The Stock Market is Heartless

Stocks soar to record highs as an armed insurrection invades Capitol Hill and millions of Americans remain susceptible to the worst pandemic in a century. How? How is this possible?Josh's guest is Allison Schrager, an economist, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, contributing editor at City Journal, co-founder of LifeCycle Finance Partners, LLC and the author of the book An Economist Walks Into a Brothel. Allison writes about risk, reward, retirement systems, pensions, the economy and political policies that affect all of our lives. You can subscribe to her letter, Known Unknowns, here: https://www.allisonschrager.com/ If you enjoyed the show be sure to rate and review! Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. See our disclosures here: https://ritholtzwealth.com/podcast-youtube-disclosures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices