On episode 52 of the Carousel, I’m joined by David Pinsen from one of my favorite publications: Zero Hedge.

A finance guy, Pinsen covers the ins-and-outs of world affairs from an investor’s perspective. His column Portfolio Armor deftly combines culture and politics with economic predictions and outlooks, a mixture which I’ve always found to be the best method for understanding why things are happening. As Western culture declines, and the media (even my beloved Wall Street Journal) right along with it, I look to people like Pinsen and publications like Zero Hedge to get the real story.

So he’s the perfect guy to chat with about the financial picture behind the Bud Light fiasco. He published a couple stories featuring quotes from me about the issue including “How I’d Save Bud Light,” about how to rehabilitate the brand’s relatable image. Interestingly, our perspectives were born out as accurate, as today Bud Light launched a summer campaign all about relatability.

Also per our predictions, the AB InBev longhouse turned a decent strategy into an incoherent mess, insulting audiences even further by painting them as fat bumbling idiots. “Sock tans included…” Oh, because white people get sock tans. Is that it?

David and I also cover the decline of commercial real estate, monetizing your Twitter attention, and why Republicans should stop being scared of being called racist (sort of an precursor to this viral Tweet from yesterday).

David Pinsen on Twitter

David Pinsen/Portfolio Armor on Zero Hedge

Portfolio Armor

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