Does Record Growth in the Markets Mean the System Is Working

January 14, 2020 00:52:15
Does Record Growth in the Markets Mean the System Is Working
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Does Record Growth in the Markets Mean the System Is Working

Jan 14 2020 | 00:52:15

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James Keys Tunde Ogunlana

Show Notes

In this episode, James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana look at economic performance in the U.S. from multiple angles, including what we see in the incredible growth of the stock market over the last twenty years (01:25), why the workers are not feeling much of that growth (7:12), how much automation and technology affects outcomes (21:12), whether our larger economic system itself is the problem, the solution, or both (32:48), and how government policy plays a large role in how economic spoils are distributed (41:36).

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