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Episode 32: Anatomy of a Recession
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Episode Summary Economic downturns are often grouped under the single label of "recession," but treating them as identical events leads to drawing the wrong lessons. This episode compares the 2008 Great Financial Crisis and the 2020 Pandemic Shock side-by-side to highlight how their underlying causes dictated completely different recovery speeds, policy responses, and distributions of financial pain. Crucially, it reveals why the investors who suffered the most in both crises made the…
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