{"podcast":{"title":"The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing","slug":"the-meb-faber-show-better-investing-743157","podcast_index_feed_id":743157,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TIFM6133783130","website_url":"https://www.themebfabershow.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/dfd9a908-428f-11ee-a9c5-6fac729c68a0/image/1400x1400.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Idea Farm","episode_count":708,"summary":"Ready to grow your wealth through smarter investing decisions? With The Meb Faber Show, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and investment fund manager, Meb Faber, brings you insights on today’s markets and the art of investing. Featuring some of the top investment professionals in the world as his guests, Meb will help you interpret global equity, bond, and commodity markets just like the pros. Whether it’s smart beta, trend following, value investing, or any other timely market topic, each week you’ll hear real market wisdom from the smartest minds in investing today. Better investing starts here. For more information on Meb, please visit MebFaber.com. For more on Cambria Investment Management, visit CambriaInvestments.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T16:19:52.677138+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-meb-faber-show-better-investing-743157"},"episode":{"title":"David McWilliams on The Story of Money—and Why It Matters for Markets | #610","slug":"david-mcwilliams-on-the-story-of-money-and-why-it-matters-for-markets-610","published_at":"2025-12-22T14:40:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-meb-faber-show-better-investing-743157/david-mcwilliams-on-the-story-of-money-and-why-it-matters-for-markets-610","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-meb-faber-show-better-investing-743157","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TIFM9641962646.mp3?updated=1766105559","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TIFM9641962646.mp3?updated=1766105559","summary":"Today’s guest is David McWilliams, an economist, podcast host and author. David worked at the Central Bank of Ireland, UBS and BNP Paribas and is the founder of the Kilkenomics Festival, a unique blend of economics and stand-up comedy. His book is called The History of Money: A Story of Humanity, which is my favorite book from 2025. In today’s episode, David walks through the evolution of money over the last 5,000 years. He explains why money is a foundational social technology that is central to every aspect of our civilization, from the political to the artistic. He delves into historical anecdotes—from clay tablets in Mesopotamia to Gutenberg’s printing press to Martin Luther’s disruptive influence on the church. Throughout the episode, he emphasizes that economists need to do a better job helping people understand money and its role in navigating modern economic principles. (0:00) Starts (1:26) David explains the Kilkenomics Festival (3:41) David McWilliams on \"Money, The History of Money, A Story of Humanity\" (9:55) Evolution and trust in money throughout history (26:28) Impact of the Gutenberg printing press and Martin Luther (36:42) Historical perspectives on speculation and losing money (43:18) Future of economics, storytelling, and equity culture differences (49:18) Educating youth on finance and investing ----- Follow Meb on X, LinkedIn and YouTube For detailed show notes, click here To learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our mailing list or visit us at cambriainvestments.com ----- Sponsor: Join Alpha Architect’s ⁠⁠LIVE webinar⁠⁠ Feb 3rd to learn if a 351 Exchange may fit your clients’ needs. Before the webinar, visit ⁠⁠Alpha Architect’s 351 Education Center⁠⁠ for use cases, tools, FAQs, upcoming launches, and more. ----- Follow The Idea Fa…","meta_description":"Today’s guest is David McWilliams, an economist, podcast host and author. David worked at the Central Bank of Ireland, UBS and BNP Paribas and is the foun…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3261,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-meb-faber-show-better-investing-743157/episodes/david-mcwilliams-on-the-story-of-money-and-why-it-matters-for-markets-610/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-meb-faber-show-better-investing-743157/david-mcwilliams-on-the-story-of-money-and-why-it-matters-for-markets-610.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}