I’m not only going to name the World Leaders, but I’ll try include some accolades, achievements, affairs (as in what is going on) or even scandals (not the aforementioned affairs, but the affairs you probably first thought of) they’ve done that best displays their cognitive functions in action.
(World Leaders may or may not include First Ladies, Duchesses, Matriarchs, Influential Royalty. If you want to argue, please don’t, write your own answer. Just enjoy the read.)
ESFJ; Bill (William Jefferson) Clinton — 42nd President of the United States
Apparently, numerous sources claim Bill Clinton himself has verified that he is an ENFP though there is much debate on this topic, and others type him ESFP. (I can’t find any World Leader to be verified ESFJ, hence Clinton is the closest. I have to pick him or else there aren’t any ESFJ leaders to choose from.)
Not really an accolade, but probably one of the most ESFJ-esque things he did was the Lewinsky Scandal [1]in 1998.
One thing Clinton managed to achieve was effective policy (and rather successfully) with Fe-Si (debatable) believing in a strong foundation — and it was his Educational Reform, where he doubled federal investment in education and training. Internet access across schools increased from 35% in 1994 to 95% in 1999 as funding in educational technology had increased by 3000% (30x).
ESTJ; Theresa May — Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2016–2019)
It was her hard Brexit move[2] that she shifted towards that really displayed Te-Si; garnering support from the public and the safest immediate move to secure the Conservative Party in power. She tends to lean towards the safest strategies and most immediate solutions for her cabinet, taking precedence over the long-term effects (or some may say consequences) of this economic path.
ESFP; Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini — Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy (1922–1945)
Like most ESFPs; Mussolini was incredibly charismatic and could read emotion from thin air. His skillsets were more into winning the crowd over than more practical political skills like; managing the economy and army. He leaned a lot on people skills and focused on relations than the country’s management.
ESTP; Donald John Trump — 45th President of the United States
(Please don’t let out an exasperated sigh. I can smell your breath through the computer screen.)
Trump fires from the hip or rather, fires from the Tweet. He speaks incredibly fast (and unfiltered) from the mind which leads to a lot of misfires and mistaken words (that he can’t exactly take back on Live TV). He processes and anticipates the crowd (or his crowd) and mirrors their sentiments, riling up and garnering support incredibly fast. He spouts the first thought that comes to his mind — exactly what he did when he said; “I wanna build a wall.” Unfortunately after being nominated, he was forced to hold onto that upkeep and follow-through to preserve a political facade.
ISFJ; Kate Middleton — Duchess of Cambridge
(I could use Queen Elizabeth II, but Kate better represents ISFJs.)
Kate Middleton actually hasn’t been heard much nor did she say anything truly memorable (because she technically doesn’t even say anything). Most of the coverage on her is mainly putting on an elegant smile or keeping herself reserved — exemplifying the typical ISFJ.
ISTJ; George Washington — 1st President of the United States
What George (from my perspective) is starkly remembered for was his huge stature and distant nature. While people follow him around like paparazzi, he tends to shy away and only kept a few relatively close people and few proteges in his midst. He greatly disliked crowds, from many accounts.
ISFP; Marie Antoinette — Queen of France
She was accused numerous times for being profligate and promiscuous. Aside from ISFP ignorance and stereotypical sexual nature, she was incredibly sympathetic towards France’s enemies (Fi-Se) — which led to more resentment from France’s middle-class at the time.
ISTP; Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel — Field Marshall of Nazi Germany
The most ISTP thing Rommel did was probably of his indifference towards the political agenda of the Nazi Party — fighting for a cause to strengthen Germany through a stronger military and for the welfare of the people. It was his indifference that truly highlighted his Ti-Se and his military theory that was honed and showcased through an extensive use of Ti. He was also supposedly part of Operation Valkyrie/ July 20 plot against Hitler.
ENFJ; Barrack Obama — 44th President of the United States
(Again, Obama being an ENFJ is debatable. Numerous sources speculate he is an ENTP or INTP too.)
He’s always reaching out to the middle-class and in Michelle Obama’s memoirs, was “Incredibly innovative and forthright” in his arguments during his days at Harvard Law School — showcasing a very extensive use of Ni. He’s incredibly good with children and reads the behavior of people frontally, a strong use of Fe.
ENTJ; Gaius Julius Caesar — Emperor of Rome (37–41 A.D.)
(Yes I know, not exactly a photo of him. As if cameras existed back then.)
It was his great reformation of the Roman Empire and reconstruction of the Senate that solidified Rome as we know it today. His great influence preceded him and his ambitious attempt to conquer the world brought about attention and ultimately, his assassination.
His quote “Veni, vidi, vici.” (I came, I saw, I conquered) greatly exemplified Te-Ni in a very concise fashion.
ENFP; Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz — 16th Prime Minister of Cuba
He fought against oppression and was incredibly loved by the people of Cuba. He’s basically as big as an ENFP gets — not too much explanation needed here.
ENTP; Theodore Roosevelt Jr. — 26th President of the United States
Though he called himself a progressive, Teddy is viewed to be more Democratic with his policies and reform — which modern ENTPs tend to lean towards. He called forth many supporting statements towards liberal views and consistently questioned (without full-blown criticism) the movement of the United States at the time — showcasing high Ne. What he did criticize was business and large corporations and called forth a curb, and he didn’t stop pushing for heightening wage and minimizing working hours. A very modern president for his time.
INFJ; Adolf Hitler — Führer of Nazi Germany
(Heh. I bet you were expecting a good guy. I wanted to choose Vladimir Lenin but Hitler was too influential to pass.)
A very powerful, charismatic speaker, with a very vast intellect and incredible foresight. He could read, decipher and extract hidden slivers of information from thin air. His frequent Ni-Ti loop was showcased during his years of countering insurgencies and executed various members in both the Parliament and the German Army. Contrary to popular belief; Hitler never executed subordinates even to the extent of insubordination. Instead, he had fiery debates and was open-minded to listen and counteract arguments.
Hitler is a true showcase of an INFJ gone astray — and how Ni dominants can pose a major threat to anybody’s safety.
INTJ; Thomas Woodrow Wilson — 28th President of the United States
(And I bet you were expecting a bad guy — since the typical INTJ is thought to be evil. There are many good INTJ examples out there, but Wilson’s predictions were uncanny which made me choose him.)
Woodrow Wilson’s prediction of the resentment of Germany was shockingly accurate — his Ni predicted exactly how far-fetched and dangerous it was to set off a hard penalty against Germany in the Treaty of Versailles, and spoke up against the wishes of Georges Clemenceau (PM of France with anti-Germany sentiments) and David Lloyd George (PM of the UK, indicated interest in a firm hand against Germany) anticipating potentially extreme punishment and fought for a just compensation. It was his ultimate withdrawal from the League of Nations and settled for an Isolationist Policy for America that he did in order to avoid conflict and the eruption of a potential (and anticipated) World-War II.
INFP; Diana Frances Spencer — Princess of Wales (1981–1997)
Diana had a bad premonition before she went down the aisle and predicted a bad marriage with her Fi — her astute judgement eventually snared Prince Charles and they soon found themselves in a terrible mismatch but until then, it had already been too late. She could see through this and discovered that Prince Charles had fallen in love with another woman. Her in-depth understanding of the human heart is a strong combination of Fi-Ne.
INTP; Abraham Lincoln — 16th President of the United States
Perhaps one of his most obvious feats of his personality was his self-subjectivity to life-long learning. Though he was self-taught, he was incredibly self-motivated with his formal schooling totaling to less than 12-months. He was an avid reader and retained a vast amount of knowledge. Though he didn’t display much of his intelligence at his seat in the White House, a lot of his thirst for knowledge had been shown whenever he was alone. Many people who knew him all recounted of his numerous amounts of re-reading.
Though I may be wrong about many of the above MB types of these examples, it had been numerously stated that they were mentioned as these types I’ve listed them as. Then again, these types are all subjected to debate.
Footnotes
Behavioural psychology enthusiast2yWho among the world leaders would best represent each MBTI type?I’m not only going to name the World Leaders, but I’ll try include some accolades, achievements, affairs (as in what is going on) or even scandals (not the aforementioned affairs, but the affairs you probably first thought of) they’ve done that best displays their cognitive functions in action.
(World Leaders may or may not include First Ladies, Duchesses, Matriarchs, Influential Royalty. If you want to argue, please don’t, write your own answer. Just enjoy the read.)
ESFJ; Bill (William Jefferson) Clinton — 42nd President of the United States
Apparently, numerous sources claim Bill Clinton himself has verified that he is an ENFP though there is much debate on this topic, and others type him ESFP. (I can’t find any World Leader to be verified ESFJ, hence Clinton is the closest. I have to pick him or else there aren’t any ESFJ leaders to choose from.)
