Welcome into another edition of the Josh Hendrickson show. I'm Neil McCready, joined as always by the head of the economics department at the University of Mississippi.

Dr. Josh Hendrickson, Josh, good to see you in person for the first time and in quite some time. How are you?

I'm doing well. It's good to see you. It's good to be here. Good to be seen, I should say.

Happy Valentine's Day to you and yours, by the way, as we tape this, to everybody that's listening on Valentine's Day for all of those who either celebrate or are somewhat forced to celebrate.

Happy Valentine's Day on this random Wednesday in February

when you're supposed to proclaim your love for your significant other,

whoever that may be.

So happy,

happy Valentine's Day to everyone.

All right.

The Super Bowl just ended.

You and I both sports fans,

both Cubs fans.

Cubs as of this moment have still done nothing in free agency.

And it's Valentine's Day, which in baseball parlance being spring training has begun.

They've done nothing. It's a frustrating thing. But the Super Bowl occurred on Sunday.

The Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers in overtime and one of

the big storylines of course was the presence of Taylor Swift one of the most recognizable

popular people on the face of the planet she dates dates Chief's tight end Travis Kelsey.

And that has led to a lot of angst in different quarters.

It led to a massive Super Bowl rating,

even more than the Super Bowl usually gets,

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