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Frederick Kaufman

Profit At All Prices

Just published this one about the inner workings of the hedge fund, and how “heads I win, tails you lose” works … until it doesn’t.

1 min readMar 19, 2021

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10,000 Years Ago, Elon Musk Would Have Been Casting Spells Into Feathers, Rocks, and Shells

How the ‘Technoking’ imbues assets with value in the same way medieval kings would

4 min readMar 17, 2021

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SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses on the red carpet of the Axel Springer Award 2020

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Why It Matters That Jack Dorsey Sold His First Tweet

Time itself is now for sale

3 min readMar 8, 2021

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Why It Matters That Jack Dorsey Sold His First Tweet

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The Shadow

Death of the Foodie

For the past thirty years, Paul Freedman and I have followed the origins, growth, and proliferation of American food culture. Paul is a…

4 min readMar 1, 2021

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Death of the Foodie

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Frederick Kaufman

Metal And The Dark Side of Money

Understanding the backstory of commodities

6 min readFeb 21, 2021

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Metal And The Dark Side of Money

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Turns Out Meme Stocks Have Basically Been Around Since 600 B.C.

The first-ever options trader discovered a key insight about the nature of risk — and how to profit from it

6 min readFeb 15, 2021

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Turns Out Meme Stocks Have Basically Been Around Since 600 B.C.

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Frederick Kaufman

Frederick Kaufman

Professor of journalism, magazine writer, author of The Money Plot: A History of Currency’s Power to Enchant, Control, and Manipulate.

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