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Podcast: The Dividend Cafe
Episode: Economic Truth-Telling in an Age of Narratives
Description: One of the hardest things about being an economic commentator in this day and age is that economic commentary requires nuance, and this day and age requires narratives. There is to be a single narrative about X, and any variation around, above, beneath, or of the exact X narrative is heretical or at least unappreciated.
It is a tough way for society to function, but it is an especially tough way to do economic analysis.
I do not merely refer to the inevitable complexity involved in topics like these that are, well, complex. You are sm...