Not really an accolade, but probably one of the most ESFJ-esque things he did was the Lewinsky Scandal [1]in 1998.
One thing Clinton managed to achieve was effective policy (and rather successfully) with Fe-Si (debatable) believing in a strong foundation — and it was his Educational Reform, where he doubled federal investment in education and training. Internet access across schools increased from 35% in 1994 to 95% in 1999 as funding in educational technology had increased by 3000% (30x).
ESTJ; Theresa May — Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2016–2019)
It was her hard Brexit move[2] that she shifted towards that really displayed Te-Si; garnering support from the public and the safest immediate move to secure the Conservative Party in power. She tends to lean towards the safest strategies and most immediate solutions for her cabinet, taking precedence over the long-term effects (or some may say consequences) of this economic path.
ESFP; Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini — Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy (1922–1945)
Like most ESFPs; Mussolini was incredibly charismatic and could read emotion from thin air. His skillsets were more into winning the crowd over than more practical political skills like; managing the economy and army. He leaned a lot on people skills and focused on relations than the country’s management.
ESTP; Donald John Trump — 45th President of the United States
(Please don’t let out an exasperated sigh. I can smell your breath through the computer screen.)
Trump fires from the hip or rather, fires from the Tweet. He speaks incredibly fast (and unfiltered) from the mind which leads to a lot of misfires and mistaken words (that he can’t exactly take back on Live TV). He processes and anticipates the crowd (or his crowd) and mirrors their sentiments, riling up and garnering support incredibly fast. He spouts the first thought that comes to his mind — exactly what he did when he said; “I wanna build a wall.” Unfortunately after being nominated, he was forced to hold onto that upkeep and follow-through to preserve a political facade.
ISFJ; Kate Middleton — Duchess of Cambridge
(I could use Queen Elizabeth II, but Kate better represents ISFJs.)
Kate Middleton actually hasn’t been heard much nor did she say anything truly memorable (because she technically doesn’t even say anything). Most of the coverage on her is mainly putting on an elegant smile or keeping herself reserved — exemplifying the typical ISFJ.
ISTJ; George Washington — 1st President of the United States
What George (from my perspective) is starkly remembered for was his huge stature and distant nature. While people follow him around like paparazzi, he tends to shy away and only kept a few relatively close people and few proteges in his midst. He greatly disliked crowds, from many accounts.
ISFP; Marie Antoinette — Queen of France
She was accused numerous times for being profligate and promiscuous. Aside from ISFP ignorance and stereotypical sexual nature, she was incredibly sympathetic towards France’s enemies (Fi-Se) — which led to more resentment from France’s middle-class at the time.
ISTP; Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel — Field Marshall of Nazi Germany
The most ISTP thing Rommel did was probably of his indifference towards the political agenda of the Nazi Party — fighting for a cause to strengthen Germany through a stronger military and for the welfare of the people. It was his indifference that truly highlighted his Ti-Se and his military theory that was honed and showcased through an extensive use of Ti. He was also supposedly part of Operation Valkyrie/ July 20 plot against Hitler.
ENFJ; Barrack Obama — 44th President of the United States
(Again, Obama being an ENFJ is debatable. Numerous sources speculate he is an ENTP or INTP too.)
He’s always reaching out to the middle-class and in Michelle Obama’s memoirs, was “Incredibly innovative and forthright” in his arguments during his days at Harvard Law School — showcasing a very extensive use of Ni. He’s incredibly good with children and reads the behavior of people frontally, a strong use of Fe.
ENTJ; Gaius Julius Caesar — Emperor of Rome (37–41 A.D.)
(Yes I know, not exactly a photo of him. As if cameras existed back then.)
It was his great reformation of the Roman Empire and reconstruction of the Senate that solidified Rome as we know it today. His great influence preceded him and his ambitious attempt to conquer the world brought about attention and ultimately, his assassination.
His quote “Veni, vidi, vici.” (I came, I saw, I conquered) greatly exemplified Te-Ni in a very concise fashion.
ENFP; Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz — 16th Prime Minister of Cuba
He fought against oppression and was incredibly loved by the people of Cuba. He’s basically as big as an ENFP gets — not too much explanation needed here.
ENTP; Theodore Roosevelt Jr. — 26th President of the United States
Though he called himself a progressive, Teddy is viewed to be more Democratic with his policies and reform — which modern ENTPs tend to lean towards. He called forth many supporting statements towards liberal views and consistently questioned (without full-blown criticism) the movement of the United States at the time — showcasing high Ne. What he did criticize was business and large corporations and called forth a curb, and he didn’t stop pushing for heightening wage and minimizing working hours. A very modern president for his time.
