Capital Record

David is joined today by special guest Peter Travers, investor, financier, and long-time trustee at National Review. Their conversation goes from a proper definition of Wall Street to a proper defense of Wall Street to, ultimately, the profound benefits of a market system that coordinates all sorts of different people, actors, capital, and motives in a wide array of human endeavor. It is a pivotal conversation for those wanting to understand not just financial markets, but how human dignity is undermined by the enemies of financial markets.

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With the SpaceX IPO and a paper mark-up of value in Elon Musk’s net worth to $1 trillion, many have bemoaned the “concentration of power” that this kind of wealth represents. In today’s episode, David suggests that some may not seem to understand what “concentration of power” really means, and that if people want to see a “concentration of power,” they should see what their desired plans to stop it do.

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Yes, Bernie Sanders, who has always admitted to being a socialist, has called for the government to take equity stakes in American AI companies. And yes, it is a terrible idea. But today on the Capital Record, David does what too few on the right appear willing to do: say why it is a bad idea, and why the right are going to have a very hard time stopping it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clip courtesy of Overtime with Bill Maher

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Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, gave a memorable speech at the Reagan Foundation Economic Forum last week.  In it, he reiterated the completely true economic principle of permanence – that when policies are properly codified they assure economic actors of the rules of the road, enabling more confident decision-making when it comes to hiring, production, consumption, and investment.  

 

In today’s Capital Record, David flushes out this concept more, acknowledges where the permanence of OBBBA has been a benefit, and asks a rather obvious question about another tax policy that remains, well, not permanent.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s recent tirade against private equity is a libelous set of dishonest manure that should be treated as seriously as any attempt to broadly demonize private equity these days, which is not at all.  Whether the Senator’s problem is intellectual or just in telling the truth, she is wrong in so many ways that today’s Capital Record gives us a chance to set the record straight.  You will be better off for hearing it, which is never true when one listens to today’s private equity critics.

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