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A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn

A Myth We Somehow Believe (aka Money and Politics)

A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn

Gabe Dunn | Diamond MPrint Productions

Society & Culture, History, News, Personal Journals, News Commentary, Self-improvement, Education

4.52.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Why does the idea of a businessman as president make so much sense to people? Especially when the actual president is a terrible businessman? Gaby explores the enduring myth of trickle-down prosperity - and learns some surprising facts about the religious tradition that seems to underpin a lot of Donald Trump's "morals." Featuring Helaine Olen (author of Pound Foolish), TIME correspondent Elizabeth Dias, and Talia Jane.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

You got problems that you either be concerned with, you don't know how you're supposed to

0:05.6

earn it or what to do with it or how to keep it.

0:08.3

You're a freak with a dark shame, folks secret, but you're not the only one.

0:13.3

Teach your inner financial fears to the blessed sun.

0:16.8

Now your healing has begun.

0:19.4

It's bad with running with Gabby.

0:22.0

Done.

0:23.0

Gabby done here, bad with money, but running for president in 2020.

0:26.7

No, I'm not.

0:27.7

But I run against Kanye.

0:28.7

I mean, I don't know.

0:32.7

As you guys may have noticed, this is painful to say, Donald Trump is the president.

0:41.4

And a lot of that has to do with his ability to sell himself to the electorate as a visionary

0:46.3

businessman, a master of quote unquote deals, who's going to get our creaky old government

0:52.3

running like his supposedly prosperous real estate business.

0:56.3

The one he's supposedly no longer involved with.

1:00.5

And look, this isn't a politics podcast.

1:03.4

I mean, secretly, it kind of is.

1:06.8

I don't know if you guys have picked up on that, but theoretically at least we're here to

1:10.6

talk about money.

1:12.5

But politics and money are intertwined, always have been since the beginning of politics.

1:18.9

And the thing I want to explore today is why the idea of a business man quote unquote

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