E20: Robinhood wrap up, Insiders vs. Outsiders, California's failing report card & how to fix it

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Referenced in the show:

The Insiders' Game by David Sacks

https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-insiders-game

ABC News - CA EDD admits paying as much as $31 billion in unemployment funds to criminals

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Forbes - Why California Is In Trouble – 340,000 Public Employees With $100,000+ Paychecks Cost Taxpayers $45 Billion

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Rescue California - Recall Gavin Newsom

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Show Notes:

0:00 Wrapping up the Robinhood situation: major lessons learned, Elon’s Clubhouse interview with Vlad, is the cash infusion to Robinhood a trade of the year candidate in 2021?

20:21 Understanding short positions - why do firms short, more transparency & margin requirements

26:08 Sacks on the growing insider vs. outsider theme in politics & finance, importance of institutions in chaos

31:45 Breaking down California’s report card, why the state is such a mess, what structural problems plague it & how to fix them

1:02:04 Chamath’s Aziz Ansari story, Governor potential, top ways to save California