The New Bazaar

A few years ago, Maria Konnikova took a leave from her job as a psychology journalist at The New Yorker to try something new: become a professional poker player. Hoping merely for a good story to write about, she stunned everyone -- including herself -- with her accelerated mastery of the game, winning big tournaments and earning hundreds of thousands of dollars within just the first couple of years. Maria joins Cardiff to discuss what she learned in the process about her own psychological makeup, her capacity for change, and how we can all take lessons from poker to make better decisions. It’s the subject of her latest book, The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, And Win, which is now available in paperback.Links from the episode:Maria Konnikova is on Twitter at @mkonnikovaMaria’s book, The Biggest Bluff (https://tinyurl.com/kexnvd4n)“Remembering Walter Mischel, with Love and Procrastination” in The New Yorker (https://tinyurl.com/zrbae2xx)Maria’s writing in The New Yorker (https://tinyurl.com/y8n88yy8)Cardiff and Aimee are on Twitter at @CardiffGarcia and @AimeePKeaneSend us an email! You can write to us at hello@bazaaraudio.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Hugo Lopez, Director of race and ethnicity research at Pew Research Center, discusses how Americans identify their race, ethnicity, and foreign country origins. They talk about evolving identities, immigration trends, changing views on diversity in America, and a bit of politics.

Economist Peter Blair Henry has dedicated his career to understanding how a developing country can become more prosperous, lift more people out of poverty, and give its citizens better choices for how to work and live. He joins Cardiff to share his findings on this question from “The Baker Hypothesis”, a newly published paper he co-authored with Anusha Chari and Hector Reyes. Peter also gives his thoughts on the “degrowth” movement, the tricky balance between market-friendly policies and the role of government, and the evolution of economics. Finally, he shares his own personal experience of an economic catastrophe in his native Jamaica, which forced his family to uproot when he was young and sent him down this career path.Links from the episode:Peter Blair Henry is on Twitter at @PeterBlairHenryThe Baker Hypothesis: Stabilization, Structural Reforms, and Economic Growth (https://tinyurl.com/4ykzcn59)Turnaround: Third World Lessons for First World Growth (https://tinyurl.com/r9asz5xn)Cardiff and Aimee are also on Twitter at @CardiffGarcia and @AimeePKeaneSend us an email! You can write to use at hello@bazaaraudio.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new podcast about how the economy shapes our lives. The first episode will be available on Thursday, August 12. See you then! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.