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Hello, everyone. I'm Kimberly Adams. Welcome back to Make Me Smart, where none of us is as smart as all of us.

Thank you for joining us, whether you're watching the YouTube live stream or listening to the podcast.

Welcome to our Friday happy hour episode, Economics on Tap.

And in case you missed it on yesterday's show, this will be my final

economics on tap as the host of Make Me Smart. In June, I'm stepping into a new role at Marketplace

as the host of the Marketplace Morning Report. So today, for our last hurrah, I've invited my

predecessor, David Brancaccio, to join me.

You all know him as the longtime host of Marketplace Morning Report, but he's now a special

correspondent for Marketplace. David, welcome to the show.

I am so honored to be here during your swan broadcast.

Well, it would not be much of a swan broadcast without swan drinks i guess cocktails mocktails what you got what i've got it's uh it's pretty obvious actually right

you have a cocktails are i love it so no no but when I tell you what it is, this must be what everybody does every week.

This, of course, given your status as in transition.

Yeah, it's nice classware.

It's from Mary's grandmother.

Mary Brancaccio.

This, of course, is a last word. That's what this cocktail is, right? That's what you'd

have to have this evening. I've been squeezing limes. I had some, you know, I had all the ingredients

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