What's The Real Value of Your Degree? Aswath Damodaran

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Aswath Damodaran joins Brian Keating to argue that markets, universities, and financial models are all suffering the same disease — mistaking mechanical processes for genuine thinking — and explains why Nobel economists aren't billionaires, why academia is the most deserving target for disruption, and why every major asset class is now overpriced with nowhere left to hide.

00:00 Intro

00:01:37 Why Nobel Economists Aren't Billionaires

00:06:08 Universities Have Completely Lost the Plot

00:07:43 95% of Academic Research Is Worthless

00:13:05 The University Is a Sticky Business — But Cracks Are Forming

00:40:00 ChatGPT Already Does What Bankers Charge Millions For

00:46:43 The Most Dangerous Number in Finance

00:52:35 There Is No Safe Place Left to Put Your Money

00:55:48 When Every Asset Is Overpriced, Buy What You Love

01:00:22 We Are Losing Our Ability to Think

01:01:30 Markets Are Smarter Than Experts — Every Single Time

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