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Why a country can be rich on paper, but feel poor in reality

The David McWilliams Podcast

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The Crisis Galvanizes People Socially

The 1950s in the United States was an extreme decade of volunteerism, social uplift. Most economists predicted after the Second World War that America would go into a depression,. But what actually happened was Americans who were unbelievably upbeat about them and still having babies. That's what they had all the babies, right? And so it's a fascinating, anyway, and the reason I'm listening to the landl ray. Yes, I'm in America, in my head at the moment, I am in America. No, we always get through the crisis. Okay. The 820 Dunleary to Drahada train is a bizarre experience. We're on our way to DrahADA.

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