INFJ; Adolf Hitler — Führer of Nazi Germany
(Heh. I bet you were expecting a good guy. I wanted to choose Vladimir Lenin but Hitler was too influential to pass.)
A very powerful, charismatic speaker, with a very vast intellect and incredible foresight. He could read, decipher and extract hidden slivers of information from thin air. His frequent Ni-Ti loop was showcased during his years of countering insurgencies and executed various members in both the Parliament and the German Army. Contrary to popular belief; Hitler never executed subordinates even to the extent of insubordination. Instead, he had fiery debates and was open-minded to listen and counteract arguments.
Hitler is a true showcase of an INFJ gone astray — and how Ni dominants can pose a major threat to anybody’s safety.
INTJ; Thomas Woodrow Wilson — 28th President of the United States
(And I bet you were expecting a bad guy — since the typical INTJ is thought to be evil. There are many good INTJ examples out there, but Wilson’s predictions were uncanny which made me choose him.)
Woodrow Wilson’s prediction of the resentment of Germany was shockingly accurate — his Ni predicted exactly how far-fetched and dangerous it was to set off a hard penalty against Germany in the Treaty of Versailles, and spoke up against the wishes of Georges Clemenceau (PM of France with anti-Germany sentiments) and David Lloyd George (PM of the UK, indicated interest in a firm hand against Germany) anticipating potentially extreme punishment and fought for a just compensation. It was his ultimate withdrawal from the League of Nations and settled for an Isolationist Policy for America that he did in order to avoid conflict and the eruption of a potential (and anticipated) World-War II.
INFP; Diana Frances Spencer — Princess of Wales (1981–1997)
Diana had a bad premonition before she went down the aisle and predicted a bad marriage with her Fi — her astute judgement eventually snared Prince Charles and they soon found themselves in a terrible mismatch but until then, it had already been too late. She could see through this and discovered that Prince Charles had fallen in love with another woman. Her in-depth understanding of the human heart is a strong combination of Fi-Ne.
INTP; Abraham Lincoln — 16th President of the United States
Perhaps one of his most obvious feats of his personality was his self-subjectivity to life-long learning. Though he was self-taught, he was incredibly self-motivated with his formal schooling totaling to less than 12-months. He was an avid reader and retained a vast amount of knowledge. Though he didn’t display much of his intelligence at his seat in the White House, a lot of his thirst for knowledge had been shown whenever he was alone. Many people who knew him all recounted of his numerous amounts of re-reading.
Though I may be wrong about many of the above MB types of these examples, it had been numerously stated that they were mentioned as these types I’ve listed them as. Then again, these types are all subjected to debate.
Footnotes
Which MBTI type is more likely to be a great leader: INTJ or ENTP?
Although both of these types are found commonly among leaders, in reality, neither of the typical ENTP and INTJ is a good leader.
ENTJ, INFJ, ENFJ can be good leaders but in fact, they also need to balance themselves in their weaknesses and should not be their typical selves.
INTJ and ENTP are opposite to each other in terms of cognitive functions. You might see a lot of INTJs almost resembling ENTPs in terms of dark humor and crude jokes when they feel comfortable and free in their association. I am not sure if a depressed ENTP can pull off their shadow INTJ behavior (using shadow functions) but without losing control and without making an impulsive decision, if once in a while INTJs can practice being spontaneous, flexible, and witty like their ENTP counterparts they will appear a bit more people-friendly.
INTJs have some of the best qualities of being a leader due to their big-picture ambitions, strategic planning, and tenacity. But they have personal roadblocks which they must overcome to become a leader.
- They must accept that a leader does not need to know everything. Because INTJs are highly competitive people, they have a lot of insecurities too. They have an extreme standard for themselves and others. They think they must be an expert in almost everything to be eligible to tell others what they should do. This is the same reason why INTJs hate most authoritative figures. After all, deep down they think most authorities are “idiots” because they have not earned their positions with expertise. This is also the same reason why most INTJs avoid seeking leadership positions because (although they already learn things fast and know better than most people) they think they have not reached that highest hypothetical level yet.
