Economist trying to understand where finance goes next, and whether everyone gets to come along. Deputy MD @CFI_Accion
Washington, DC
Joined October 2011
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Edoardo Totolo retweeted
Every tech CEO for the last 30 years: College is useless. drop out of college and build something. Find a trade.
Also every tech CEO: *only hires from Stanford/MIT/Harvard*
Also every tech CEO: *spends millions getting their mid kids into Stanford/MIT/Harvard*
BREAKING: Chris Power CEO of Hadrian says “Everyone should tell their kids to quit college & get welding degrees”
"The country needs you."
“The next 2 decades is blue collar.”
Hadrian is also bringing back Pepperidge Farms & baking.
“All the white-collar jobs are going to get automated.”
“We’re gonna see massive hyperinflation in blue-collar salaries.”
"I think one of the greatest opportunities for private capital — apart from public-private investment alongside the Department of War (@DeptofWar) — is to build Chick-fil-A’s & bars around all of our factories.
That’s free alpha. Please come set up franchises around all of our factories. We need to eat so we can work harder for the country."
Chris Power (@2112Power) of @HadrianInc at Hill & Valley Forum 2026 (@HillValleyForum)
cc @macbohannon
Edoardo Totolo retweeted
As #climateshocks become more frequent and intense, people all over the world are attempting to build #resilience amid devastation.
Which countries are the most exposed to climate shocks and what is their ability to access financial services? bit.ly/3SlJOsE
Edoardo Totolo retweeted
#GlobalFindex 2021 financial well-being metrics show that only 55% of adults in developing economies are resilient to financial shocks. What can we do to help these populations build more #resilience?
Learn more: bit.ly/3f3fZy4
@LeoraKlapper @PiaRomanTayag
Edoardo Totolo retweeted
Britaly? You wish on.ft.com/3DekkYf
Edoardo Totolo retweeted
Jack Dorsey (@jack) - founder of Twitter and Square - is launching a web3 competitor called "Web5".
Here's the decentralized future that Jack's @TBD54566975 is building.
[1/x] 👇 🧵
Edoardo Totolo retweeted
It's an interesting data point that you can predict something will be ubiquitous when it still has only .4% of potential users, and yet you totally can. I remember this memo, and it was not seen as a risky prediction at the time. Insightful, for a big company, but not risky.
Edoardo Totolo retweeted
Acquisition prices:
Twitter: $44 billion (Elon Musk)
Slack: $28 billion (Salesforce)
LinkedIn: $26 billion (Microsoft)
WhatsApp: $19 billion (Facebook)
Skype: $8.5 billion (Microsoft)
YouTube: $1.65 billion (Google)
Tumblr: $1.1 billion (Yahoo)
Instagram: $1 billion (Facebook)
Edoardo Totolo retweeted
Okay, like virtually everyone else who studies social media, I'm fascinated by @elonmusk's takeover of Twitter. Let me say upfront: I have no idea what Twitter will be like under Elon's leadership and neither do you. But that's the point.
Edoardo Totolo retweeted
Check out this @ProSyn piece where @ricardo_hausman explains tax incidence (a concept that very few fully understand) and how it can be used to design smart sanctions
The Case for a Punitive Tax on Russian Oil project-syndicate.org/commen…
Edoardo Totolo retweeted
Press release: Issuance of Discussion Paper on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for Public Comments. The Discussion Paper examines the applicability of a potential Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in Kenya.
Edoardo Totolo retweeted
Come join us for the first of the web3 x social impact speaker series on Thursday, January 20th at 11 AM PT! @carl_cervone will host a call with speakers from Angel Protocol (@chauncey_stjohn @mikevp) and Proof of Good DAO (@P_o_e_t).
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Edoardo Totolo retweeted
Four powerful forces—cryptocurrencies, the decoupling of geographical and monetary boundaries, ad-based digital platforms’ foray into the world of payments, and the value of data—are threatening the world of payment systems, writes @zingales promarket.org/2021/07/14/cur…
Edoardo Totolo retweeted
Are forecasts bound to be wrong? @ProfJohnKay of @UniofOxford @OUPEconomics tells you why using probabilities in #economics is limited - and how certain #forecasts are just not possible.
Video produced with @voxeu and @cepr_org
#EconTwitter
Edoardo Totolo retweeted
Eastern DRC...South Kivu. Villagers has discovered a treasure mountain....the soil is 90% gold, the whole mountain is gold! Its like Eldorado the land of gold! People are digging and just taking the soil back to their homes, the gold to be washed and then smelted into dory...
Edoardo Totolo retweeted
Fascinating data shared by @PikettyLeMonde. The share of countries' income held by the bottom 50% of that country. Perfect distribution would be 50% but no country even comes close.
#inequality
Edoardo Totolo retweeted
1/ Lessons From The Tech Bubble:
Last year, I spent my winter holiday reading hundreds of pages of equity research from the 1999/2000 era, to try to understand what it was like investing during the bubble
A few people recently asked me for my takeaways. Here they are -
Edoardo Totolo retweeted
Excited to announce our investment in @apeelsciences's innovative #technology that can limit food waste by half, enhance #sustainability, and mitigate #ClimateChange. As I noted to @BW,it can also allow farmers to reach more mature & profitable markets. wrld.bg/XWvW50C3NYw
Edoardo Totolo retweeted
Need a quick overview of the facts & figures on #DigitalCredit in Kenya? Check out this Focus note from @FSDKe that evaluates the conduct and practice of digital lending in Kenya.
bit.ly/39gFi70
@EdGwer @edso #jackodero
#DigitalFinance #FinAccess #InclusiveFinance
