BREAKDOWN: People Aren’t Buying the ‘Great American Recovery’ Narrative

Despite the stock market returning to all-time highs, many can’t shake the feeling that all is not well in the economy.

Aug 22, 2020

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Despite the stock market returning to all-time highs, many can’t shake the feeling that all is not well in the economy.

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.

Today on The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap:

People aren’t buying “the Great American Recovery”
Let’s stop considering the economy as one thing
Dave Portnoy doesn’t care about your principles
DeFi is the Wild West and saved only by the fact that no normie understands what the hell is going on
Bitcoin is being compared to the dollar not stocks and that’s serious progress

This week on The Breakdown:

Monday | What’s Actually Happening With Inflation Right Now

Tuesday | How Excess Capital and Low Interest Rates Reshaped Silicon Valley, Feat. Chris McCann

Wednesday | S&P5 vs. S&P 500: The Real Story of the Stock Market Recovery

Thursday | The Most Pro-Bitcoin Politicians in the US

Friday | Winter Is Coming: Examining the Economy’s Eight-Body Problem

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