- INTJs must learn how to smoothly delegate tasks without appearing intimidating but they don’t do it for the above reasons mentioned in point 1. Leaders need to understand the big picture, better if they understand the fundamentals and they need to learn how to optimize things– INTJs already possess such qualities but telling others what to do is also part of that task. INTJs who do a lot themselves including worrying for the companies’ future soon burn themselves out and act almost like unhealthy ESFP with abnormally high tertiary Fi and Inferior Se. A good example is Elon Musk himself with his recent erratic twitter behavior and burnout. He has been putting in an excessive amount of long hours for a very long time. Even if you have a “superhuman” drive and passion, you are going to have burnouts if you don’t balance tasks.
- INTJs need to have flexibility and contingency plans as well. The majority of the time INTJs know what works in the long run, they go after it and accomplish the result. But everything doesn’t need to always go according to their impeccable plans. So a really good planner has flexibility, adaptation, acceptance of possible failure, and several contingency plans at hand.
- INTJs should learn to take a calculative risk based on their instinctual Ni. Despite not having any statistical data of success, if their gut feeling says something might work, they should not hesitate to go for it, while already accepting failure as one of the outcomes. INTJs are good at minimizing risks but sometimes calculative risks pay off in life. BTW fear of failure is the number 1 reason why most people do not take risks.
A balanced INTJ with some balancing good traits of an INFJ and/or ENTJ has the potential to be great leaders. They need to develop their Te in terms of productivity (like an ENTJ) and positivity (like Fe from INFJs) while they already have the most powerful leadership tool Ni (perspective/vision) as a talent function.
An ENTP already possesses the qualities of a charismatic leader whom people might adore. They are spontaneous, flexible, and innovative. They are also confident and usually are not afraid to take risks. ENTPs are also quick.
But I have observed among ENTPs and ENFPs that a lot of them are prone to change plans very frequently and are allergic to structures/deadlines. Finishing a project is not an ENTPs forte. They are better at starting many things at once. So my advice to an ENTP to become a good leader are-
- Come up with a hierarchical plan which has room for improvements along the way but does not change very often as a whole. You have to be like your INTJ counterpart a little bit in this case. If sticking to a plan is not your forte, find employees or people who can do that for you. You can hire an INTJ as a manager and ISTJs as a team members. These two types are just examples of people as employees but it entirely depends on the position or tasks which have a potential for different people.
- ENTPs tend to make crude jokes which sometimes do not go very well with others. Some might get hurt and take it against you later, find it inappropriate, while others might find ENTPs constant argument and debate as shallow and annoying. ENTPs should watch out for different people’s sensitivity and think deeply before speaking. They like to make people laugh and they enjoy arguments for learning and bouncing ideas off of people- but other people might not understand ENTPs harmless intention. Most people are sensory and do not read people’s intentions.
- I know everything in your book is fast and furious. But most things take time to develop, so does a logical deduction. So do not jump to conclusions too often. Do more research and find more evidence to form logical patterns before reaching a point.
The bottom line is, all types must be a bit well-rounded to become a leader. But despite having great qualities an average INTJs need to pass more personal hurdles than an average ENTP. But once they do the INTJ is the best choice. But in general, ENTPs have better potential in being leaders.
Neil Howe On The Fourth Turning: How Bad Will It Get, How Long Will It Last & What Comes Next? (Part 1)
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i mean actually a good example of that
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would be
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boomeranging back home
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boomers did not boomerang okay
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and i remember uh the the great
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recession of of uh 8283 you know when
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you went into the reagan administration
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volcker was tightening rates and so on
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it was a really pretty bad recession
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boomers would do anything rather than
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return they would like sleep under a
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bridge or something right but they would
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not go back home right
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that boomerang stuff started with gen
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xers in the 90s
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and with millennials they don’t return
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home they just never leave
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they just keep their bedroom there and
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you know they’re always
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and you understand what i mean just a
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very different kind of relationship
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uh where i think there’s a little bit of
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inversion is when it came to actually
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major structural substantive reforms and
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how the system worked and how it
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actually you know allocated income and
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rewards and how we actually built for
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our future
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pumas had no problem with the gis were
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doing i mean they obviously ran things
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really well in fact the whole problem
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with the gi generation is they ran
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things too well they invested too much
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right it’s too much repression you know
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we need to enjoy yourself more for today
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the millennial problem with boomers is
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just the opposite right
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boomers can’t run anything
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they can’t exercise authority they can’t
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invest in anything they can’t do
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anything for the long term right they
