Ben Carlson

Talk Your Book: Why We Don’t Build Enough Houses

On today’s show, we are joined by Coby Lefkowitz, Partner at Backyard to discuss why homebuilding has slowed, why building houses has become such a complex process, thoughts on start-up cities, Private Equity is not buying up all single family units, solutions to the housing crisis, and much more!

Animal Spirits: Living Paycheck-to-Paycheck

On today’s show we discuss U.S. domination of the world stock market, how credit spreads work, how the 401k revolution changed the stock market, Americans are rich, an economic slowdown is here, the U.S. labor force is huge, everyone wants to travel, the $5 meal deal inflation indicator and much more.

Animal Spirits: Who Owns the Stock Market?

On today’s show, we discuss the biggest difference between bull and bear markets, cyclical vs. secular bull markets, what’s wrong with Europe, Gen Z is obsessed with the stock market, spending on concerts, everyone is moving to the south, how the Fed can help the housing market, when to honk your horn, spending on groceries and much more.