This Week in Odd Lots (May 11 - May 17, 2026)

This week, Odd Lots explored how invisible infrastructure—both financial and physical—underpins the modern economy, even as that infrastructure faces mounting pressures. From the undersea cables sustaining internet connectivity to the monetary policy tools central banks deploy against stubborn inflation, the episodes revealed a system increasingly strained by supply-side shocks and geopolitical risk. The thread connecting these conversations: the fragility of the systems we depend on, and the urgent need to understand them.