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by fredcy 2743 days ago
Matt Levine is a treasure. His Money Stuff column/email has taught me, a programmer not versed in fintech, a lot about the intricacies of the financial world. In particular, his clearheaded view of blockchain tech is useful counterpoint to the hype.
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He's doing an AMA right this minute, if you're interested: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/a72gc8/im_matt_levine...
Is nice that Bloomberg has an rss by author https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/authors/ARbTQlRLRjE/matthe...
His "are index funds communist"[0] theme is great and he has said it's a personal favorite of his (there are many of his articles over the years which discuss this question, I've only linked to the most in-depth one). I also recommend his discussion of the DAO 'hack'[1], and for pure absurdity value this story about insurance contracts[2].

[0]: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2016-08-24/are-in...

[1]: here, he also links to other analysis by him around the same time: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2016-06-17/blockc...

[2]: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2015-02-27/arbitr...

Do you have any particular links for Matt Levine content you found interesting?
(Not PP)

I just discovered his writing recently, and he publishes a daily newsletter that's, more often than not, all of funny, interesting, and informative. I haven't gone back to the archives, but the day-to-day is terrfic:

http://link.mail.bloombergbusiness.com/join/4wm/moneystuff-s...

Honestly - I read Money Talks daily and it's pretty much all interesting.