Topics: Social Security
Unintended Consequences
February 24, 2016
Lou Michels joins the Chief in breaking down Donald Trump’s dominant victory in Nevada, the unintended consequences of government intervention, Chicago’s new garbage pick-up tax and much more. David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures talks markets.
What Goes Up Must Come Down
February 19, 2016
John Neal of PTIsecurities.com ‘s Arizona office calls in from Arizona to chat about the markets and shares his stock of the day. Kevin Riordan joins us in studio to make sense of these up and down markets from the past week. Kathy Dervin joins us in studio as we continue the discussion about the markets and economies with economics professor Hal Snarr as he joins us over the phone.
A Stabilizing Friday
January 8, 2016
John Neal kicks off the show to talk markets and drop his ‘stock of the day.’ Kathy Dervin and Kevin Riordan join us in studio to talk about the stabilization of China’s markets and ‘circuit breakers’ in our stock markets. Finally, Lars Brownworth makes his Stocks and Jocks debut and gives some insight to the foreign turmoil with his history experience.
Talking Policy
December 22, 2015
Brent Slava of Benzinga talks GDP number with the Chief. Kevin O’Neill makes a rare Tuesday appearance to discuss the possibility of the United States switching to a single-payer healthcare system and publicly funded higher education, should Bernie Sanders’s policies become law.
ISIS Oil Economics
November 19, 2015
Author and Columbia College professor Eric Charles May joins the Chief at the start of the show to talk about the Cubs and the physical demands of professional baseball. Kevin O’Neill joins later in the hour for a discussion of ISIS and what the Chief calls “the economics of terrorism.” May and the Chief continue the discussion of ISIS into the later hour touching on how the terrorist organization is capable of recruiting young Americans. For the remainder of the show the two talk about the gentrification of Armitage Avenue in Lincoln Park, changes in the publishing industry, and question who in the FED really knows what they’re doing.