The last hour after fed chair Jerome Powell and treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin did the same in a hearing before congress. It comes as the cdc panel is meeting right now at this very moment to decide exactly who will be the top priority to get the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine. And then who gets to be in the levels after that. We are going to get you a live report. And one russell 2000 company is making a huge transformation from an Artificial Intelligence chatbot giant to the bank of the future. The ceo of live person introduces us to bella, the banker with a twist. Youve got to hear this. If cryptos are too cryptic for you, you are missing out on the bitcoin boom. The ceo and cofounder of chainalysis is here to explain how he makes Bitcoin Investment secure for everyone from wall street whales to the u. S. Government and irs. You got to meet this company. We are t minus 58 minutes from the cdc voting on just who should get the first batch of covid19 vaccines. The belief is
To lou and welcome to crossfire all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle at this point no one knows when the cold crisis will abate however it is undeniable that this Health Crisis has negatively impacted the economy what does it mean to return to normal is that even possible now and will the divide separating the rich from the poor can. Discuss the economy and more im joined by my guest peter early grave very. Can he is an economist at the American Institute for Economic Research in miami and we have made rezko he is seen as chief investment strategist and we also have Eric Townsend he is host of the macro voices podcast gentlemen crossed the rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciated ok lets go 1st to peter you know in looking at the very the. The broadest picture of whats going on in the economy right now i think we all have to be very honest with ourselves that the election cycle influenced people how they look at the economy how bad it is or ho
It ok because i hear more and more top read more and more about a cave recovery and that is that in michigan a defeat in my in my opinion because it means the if you have the k. Its the the leg of the k. Youve given up on ok because the other part. Of the economy its true because its that in their benefit here i really worry when people talk about new normals and when they talk about the economy youre my friend well who has become normal since 2008 has been completely different from the old normal people have the normal youre go back to a balance but really the economy hasnt grown at all since the 2008 crisis all of the growth in g. D. P. All of the growth in wealth has accrued to the Financial Sector to the real estate sector to the one percent for the 99 percent oh theyve gone down and down and down so the new normal is you cant get rich again by hanging out. And joining the middle class like you goes through the new normal has all of the year increase in wages in service in rents an
Youve given up on ok because the other part. Of the economy its true because its to their benefit here i really worry when people talk about new normals and when they talk about the economy youre my friend well who has become normal since 2008 has been completely different from the old normal people have the normal you go back to a balance but really the economy hasnt grown at all since the 2008 crisis all of the growth in g. D. P. All of the growth in wealth has accrued to the Financial Sector to the real estate sector to the one percent for the 99 percent of all theyve gone down and down and down so the new normal is you cant get rich again by housing and join the middle class like a ghost or the new normal is an all of the year increase in wages and debt service in rents and in monopoly prices so that they mark the new normal is the market is going to shrink and shrink into. We look like greece looks in the last 5 years the length of the normal is looking way routes that if and run.
Every Small Business is going to be out of business i had time to selling is over not just wipe out an entire class of people because you allowed the wealthy to go out and thrive through these tough times getting access that they had all doing all the things that normal people dont get to do so the class divide will continue and its mostly because we dont really allow the true free markets work anymore we allow the the Upper Echelon they have a better chance and better access Going Forward and i think thats one of the big problems that i see here well so many go to richard so many of the wealthy you know look at socialism as something of a point but i mean this is exactly what they how they have to have socialism for the very very rich Concierge Service and you know the states not supposed to keep winners because thats against the markets but thats exactly what theyre doing theyre picking winners all of the time richard. Yeah i think i agree that we are in a sea instead. Of capitalisms