Episode 134: James Simons (Patreon)
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2020-01-23 05:01:00
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2026-06
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This week, we enter the Matrix of James Simons and Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund that performs unnervingly well at the expense of math classrooms and equality. We cover RenTech's 82% returns during the 2008 crash, their $6.8 billion tax avoidance, the brain-drain of PhDs from public universities, and more
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