Inflation and The Great Resignation — With SoFi Head of Investment Strategy Liz Young and Margins’ Ranjan Roy

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Alex Kantrowitz

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4.7 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Inflation is skyrocketing and everyone’s quitting their jobs. What does it mean? Liz Young, the head of Investment Strategy at SoFi, and Ranjan Roy, the co-author of Margins, help us figure it out in this week’s Big Technology Podcast. Come for an exploration of the source of the price hikes (Turkeys are 14% more expensive this year!) and a wild theory connecting interest rates with quitting. Stay for where to find savings (Hot Dogs!). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.4	Well, you've probably heard a lot about inflation lately, and I know it sounds kind of wonky.
1:05.0	It's something that, you know, belongs in the financial publications, but I do believe that it is a way that you can
1:11.4	see almost everything going on in tech and the world beyond today. And if you focus on it,
1:17.7	you can end up learning a lot about our economy, where it's going. And it's probably also something
1:22.9	that's relevant for you. It's about to be Thanksgiving. The price of a turkey is 14% higher this year than it has
1:29.1	been before. And let's use the next few minutes to figure out why. We have two amazing guests
1:34.9	joining us today. Ron John Roy, friend of the podcast, this is your third time back. Bring you on
1:41.4	when the economy has gone nuts. but as you pointed out right before
1:44.8	we hopped on, it's always been nuts. So at least since we've been friends. So anyway, nice to
1:50.3	have you back, John. Good to be back here. Okay. And we also have another great guest, Liz Young.
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