Roderick McKinley studied economics to master’s level motivated to understand what drives economic inequality and environmental mismanagement. After taking his CFA exams he began working with private equity investors to finance renewable energy infrastructure in Chile. An exciting opportunity but it also ate into his personal autonomy and, combined with 20-hour days, resulted in burnout.

“So, I decided to use my quantitative skills to set up my own business modelling consultancy instead, which I ran right up to 2020 when my first tokenomic engagement turned up. I had first heard about Bitcoin back in 2013, but dismissed it as a naïve fad, and did not give it serious scrutiny – which was a mistake of course.”

McKinley is now a tokenomics expert in crypto coming full circle around to cryptocurrency and the irony is not lost on him. He committed to this career pivot after realizing that the fundamental view of economics is similar across traditional and cryptocurrency domains. [R1] [JG2] McKinley explains this in terms of his view of economics as the study of human behaviour involving scarce resources, and the effects these behaviours have on those resources

Tune in to listen to Roderick explain the dark arts of Tokenomics. Your host is Jillian Godsil

The confusing world of Tokenomics - made clear in this podcast with Roderick McKinley