Stacey Vanek-Smith

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2,095 appearances 7 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 2d ago

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Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers · The Fed Raised Rates. Here's What It's Fighting. | Off The Clock · 19 Sep 2026 podcast

But if gas is going up fifty seven percent or whatever it went up, um

that's gonna be a little bit more because I don't know.

It just seems like there are disconnects here that happen.

And I don't think it's people

not getting it, I think the data's not quite capturing something.

feely who's talking to people on the street, yes.

Um ouch.

Uh but I I feel like there's a there's truth in there.

I don't think it's just me pandering.

Um I think the feelings are real.

I think there's

Yeah.

Well, I think a lot of things, but I feel like one of my favorite things about economics as I have learned more and more, and now you're gonna say okay journalist

Um is that

Our economy sometimes feels like just feelings to me.

I there's all this math and all these charts and all these spreadsheets, but it seems like when it comes down to it, feelings rule the day.

It is all about the animal spirits.

I mean, stocks, you can look at profits, you can look at losses, you can look at projections.

At the end of the day, it's just how people feel about the stock.

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