This was one of my favorite episodes ever. Bethany McLean broke the Enron story & has written some of the best finance books out there. We discuss: * The astounding similarities between Enron & FTX, * How visionaries are just frauds who succeed, * What caused 2008, and whether we are headed for a new crisis, * Why there’s too many venture capitalists and not enough short sellers, * And why history keeps repeating itself. 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 * Transcript: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/bethany-mclean * Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3FLCuRk * Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3v7djDN McLean is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair (see her articles here) and the author of The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron, All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis, Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It's Changing the World, Shaky Ground: The Strange Saga of the U.S. Mortgage Giants. 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