Katie

And so if I'm thinking about my time as something I have to optimize, I'm trying to cram in as much as possible. If instead I'm thinking about it as something that I should protect, now I'm empowered to say no to things that I don't think are good opportunities to tell someone, hey, I actually can't get that done this week. Let's talk about it next week.

And it's been a nice mental shift for allowing me to slow down a little bit.

And it's been a nice mental shift for allowing me to slow down a little bit.

And it's been a nice mental shift for allowing me to slow down a little bit.

Yeah. I think because we tend to have a lot of recency bias about what political and economic forces are driving the ship right now. So a lot of the analysis that I was reading, it was comparing, say, the last four years to Trump's first term and really like the beginning of the history of. And a lot of these analyses seem to start around the time of the pandemic.

Yeah. I think because we tend to have a lot of recency bias about what political and economic forces are driving the ship right now. So a lot of the analysis that I was reading, it was comparing, say, the last four years to Trump's first term and really like the beginning of the history of. And a lot of these analyses seem to start around the time of the pandemic.

Yeah. I think because we tend to have a lot of recency bias about what political and economic forces are driving the ship right now. So a lot of the analysis that I was reading, it was comparing, say, the last four years to Trump's first term and really like the beginning of the history of. And a lot of these analyses seem to start around the time of the pandemic.

I think because the pandemic was such a paradigm shifting event and there was a lot of change that followed, also because inflation had become such a huge headline. But I think as I zoomed out and I really thought about, OK, why are we in this position right now? Why did right wing economic populism have such a moment in this last election?

I think because the pandemic was such a paradigm shifting event and there was a lot of change that followed, also because inflation had become such a huge headline. But I think as I zoomed out and I really thought about, OK, why are we in this position right now? Why did right wing economic populism have such a moment in this last election?

I think because the pandemic was such a paradigm shifting event and there was a lot of change that followed, also because inflation had become such a huge headline. But I think as I zoomed out and I really thought about, OK, why are we in this position right now? Why did right wing economic populism have such a moment in this last election?

It occurred to me that I think the real story of the economy that we're in right now did not start four years ago. It started 40 years ago. That's when we started cutting corporate tax rates and tax rates for the highest earners for the first time and started associating those tax changes with this will bring growth, this will bring prosperity.

It occurred to me that I think the real story of the economy that we're in right now did not start four years ago. It started 40 years ago. That's when we started cutting corporate tax rates and tax rates for the highest earners for the first time and started associating those tax changes with this will bring growth, this will bring prosperity.

It occurred to me that I think the real story of the economy that we're in right now did not start four years ago. It started 40 years ago. That's when we started cutting corporate tax rates and tax rates for the highest earners for the first time and started associating those tax changes with this will bring growth, this will bring prosperity.

That's when stock buyback regulations were loosened pretty substantially. So before 1981, I think it was something like less than 5% of all corporate profits were used for stock buybacks. Now it's something like half. Obviously, that's going to lead to an increase in financialization. And finally, the death knell, I think, was probably Citizens United.

That's when stock buyback regulations were loosened pretty substantially. So before 1981, I think it was something like less than 5% of all corporate profits were used for stock buybacks. Now it's something like half. Obviously, that's going to lead to an increase in financialization. And finally, the death knell, I think, was probably Citizens United.

That's when stock buyback regulations were loosened pretty substantially. So before 1981, I think it was something like less than 5% of all corporate profits were used for stock buybacks. Now it's something like half. Obviously, that's going to lead to an increase in financialization. And finally, the death knell, I think, was probably Citizens United.

So when corporations were basically granted personhood in the United States such that corporate interests really fully like enveloped our political system. So if you're just talking about this election at the rhetorical level. And you are considering those 40 years of changes and how they have led us to where we are now.

So when corporations were basically granted personhood in the United States such that corporate interests really fully like enveloped our political system. So if you're just talking about this election at the rhetorical level. And you are considering those 40 years of changes and how they have led us to where we are now.

So when corporations were basically granted personhood in the United States such that corporate interests really fully like enveloped our political system. So if you're just talking about this election at the rhetorical level. And you are considering those 40 years of changes and how they have led us to where we are now.

And, you know, these appeals are being made to this deep seated sense that I think a lot of Americans feel that something has gone very, very wrong. I think if you have one candidate who seems to represent the status quo insofar as they're coming from the incumbent administration, and then you have another who is promising to blow it all up and saying literally, I'll fix it.