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don’t know how to run the system at all
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and this is why i say that the
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fundamental problem in an awakening
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is that the public senses that
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institutions are supplying too much
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order
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but the fundamental problem of a crisis
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the fourth journey
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is that the public be particularly the
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younger public begins to sense that
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institutions aren’t supplying enough
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order and that is always the context for
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a crisis right
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and by the way i mean just just
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mentioning you know you said where might
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this lead
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every fourth turning in american history
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has featured a total war
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um
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and all total wars in american history
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have come in a fourth turn right you
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don’t want to think about that you know
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this goes all the way back to the
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anglo-american
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circular you know going back in the
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early modern era you know in the british
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history
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but this is a pattern now sometimes it’s
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um
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it’s so it is
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we don’t say that war is necessary
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for a fourth turning but that sense of
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total public urgency and the need to
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band together and create a new sense of
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community
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is always required at some point before
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the fourth turning is over okay
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so this is something that’s just simply
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i just observe historically now
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sometimes this struggle
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this conflict
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is we think of it mostly in terms of you
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know america taking on enemies abroad
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right and i think that’s the idea that
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good war and we we all think of world
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war ii you know we took on the axis
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powers and we conquered half the world
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right uh you know fascism and yeah
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exactly yeah you know germany and italy
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and japan
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uh but we forget that that era started
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out with the new deal which was
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not exactly a civil war but it was a
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highly contentious ideological conflict
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in america right which deeply divided
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americans about the new role of
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government and you know it had its court
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packing threats and you know everything
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else that happened uh in the first new
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deal and the second new deal and and fdr
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finally getting this incredible victory
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in 1936 right finally just becoming
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absolutely dominant politically
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and pushing through these new
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this whole new role for government and
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the economy right
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um but ultimately we all remember how it
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all came together in world war ii which
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is more kind of you know america versus
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the world but it’s useful to go back in
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earlier conflicts and many of these
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actually had a very major
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a civil dimension of conflict obviously
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the civil war was literally
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a civil war right no need to explain
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there the american revolution however is
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interesting for people to know that the
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american revolution at the time was
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referred to by most more americans as a
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civil conflict as a civil war rather
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than as a revolution it had a very
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strong element of patriot-on-tory
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conflict within the united states
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particularly within the southern states
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the backwoods regulators actually
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supported the british because they hated
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these big plantation owners near the
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coast who were always lording it over
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them right in other words it exploited
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and the british at one point did what
