So will the economy get better next year? We're going to talk about it from a business standpoint and a marketing standpoint as well. So let me give it some highlights before we start.

Sure and and keep in mind before Eric gets started marketing typically in bad markets is the first thing to get cut from businesses and

it typically is also the first thing that gets added when things start looking really

good.

So small business, SMB bankruptcies,

are at an all-time high since I believe 2000 or 2001.

And that's a lot.

I mean, that's 22, 23 years or so.

So that's one negative signal the second one is a lot of people

aren't trying to change jobs right now so on the no one's quitting yeah

nobody wants to quit right now right and security and two years ago everyone wants to quit.

Yeah.

Everyone want to quit. You get like, you know, two extra salary.

You get the craziest benefits in the world.

And now it's like, oh, as long as I have a job, I'm happy, right?

Let me see if there's another headline.

Oh, here's another headline.

Did you watch, you know who Howard Marks is from Oak Street?

Yeah. Okay, so those...

He's a really rich billionaire.

Yeah.

Okay, yes, he's a really rich billionaire, but he specializes specializes he was one of the guys that

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