144: It's The Economy Stupid with Roger Altman

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

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🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

James and Al go off on the growing epidemic of gun violence and the apathy of the public. Then, they welcome Fmr. US Deputy Treasury Secretary and Evercore Founder Roger Altman to understand what’s happening with the economy. In their conversation, they cover the role of the Fed, the possibility of recession, and what President Biden has done to strengthen the country’s prospects.

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0:41.7	Hello and welcome to Politics World Room with James Carville and I'm Al Hunt.
0:46.0	This week our guest is the former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury,
0:49.4	Renown Investment Banker, and founder and senior chairman of Evercore Roger Ommen.
0:54.9	Remember we love to take your questions so right into Politics World Room at gmail.com
1:00.5	or send a tweet to adpleticon for next week's show. We'll get to as many as we can but don't
1:05.7	forget to tell us where you're from. And please check out the links to this week's sponsors,
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1:16.6	our sponsors. It helps make this podcast happen. Please tell your friends about us and remind them to
1:22.4	subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcast. James, we have
1:31.2	a lot of election politics to cover but that seems almost irrelevant. When 19 little children
1:38.4	and several teachers were killed in a fourth grade classroom by a gunman in Yodolfi, Texas.
1:44.2	Mass gun violence is commonplace in America now. Typically we saw it in Buffalo Market last week
1:55.3	before that several years ago, Parkland High School, Florida, several years before that,
2:02.3	Sandy Hook Elementary School, before that, Kayabine. And the sad reality I believe is that nothing
2:10.4	is going to change. The power of the gun lobby and the ill and foreign members intimidate
2:15.8	politicians. I just today, you know, when this was all happening yesterday, Ted Cruz,
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