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abraham lincoln did he promised freedom
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to the blacks
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and one of the things the british
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couldn’t understand as well these
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planters were you know constantly
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talking about liberty
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you know and and yet they had all these
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things so the british said well we’re
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gonna use that as a weapon we’re gonna
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we’re gonna promise freedom to anyone
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who wants to help that’s exactly what
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abraham lincoln did right with his
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emancipation proclamation about 80 90
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years later
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um
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in dittos you go back in earlier crisis
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in other words very often there’s a very
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strong internal component
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to the crisis even while it also has an
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ex i mean obviously there’s an external
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component the american revolution we had
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to fight
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you know fight the british and uh you
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know defeat them finally at yorktown and
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and you know they all evacuated by uh
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1783 they were gone
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but then again we were in chaos after
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that right and then we had to actually
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forge a new constitution and in some
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ways that was the real climax of the era
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as being able to actually then agree on
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a powerful central government
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and to some extent i would say that
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there was the miracle of of 1788 which
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is even more amazing than the miracle of
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you know 1781 which is the the defeating
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of uh
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of uh you know clinton and cornwallis so
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so anyway that’s i i think that but it
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probably illustrates your point that
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there is an important
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internal dimension i think it’s no
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be no surprise today
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looking in america that people are going
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to say yeah i get the internal component
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right now right red zone versus blue
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zone i mean my god the two sides don’t
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even talk to each other you know i live
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in dc i mean i’ve been sort of a dc guy
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uh they don’t even talk to each other
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now i mean there’s literally practically
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no communication there’s nothing to say
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at this point adam
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you know
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right so when you have mutually
40:04
exclusive ideas
40:06
of what the country’s future is
40:09
how does democracy work right are you
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going to completely forfeit your future
40:14
just because the other guy gets i don’t
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know half a percent more votes
40:18
no it doesn’t work that way does it and
40:21
here’s the irony and this has been
40:22
pointed out by some you know brilliant
40:25
uh carl becker pointed that out in 1940
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just as we were going into world war two
40:29
he said one of the problems with
40:31
democracy
40:33
this democracy only works
40:35
really well
40:36
when the problems you’re trying to solve
40:38
are pretty trivial
40:42
i mean think about it if it’s a
40:44
fundamental problem how does democracy
40:46
work
40:48
right and and i think
40:50
kovid may have even sort of reinforced
40:51
that argument where you looked at some
40:53
of the more totalitarian governments and
40:55
you can say whether it’s right or wrong
40:57
uh but they certainly took measures to
40:59
clamp down uh
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and and really stop the virus spreading
41:03
its tracks in a way that a democracy
41:05
just couldn’t i agree and there’s a
41:07
there’s a great uh a wonderful
41:10
compendium of worldwide polls done run
41:12
by the cambridge institute for for a
41:15
democracy
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uh by a guy named roberto fowa and he
41:18
and
41:19
have written a lot on this issue of
41:20
growing inequality but particularly
41:23
in the turning away of younger
41:25
generations in america
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particularly millennials
41:29
not just in america but around the world
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from the whole idea of liberal democracy
41:34
it’s it’s becoming less popular less
41:36
interesting and important
41:38
amazingly enough there are a lot more
41:40
younger people today
41:41
who are willing to say yeah let a
41:43
dictator you know handle things for a
41:45
while right
41:47
meaning that
41:48
this liberal democracy that all these
41:51
boomers and silent talk about
41:53
has done nothing for us
41:56
it just feathers the bed of all these
41:59
older people and all these in you know
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uh dysfunctional institutions which
42:04
aren’t doing anything for our future
42:06
right
42:07
and that sense of that sense of being
42:09
turned off
42:11
uh and being much more willing and open
42:14
to a more autocratic it doesn’t really
42:17
matter too much whether it’s on the left
42:18
or the right you understand what i mean
42:20
or it could be some crossbreed between
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them
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well in in you know in some ways um
