RECOGNIZE HIDDEN FORCES

“Right, we all became supply chain experts during COVID, we became trade experts during twenty twenty five, and now we're all going to become commodity experts given the Iran situation as well. Without further ado, we do have the perfect guest.”

“One of the through lines that I think we share between all thoughts and Planet Money is this idea that like, there are all these hidden economic forces that basically dictate the way we live totally. I mean there's been especially the you know, the less I mean, it's always the case, right, but especially in the last several years, which is just the sort of the invisible becoming divisible.”

“And so one of the early ideas we had was to think of this book as a field guide. You can imagine like leaving your house in the morning and tucking it under your arm to help you as you experience the economic forces outside your door.”

“Well, this one's easy for me because I did almost no work. Alex did all of the book work, and so that's what I would recommend in terms of division of labors, to not do the work. It's good advice, I think, so just have a friend who's a long time contributor.”

“So, speaking of formative life experiences and growing up in hidden economic forces, one of the things I learned from this book is that when I was performing as a California Raisin at the age of six, I was actually participating in a government like psyop. Basically explain that.”