This week Scott is joined by Patrick and Jared to discuss the 1963 book "Culture Against Man" by Jules Henry, a college anthropology professor and researcher.
I think scott was overstating the affect of easy credit on American consumers. The amount isnt that great and it is limited. And it was reduced post 2008.
I think excess deficit liquidity has much more impact on consumer psychology than you're giving credit to. Look at the past 4 years with higher interest rates and how people view the economy compared to when the interest rates are pinned artificially low like covid.
Specifically opinion polls and not actual figures taken into account I mean, because people seems to have a blase attitude towards the economy during covid despite the fact that what was happening in the market was going to have severe consequences in the following years. But stocks were going up so nobody cared. As it happens the reason they were going up was because of runaway deficit spending (which of course led to the inflationary economic environment that everyone hates)
I think scott was overstating the affect of easy credit on American consumers. The amount isnt that great and it is limited. And it was reduced post 2008.
I think excess deficit liquidity has much more impact on consumer psychology than you're giving credit to. Look at the past 4 years with higher interest rates and how people view the economy compared to when the interest rates are pinned artificially low like covid.
Specifically opinion polls and not actual figures taken into account I mean, because people seems to have a blase attitude towards the economy during covid despite the fact that what was happening in the market was going to have severe consequences in the following years. But stocks were going up so nobody cared. As it happens the reason they were going up was because of runaway deficit spending (which of course led to the inflationary economic environment that everyone hates)
Yes definitely. The deficit plays a factor.