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.
ABOUT
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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We cover news and analysis on the trends, price movements, technologies, companies and people in the bitcoin and digital currency world.

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