Stacey Vanek-Smith
speaker
466 appearances
6 recordings
5 series
first heard Nov 2025
last heard 2 Aug
Stacey Vanek-Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And that is paper covers rock.
This is so interesting and so fascinating and also completely encompassed in my chart.
So I feel like my chart is really a vote for both of our charts.
I feel like it's Dirty Pool bringing in the cute dog for the vote.
But I respect that.
That's how you named your dog?
Oh, okay.
It really works on a number of levels.
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I've been covering business and economics for more than 15 years.
And one thing that has always blown my mind is how much shopping is the lifeblood of our economy.
Nearly 75% of the U.S.
economy, biggest economy in the world, is consumer spending, a.k.a.
people buying stuff.
It is not an exaggeration to say that you buying that coastal grandma cardigan on your lunch break is a main pillar of the whole world's economy.
Consumerism is a vast and powerful machine, and opting out of it is not easy.
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