People Aren’t Buying the ‘Great American Recovery’ Narrative

Despite the stock market returning to all-time highs, many can’t shake the feeling that all is not well in the economy.

AccessTimeIconAug 22, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Updated Sep 14, 2021 at 9:46 a.m. UTC
AccessTimeIconAug 22, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTCUpdated Sep 14, 2021 at 9:46 a.m. UTC
AccessTimeIconAug 22, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTCUpdated Sep 14, 2021 at 9:46 a.m. UTC

Despite the stock market returning to all-time highs, many can’t shake the feeling that all is not well in the economy. 

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Today on The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap:

  • People aren’t buying “the Great American Recovery”
  • Let’s stop considering the economy as one thing
  • Dave Portnoy doesn’t care about your principles
  • DeFi is the Wild West and saved only by the fact that no normie understands what the hell is going on
  • Bitcoin is being compared to the dollar not stocks and that’s serious progress

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