Arguments worth
having.
Not news. Not a summary. These are columns where I take a position and argue it. Film, finance, and the ideas that do not fit neatly into a weekly roundup.
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OpinionDynamic Pricing Worked. That's Exactly Why Everyone Is Angry.
The 2026 World Cup sold out almost every seat in almost every stadium. FIFA called it a triumph. Fans called it a rip-off. Both are looking at the same number and reaching opposite conclusions, because they are arguing about two completely different things.
OpinionChicago Did the Math. Everyone Else Threw a Party.
Sixteen cities looked at the same numbers and said yes. One looked at them and said no. Chicago walked away from the 2026 World Cup, and the economic record suggests it made the only intelligent decision in the entire tournament.
OpinionMargin Call Gets the Most Honest Line in Financial Cinema
Most financial crisis films are interested in the aftermath. The job losses, the foreclosures, the political fallout. Margin Call is interested in the eighteen hours before any of that happens, and that choice turns out to be far more revealing.
OpinionThe Big Short Got the Villain Wrong
Most people come away from The Big Short with the same reading: Wall Street was greedy, regulators were asleep, and a handful of contrarians got rich by being the only ones willing to look at the data. That reading is not wrong. It is just not the film's most important argument.