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A Brief Defense of the Vampires w/ Lloyd...

Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com

He also weighs in on populism, inequality, private credit, and why a country can be prosperous on paper while still feeling bleak to the people living in it.

-“Blankfein hates minorities”

-the economy is strong, unless you don’t own anything

-get a grip, it’s not 1968

-semi-charmed kind of life

-from Russia to China, the cycles come fast

-where are the Hayeki…

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