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Rage Against the Economic Machine: The Best of the Breakdown July 2020

A recap show on wealth inequality, stock markets and taking it back featuring Jill Carlson, Michael Krieger, Daniel Lacalle, George Gammon and more.

Updated Sep 14, 2021, 9:39 a.m. Published Aug 3, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
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A recap show on wealth inequality, stock markets and taking it back featuring Jill Carlson, Michael Krieger, Daniel Lacalle, George Gammon and more.

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This episode is sponsored by Crypto.comBitstamp and Nexo.io.

Today on the Brief:

  • The TikTok-Microsoft Deal
  • The Twitter hacker was 17
  • A changing of the guard for crypto hedge funds

Our main discussion: recapping the best interviews of July 2020

Despite a huge variety of perspectives and experiences, one theme shown through in Breakdown conversations in July: the disparity between the stock market and the real economy and a growing unwillingness of people to accept their place in the order.

See also: ‘It Sure Doesn’t Feel Like the Greatest Economy of All Time,’ Feat. George Gammon

This show features clips from:

See also: Why the Robinhood Revolution Is the Future of Finance, Feat. Jill Carlson

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