The Stock Market is Heartless

Summary: <p>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.</p><p>You can subscribe to her letter, Known Unknowns, here: <a href="https://www.allisonschrager.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.allisonschrager.com/</a></p><br><p>If you enjoyed the show be sure to rate and review!</p><br><p>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: <a href="https://ritholtzwealth.com/podcast-youtube-disclosures/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ritholtzwealth.com/podcast-youtube-disclosures/</a></p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>