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you know
42:28
can you blame the younger generation um
42:30
in the sense that it’s seeing all the
42:32
spoils go to the older generations as
42:34
we’ve talked about
42:35
um and you know you get
42:38
somebody that’s promising them for
42:40
education free health care whatever you
42:42
know the the platforms of those more
42:45
progressive uh you know political
42:47
parties sound pretty appealing right hey
42:49
look if i’m if i’m going to struggle i
42:50
may as well you know struggle and get
42:52
something so you said you know part of
42:53
the fourth turning is
42:55
is basically seeing the rise of a
42:57
recentralization of power
42:59
and i think that that’s probably one of
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the drivers that will will drive you
43:04
know the um
43:05
resumption of central state power and
43:07
here in the states i mean we’re we’re
43:09
seeing this state get involved in ways
43:11
that it hasn’t been a long time
43:13
right no you’re right well i mean think
43:15
about it for for uh most of the year in
43:17
2020
43:19
uh the state took over everything i mean
43:21
we all became words of the state right
43:24
businesses households everyone i mean
43:26
nothing
43:27
remotely close to that has happened in
43:29
american history
43:31
now that example won’t go away quickly
43:34
you know what i mean people will
43:35
remember that yeah that you can do that
43:38
right
43:39
every window is dependent on the state
43:41
even major corporations you know to
43:44
renew their turnover their loans i mean
43:46
everything right the combination of
43:48
huge fiscal largesse plus the fed policy
43:52
right yeah the stimulus has been i mean
43:54
unprecedented yeah and and it and it by
43:57
the way it rewrites the rules of the
43:59
regime
44:01
um and you know i’ve pointed that out i
44:03
mean if you look at the six quarters of
44:06
the pandemic
44:08
and compare them to the quarter before
44:10
the pandemic you know the last quarter
44:12
of 2019
44:14
we’ve had something like a
44:16
seven percent growth in real disposable
44:19
personal income
44:20
at the same time we’ve had a two percent
44:22
decline or nearly three percent decline
44:25
actually in real gdp
44:28
that is unprecedented right a 10
44:31
percentage point gap between what we’re
44:34
earning to be able to spend
44:36
and what our economy is producing i’ve
44:38
gone back and look at all the earlier
44:40
recessions that gap is never more than
44:42
like one and a half percent
44:44
so where did all that free money come
44:46
from
44:47
it came from
44:48
borrowing it came from borrowing and it
44:52
came from
44:53
first of all borrowing by the federal
44:55
government
44:56
which we’ve seen it ramped up we went
44:58
into the recession by the way already
45:00
under trump at a
45:02
federal deficit of nearly five percent
45:04
of gdp that was already a record for a
45:07
non-recession year before the panda we
45:10
were 4.8 percent of gdp
45:13
um and you know everyone was fine with
45:15
that
45:16
uh
45:18
uh jerome powell is fine with that you
45:19
know donald trump is obviously fine with
45:21
that
45:23
and then
45:24
the next two years are at 12.5 percent
45:27
of gdp right so that was an extra five
45:30
and a half percent of gdp kicker in two
45:32
years well that translates into about 10
45:35
of dpi right disposable personal income
45:37
so that’s how you get there right
45:40
this changes the rules of the regime and
45:44
the reason why so many people have been
45:46
faked out in the market
45:48
and i mean if you had told if you had
45:50
told people back in the worst days of
45:52
march
45:53
back in 2020
45:55
that we were going to
45:57
you know the s p 500 was gonna double
45:59
again
46:01
in three well i think if you told them
46:02
first the global economy is you know
46:04
gonna shrink in in the next one yeah but
46:06
eight months what do you think’s gonna
46:07
happen the s p nobody would guess it
46:09
would double
46:10
well exactly that it was gonna double
46:12
and oh by the way and they would have
46:14
already disbelieved you but if you told
46:16
them that in addition to doubling
46:19
uh the
46:20
employment level in america would still
46:22
be would still be lingering about five
46:24
percent below where it was at the
46:27
beginning and that we’d be having close
46:29
to 2 000 deaths per day
46:31
after 18 months and yet we’d see this
46:34
and picked up they would have thrown you
46:35
out of the room right
46:37
and and meanwhile we’ve had the the 40th
46:39
anniversary of the of the you know bond
46:42
uh bull market right we we we saw
46:45
september 30 1980 we had bonds 10-year
46:49
yield at 15.8 something i think 15.84
46:54
what’s going on with that at a time now
46:56
when the economy is recovering the
46:58
the s p 500 doubled
47:01
i mean how do you see bonds so low well
47:03
turns out now they’re they’re not quite
47:04
so low
47:06
maybe they’re
47:07
maybe they’re shifting in a slightly
47:08
different direction now
47:10
but here’s the point why do the old
47:12
rules don’t work why do the all those
47:15
all those valuation rules you know that
47:17
we talked about like like you know
47:19
schiller’s pe
47:21
you know
47:23
you know earnings to sales ratios or or
47:25
uh right they just haven’t mattered for
47:28
the past half decade yeah
47:30
so they’ve all you know they’re they’re
47:32
off the charts they’ve all been
47:33
screaming
47:34
sell but if you had sold recently you
47:37
would have been killed right
47:39
so i this is a really important question
47:41
for investors
47:42
why are all these rules not working and
47:44
i would submit that we’re changing
47:46
regimes now
47:48
we’re going from an old regime which we
47:50
we call you know sort of the neoliberal
47:52
regime the fed just you know buys and
47:55
sells the short end influence interest
47:57
rates over the business cycle and they
47:59
and the federal government keeps the
48:01
budget reasonably balanced because they
48:02
can’t expect the fed to bail it out
48:04
right and then you know a little bit
48:06
maybe uh in a crisis the fed will
48:10
offer credit at penalty rates kind of
48:12
the old budget rule
48:14
in the new regime which you could call
48:16
the mmt regime right
48:20
well what what what what is it now the
48:22
fed can buy any asset
48:24
at any maturity it can flatten the
48:26
entire year curve down it can also go
48:29
after high risk credit it can do
48:30
anything it wants and the federal
48:32
government can basically cut taxes or
48:36
expand benefits any way it wants to and
48:38
the fed will just monetize right
48:40
monetize the difference right yeah so
48:43
sorry interrupt but this is such an
48:44
important um question that so many of
48:47
the viewers have been asking themselves
48:48
of late which is um
48:51
are we going to see in this fourth
48:53
turning kind of will reality re-express
48:55
itself and it certainly may amongst
48:58
things like you know physical resource
48:59
limitations and stuff like that because
49:01
you can’t necessarily print those up
49:03
overnight
49:04
um
49:05
but well sort of economically here will
49:07
will reality re-express itself and all
49:10
those old fundamentals of investing and
49:12
whatnot begin to matter again
49:14
or have we crossed a rubicon where the
49:18
fed is just going to be intervening in
49:19
any and all cases going forward and it’s
49:21
not we’re not going to return to that
49:23
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49:25
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49:34
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