The Stock Market is Heartless

<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>