I wanted to understand what is going on in the economy, in the United States, in the

world.

Are we in a massive crisis, like some people suggest, are we doing okay?

Did the Fed raise interest rates too much?

What's going on with the US dollar and oil?

What's going on with unemployment?

Are we going to enter a recession?

And of course, no one has all the answers, and I've done a lot of reading on this and

you, the listeners, and I have already had these discussions a little bit.

But I brought on a guy who is definitely one of the, he may not consider himself this,

but he's definitely one of the experts in the world.

He's David Rubenstein, been on the podcast several times before, runs the Carlisle Group,

which is one of the biggest private equity funds on the planet.

I mean, it manages about a half a trillion dollars.

So he sees where the economy is going.

He's got a half a trillion dollars worth of investments, which means, you know, trillions

of dollars worth of businesses overall that he's involved in, and then he's got his

finger on the pulse of, and he's been in and involved with the economy and the political

system since the 70s.

So there was no better person to call and say, what is going on?

And David was nice enough to come on and answer all the questions I had.

So here's David Rubenstein.

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