Mark Cuban is an American billionaire investor, entrepreneur and TV personality.Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/mark-cubanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Frank Wilczek won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004 and is considered one of the world’s most eminent theoretical physicists.Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/frank-wilczekSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Benjamin M. Friedman is widely recognised as one of the world's leading macroeconomists. He is currently the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University.Read the full transcript at: josephnoelwalker.com/ben-friedmanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Henrich is Professor and Chair of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. He is the author of The Secret of Our Success and The Weirdest People in the World.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sir Angus Deaton is a Nobel Prize-winning economist and coauthor of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism.Read the full transcript at: josephnoelwalker.com/deatonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Sloan Wilson is an evolutionary biologist.Read the full transcript at: https://josephnoelwalker.com/atlashuggedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Hempton is co-founder and Chief Investment Officer at Bronte Capital.Show notesSelected links Follow John: Blog | Twitter 'Approaches to Studying Policy Representation', paper by David Broockman 'Indebted Demand', paper by Atif Mian, Ludwig Straub and Amir Sufi Topics discussed Lessons from past market cycles. 4:51 Astarra-Trio. 10:43 Retail investors: Welcome to the party. 24:14 When John met Jim (Simons). 28:13 Can you predict market tops? 33:00 Are there any good reasons for believing this time really is different? 40:37 The Dunning-Kruger effect is everywhere. 52:18 A behavioural model of the coronavirus. 55:45 The illusion of the political centre. 1:10:19 How inequality may be distorting monetary policy, and vice versa. 1:23:00 SPAC attack. 1:26:03 The puzzle of Middleby. 1:31:15 Bull masturbating. 1:33:01 2020: a year of puzzles. 1:42:30 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gerd Gigerenzer is a German psychologist and director emeritus of the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Hirshleifer is a professor of finance and currently holds the Merage chair in Business Growth at the University of California.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vernon Smith won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002. This is his second appearance on the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.