The Forgotten American

#silentdepression #theforgottenamerican #unemployment #deathsofdespair Taped on 9/25/24 (before the hurricane when it was much warmer here in TN....now it's freezing) KennyCap_PhD hails from Nashville, TN - a real native. Healthcare analyst by day and labor guru by night. More than anyone I know he digs deep into the labor data to find the real trends while mainstream media focuses on the headline numbers only...numbers we know will inevitably be revised down based on the BLS track record. Learn everything you need to know to truly understand what's going on with unemployment. https://x.com/KennyCap_Phd This episode is dedicated to my nephew Christian Tayler Hume who left us in 2018. In many ways I believe hopelessness around his employment situation led him to take his life. The masking of what's truly happening in our economy, I believe, is part of why we have seen such increases in deaths of despair. Math matters.

In this episode I sit down with Travis Spencer from Real Estate Mindset to hear his American boom and bust story and how he recovered after losing everything.

Dan Barrett discusses his life lessons working in Pharma, his experience during the GFC and discusses the challenges that come when you try to build a career in the face of challenging economic headwinds. As his industry started chasing government contracts and cared more about shareholders and executive pay, they broke their promises to employees. Dan also discusses how he has gotten involved locally to demand accountability as Micron who was awarded a $6B government grant comes to town to build a chips plant in his back yard. What do these projects mean to local communities? Do the jobs and promises ever materialize? The speculation and development goes on steroids, but often that happens without the local resident in mind. 40% of these projects have been put on hold, and the communities are left holding the bag. Dan gives some pointers on actions you can take to protect your community and also weaves some other tales of commercial distress in the hospitality industry. https://www.syracuse.com/business/2024/04/micron-wins-61-billion-chips-grant-for-central-new-york-project-schumer-says.html Link Dan's xTwitter account: https://x.com/Ironhorse345292

I sit down with RE Watchman, a citizen data sleuth who has used his data and financial analysis to uncover that indeed in his community, investors are net sellers of single-family residential. REWatchman addresses the myth that the institutions will come in to buy from the sidelines. "Smart money" knows better than to carry all these increased costs. They will sell, and if it is in your neighborhood you will be impacted. Learn how you can also do some sleuthing before making what will likely be one of the biggest purchases of your life. Give him a follow On XTwitter: https://x.com/REWatchman On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UC_mzdUb0o3sBYCyHxulKY3g

I sit down with Marley Price, a local hero in St. Petersburg, Florida who is on a mission to eliminate illegal short-term rentals in her community.

To date, Marley is responsible for bringing 23 additional homes to market in her town.

Marley exemplifies what each of us can do to fight wealth inequality in the United States.