Topics: Middle Class
Popping The Inflation Balloon
May 25, 2016
The Chief and Kevin O’Neill kick off the show to discuss inflation, and the upcoming election. They discuss some problems in the government – Kevin suggests, “Every single law should have an expiration date. Every. Single. One.”
Kevin and The Chief round out the first hour to discuss the merchandise issue in sports.
Fari Hamzei of Hamzei Analytics joins the Chief in trying to make sense of these wacky Wednesday markets. David Andalman finishes off the show with Chief to talk inflation numbers.
Lawless Reputation
May 13, 2016
Kathy Dervin is in-studio sharing her thoughts on a stalled economy. Chris Farrell, Board of Directors at Judicial Watch, shares the latest on the Hillary Clinton emails situation. Kevin Riordan of Capital Trading Group makes his Friday appearance to talk retail earnings and their effect on the markets. Then, Dan Katz, Associate Professor of Law at Chicago Kent, is in-studio discussing how the law, technology and the markets interact. Finally, John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures shares a “Stock of the Day”.
The Future of Labor
May 12, 2016
The Chief and Lou spend the first hour of the show discussing the presidential election. Lou describes why the super delegates were put in place and how they prevent party outsiders like Bernie Sanders from winning the primary. The Chief is concerned with our country’s election practices and thinks we should be shifting to a more democratic system like France. The second hour starts off with Chief’s in-depth analysis of the job numbers which leads to a discussion that takes a close look at our labor practices. The two debate the perks of reinstating a military draft or establishing a volunteer corp draft, as well as whether we’d be better off going to a single payer healthcare system.
A Unanimous Vote
May 11, 2016
Chief and Kevin O’ Neill kick off the show to discuss the market’s up day yesterday along before touching on Stephen Curry’s unanimous vote-in as MVP. The dynamic duo also touches on the presidential candidates before Chief and Nick touch on the ongoing unemployment issue.
David Andalman rounds out the show with his “A-political” perspective regarding what Chief believes are skewed numbers regarding the labor force.
Politics Ain’t Beanbag
May 5, 2016
Lou Michels joins The Chief on the show to discuss the latest election news now that Trump is the sole GOP candidate. The Chief wonders how Trump’s harsh New York-ness hasn’t turned the country off from his charms. In the first hour Lou and the Chief rekindle their debate over Uber and discuss the national deficit as well as the average American family’s debt. Later they discuss how the US broke the Russian economy and how we’re not in a war right now but one seems inevitable within the next ten years. In between talking about politics and markets, The Chief and Lou find time to discuss gym etiquette and women’s hairstyle fads.