He s an employee at the wells fargo branch in pepper pike, ohio. in an interview with bloomberg lowry was asked about his credentials. he said, when people say, well, you re not an economist, you re not even you ve not even set foot in a faculty lounge, what could you possibly know about economics, i m not holding myself out to be that. we re just focused on simple truths of economics, the same way it doesn t take a ph.d. in physics to know what would happen if i held a bowling ball and then dropped it. just a short time ago on cnbc s kudlow report lowrie added this detail. my interest in economics started with you in 1988. and first, let me say in front of the whole world, thank you, larry, and god bless you. the huffington post thinks rich lowrie may have lifted the 9-9-9 idea.