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To be totally honest, Kelly, I've been listening the last 10 minutes of this show. I cannot believe what I'm listening to. I heard your last guest say if the economy shrinks, that's good. If the stock market goes down, that's good. If the housing market crashes, that's good. If there's a trade war, that's good.

To be totally honest, Kelly, I've been listening the last 10 minutes of this show. I cannot believe what I'm listening to. I heard your last guest say if the economy shrinks, that's good. If the stock market goes down, that's good. If the housing market crashes, that's good. If there's a trade war, that's good.

To be totally honest, Kelly, I've been listening the last 10 minutes of this show. I cannot believe what I'm listening to. I heard your last guest say if the economy shrinks, that's good. If the stock market goes down, that's good. If the housing market crashes, that's good. If there's a trade war, that's good.

When did the capital class get taken over by de-growther protectionists seeking 19th century autarky?

When did the capital class get taken over by de-growther protectionists seeking 19th century autarky?

When did the capital class get taken over by de-growther protectionists seeking 19th century autarky?

I had an aneurysm on live television, obviously. I was in this chair. This is my chair to have a mental breakdown in, in this very room. And it was funny because you do podcasts all the time. I was actually talking to the producer, like setting up the shot, right? Like setting up this shot, like move a little bit to the left, move a little bit to the right.

I had an aneurysm on live television, obviously. I was in this chair. This is my chair to have a mental breakdown in, in this very room. And it was funny because you do podcasts all the time. I was actually talking to the producer, like setting up the shot, right? Like setting up this shot, like move a little bit to the left, move a little bit to the right.

I had an aneurysm on live television, obviously. I was in this chair. This is my chair to have a mental breakdown in, in this very room. And it was funny because you do podcasts all the time. I was actually talking to the producer, like setting up the shot, right? Like setting up this shot, like move a little bit to the left, move a little bit to the right.

And I could just hear between her instructions, These little murmurings from, I think it was Kyle Bass, a hedge funder, basically saying like, oh yeah, the stock market goes down. That's great for young people. They'll buy it at a lower price. If the housing market crashes, fantastic. That makes housing prices cheaper. And I kind of expected a little bit of a pushback from CNBC hosts.

And I could just hear between her instructions, These little murmurings from, I think it was Kyle Bass, a hedge funder, basically saying like, oh yeah, the stock market goes down. That's great for young people. They'll buy it at a lower price. If the housing market crashes, fantastic. That makes housing prices cheaper. And I kind of expected a little bit of a pushback from CNBC hosts.

And I could just hear between her instructions, These little murmurings from, I think it was Kyle Bass, a hedge funder, basically saying like, oh yeah, the stock market goes down. That's great for young people. They'll buy it at a lower price. If the housing market crashes, fantastic. That makes housing prices cheaper. And I kind of expected a little bit of a pushback from CNBC hosts.

And the fact that they weren't pushing back was just slowly making me enraged. I should say, as a matter of framing my mental breakdown here, I had just, not 30, 90 minutes earlier, come back from a two-week book tour. Yeah. So I was tired. I was unwashed. You have nothing to apologize for. I was coming off of a connecting flight. I had to sit at O'Hare for like nine hours in the tarmac.