Deeponomics

Welcome, friend and future deep-dweller! In this episode of Deeponomics, I sit down with Stefan Leins , Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Bern and author of Stories of Capitalism , to explore what actually happens inside a financial analyst department at a large Swizz bank. Based on a two-year ethnography, Leins takes us into the everyday world of buy-side financial analysts, a...

Welcome, friend and future deep-dweller! In this episode of Deeponomics, I sit down with Yuval Millo , Professor of Accounting at Warwick Business School, to trace the intellectual journey behind the social studies of finance and what it means to take markets seriously as social and reflexive systems. Millo walks us through the early days of the field, including how his investigation into the Blac...

Welcome, friend and future deep-dweller! In this episode of Deeponomics, we sit down with Eldar Maksymov to explore the human side of data analytics. Maksymov, a Professor at Arizona State University and Visiting Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics, studies how organizations actually make analytics useful in financial reporting and decision-making. His work highlights the human, interpr...

Welcome, friend and future deep-dweller! In this episode of Deeponomics, we sit down with Johan Graaf to learn about the emergence of the field of investor relations. Graaf, an Associate Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics, brings an interdisciplinary and ethnographic approach to the study of accounting as a social and institutional practice. His work explores how accounting shapes equi...

Welcome, friend and future deep-dweller! In this episode of Deeponomics, we sit down with Les Coleman to examine the widening gap between modern finance theory and the realities of investing. Coleman, a multidisciplinary researcher and long-time critic of conventional models, takes aim at the limitations of both neoclassical and behavioral finance. While behavioral finance may explain why investor...

Welcome, friend and future deep-dweller! In this episode of Deeponomics, we take a closer look at the enduring practice of market forecasting—despite decades of evidence showing how rarely it works. We explore three major schools of thought—neoclassical, behavioral, and institutional economics—to see whether any of them can justify the financial analyst’s role. Each offers a different lens on why...

Welcome, friend and future deep-dweller! In this episode of Deeponomics, we explore what makes a decision good — and why the answer has less to do with outcomes than you might think. From a snowstorm at Narva in 1700 to Darwin’s pro-and-con list on marriage, we reflect on how decision-making is shaped not only by reason but by bias, framing, inertia, and emotion. Along the way, we question what it...

Welcome, friend and future deep-dweller! In this episode of Deeponomics , we bring accounting into the conversation—not as a neutral record of facts, but as a system built on choices, assumptions, and storytelling. We trace how the connection between book values and market prices has weakened over time, and explore what happens when the numbers we rely on reflect only part of the picture. Referenc...

Welcome, friend and future deep-dweller! This is the seventh monologue episode of Deeponomics—a podcast exploring the research, deep ideas, and theories shaping markets, finance, and accounting. In this episode, we ask: Who does the Representative Agent really represent? We explore the simplification at the heart of many economic models—a single fictional individual standing in for millions. Why i...

Welcome, friend and future deep-dweller! This is the second interview episode of Deeponomics—a podcast exploring the research, deep ideas, and theories shaping markets, finance, and accounting. This episode features a conversation with investigative journalist and accounting expert Francine McKenna , founder of the Substack newsletter The Dig , which explores the underexamined mechanics of auditin...

Welcome, friend and future deep-dweller! This is the first interview episode of Deeponomics—a podcast exploring the research, deep ideas, and theories shaping markets, finance, and accounting. This episode features a conversation with Hervé Stolowy and Luc Paugam from HEC Paris, centered on their upcoming article Shaping Collective Action in Financial Markets through Popular Expertise , soon to be...

Welcome, friend and future deep-dweller! This is the sixth monologue episode of Deeponomics —a podcast exploring the research, deep ideas, and theories shaping markets, finance, and accounting. In this episode, we dig into the idea of information in financial markets—what counts as information, how it is defined, and why prices sometimes move even when nothing seems to happen. References: Shannon,...

Welcome, friend and future deep-dweller! This is the fifth monologue episode of Deeponomics —a podcast exploring the research, deep ideas, and theories shaping markets, finance, and accounting. In this episode, we explore why the “rational man” of economic theory is more fiction than fact—a simplified character built for models, not real life. References: Rubinstein, A., 2012. Economic Fables . Ca...

Welcome, friend and future deep-dweller! This is the fourth monologue episode of Deeponomics —a podcast exploring the research, deep ideas, and theories shaping markets, finance, and accounting. In this episode, we dive into the surprising reality that investment performance, like skills in other fields, may peak and decline with age — and why compounding experience is not always enough to outrun...

Welcome, friend and future deep-dweller! This is the third monologue episode of Deeponomics —a podcast exploring the research, deep ideas, and theories shaping markets, finance, and accounting. In this episode, we explore how finance treats time—mathematically precise, constant, and objective—and why that assumption breaks down when it meets human psychology, perception, and behavior. References:...

Welcome, friend and future deep-dweller! This is the second monologue episode of Deeponomics —a podcast exploring the research, deep ideas, and theories shaping markets, finance, and accounting. In this episode, we revisit one of finance’s most fundamental principles—the risk-return tradeoff—and examine why the relationship between risk and reward may not be as straightforward as traditional theor...

Welcome, friend and future deep-dweller! This is the very first monologue episode of Deeponomics —a podcast exploring the research, deep ideas, and theories shaping markets, finance, and accounting. In this short premiere, we explore one of mainstream finance’s most foundational theories—the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH)—and dig into its core assumptions and key shortcomings. References: Fama,...

Welcome friend and future deep-dweller! This is the Credo for Deeponomics — a podcast about the research, deep ideas, and theories shaping markets, finance, and accounting. In this short credo, you will hear what Deeponomics stands for, the kinds of questions we will explore, and why we believe there is a need for a space where we can pause, go deeper, and critically examine the theories and assum...

Welcome to Deeponomics friend and future deep-dweller! This short trailer episode introduces the purpose and perspective behind the project. Deeponomics isn’t about market forecasts or personal finance hacks. It’s about taking a step back—to examine the deeper structures, theories, and assumptions that shape how we understand finance, investing, and markets. Through an academic but accessible lens...