Is there a better way to measure the economy?
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4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Throughout the 2024 election campaign, voters kept saying the economy felt bad, even though it looked good on paper. A new report blames that disconnect on the way the government measures the economy — sending economic circles abuzz! We’ll explain what the tizzy is all about. Plus, is the Senate confirmation process for federal officials still useful? And, we’ll smile about the adorableness that is the 149th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- “Voters Were Right About the Economy. The Data Was Wrong.” from Politico
- Article 2 Section 2 Clause 2 | Constitution Annotated from the Library of Congress
- “Tulsi Gabbard confirmed by Senate as director of national intelligence” from The Washington Post
- “Best of 2025 Masters Agility Championships from Westminster Kennel Club” from Fox Sports
- “In pictures: The 149th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show” from CNN
- “A Spa Day for Louis Before the Westminster Dog Show” from The New York Times
- “Westminster 2025 Preview: Why Can’t Golden Retrievers Win Best in Show?” from The New York Times
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| 0:00.0 | shall we? |
| 0:04.2 | I don't think so. |
| 0:05.2 | No, that sounds different. |
| 0:06.5 | That's the end music. |
| 0:08.5 | I'm like, what? |
| 0:09.9 | There we go. |
| 0:14.7 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:15.8 | I'm Kyle Rizzdahl. |
| 0:16.7 | Welcome back to Making Me Smart. |
| 0:17.9 | Where we make today makes sense. |
| 0:20.5 | And I'm Kimberly Adams. Thank you all for joining us on this Wednesday, February the 12th. It is a news and smiles kind of day. Let's get into it. Starting with you, Kai, what's you got? |
| 0:30.9 | I have a resolution to offer the people of the United States that Article 2, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution of these United States is |
| 0:38.5 | hereby repealed. That, of course, is, well, not of course. If you don't know it, you don't know it. |
| 0:43.2 | That's the clause that says the President shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, |
| 0:49.6 | do a whole bunch of things, one of which is appoint members to his cabinet or other offices so designated |
| 0:55.0 | by the Congress as requiring center confirmation. I wrote this and I say this because this |
| 1:01.7 | morning, the Senate of the United States confirmed Tulsi Gabbard to be the Director of National |
| 1:06.0 | Intelligence. And if you've been following any of the news about her, or if you are vaguely familiar with the intelligence community in the United States, |
| 1:13.7 | or former Congresswoman Gabbard's involvement with overseas travel, |
| 1:19.6 | specifically to Syria, to have a chat with Bashar al-Assad, |
| 1:22.9 | well, then you know why that's problematical. |
| 1:25.9 | I just don't think, also, by the way, given the Pete Hexeth confirmation, many other |
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