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On today’s show, we discuss:

• US Consumer Spending Is Increasingly Driven by Richer Households

• This is a great economy. Why can't we celebrate it?

• U.S. Incomes Climbed Last Year, Census Bureau Says

• The Economy Under Trump vs. Biden

• '100%' Yields Are Fueling a Retail Boom in New Quick-Buck ETFs

• The Rise of the Quick-Buck ETF

• Waymo says it has doubled its weekly paid robotaxi trips to 100,000 since May

• Is the Midwest a 'climate haven'? Business owners certainly think so

• Do Car Seat Mandates Reduce the Number of Children Families Have?

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• Seth Godin - This is Strategy 

• The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

• The Penguin

• It's What's Inside 

• Terrifier 3

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