a Career in Finance

01:54:26 • 2min

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The Role of Behavior and Emotional Factors in Financial Decision Making

01:56:45 • 3min