Over the course of this show, I’ve spoken to nearly 200 industry leaders and innovators from around the world, several of whom have written books on the subject, some of whom have launched those books on the podcast. Below are affiliate links to the most relevant of those books - if you’re interested in buying any of them, clicking one of these links won’t add any costs on your side but Amazon will send me a small commission for sending you over.
Mentioned in episode 99 and now updated, the second edition of Frank Tian’s Unsecured Lending Risk Management provides a comprehensive and holistic view of the risk management practices.
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Mentioned in episode 169, What are the Odds? lays bare the facts about chance, odds and decision making in both gambling and non-gambling applications. Dr Orkin also dispels some common myths about coincidences, randomness, cause and effect.
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Mentioned in episode 154, Cashless is the first and only book that dives deep into the design and use of China’s new central bank digital currency. This represents a roadmap for our shared digital currency future and a long-term threat to US dollar dominance.
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Mentioned in episode 119, Redesigning Credit Risk Modeling show us how updating out credit scoring architecture for the ML world can not only solve the problems of overfitting and out-of-time degradation, but also turns machine learning models into cash flow forecasters that integrate directly with yield and NPV models.
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Mentioned in episode 169, Probability & Statistics Made Interesting integrates Dr Orkin's classroom-tested and proven methods and examples to make probability and statistics interesting while still covering the necessary subject matter for a one semester, elementary course.
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Mentioned in episode 58, The Money School gives you the skinny on how financial markets and common investing strategies work to build your understanding and gain confidence..
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Mentioned in episode 147, It’s a Risky Business is a field guide that will enable analysts to make intuitive leaps, understand, analyse and recommend appropriate actions and identify opportunities.
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Mentioned in episode 172, Unabnkable is an investigative documentary exploring whether Africa's innovation, tradition, and tech can revitalize the West. It examines mobile money, digital lending, and Bitcoin, challenging economic norms and amplifying voices from the Global South.
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Mentioned in episode 172, Cashless is the account of a microfinance true believer whose decade in the industry turned him into a heretic. Working with several microfinance institutions around the world, Hugh Sinclair realized that the $70 billion industry wasn't doing much to help the people it claimed to serve.
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Mentioned in episode 68, Delinquent asks: How can we make credit available to those who need it, responsibly and without causing harm?
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