On episode 222 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss the problem with historical analogs in finance, the biggest stocks in the stock market, why financial manias persist, why stablecoins earn such high rates of interest, the education gap between men and women, why U.S. home prices aren't as crazy as you think, and more!

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