The Minutes of David Friedberg on economy https://minutesof.com/david-friedberg/on/economy/ Everything David Friedberg has said on economy: 7 verbatim quotes between March 2020 and May 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:43 +0000 Friedberg claims 63 percent of Americans have negative equity with more debt than assets and no economic mobil https://minutesof.com/q/fb267894-f670-43d9-b8fa-edf17714769f/ https://minutesof.com/q/fb267894-f670-43d9-b8fa-edf17714769f/ “They have more debt than they have assets and everything's getting more expensive and no one's moving up the economic ladder. There's no mobility anymore.” — All-In Podcast Tue, 12 May 2026 21:17:30 +0000 economy Friedberg states US has $40 trillion debt, $2 trillion deficit, with $1 trillion just in interest payments. https://minutesof.com/q/2b84c785-f4d1-4693-b0dc-c2bba793657c/ https://minutesof.com/q/2b84c785-f4d1-4693-b0dc-c2bba793657c/ “We have $40,000,000,000,000 of debt and we're gonna have a $2,000,000,000,000 deficit this year. A trillion dollars of that is just interest on the existing debt. That number is getting bigger and bigger every year.” — All-In Podcast Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:36:21 +0000 economy Friedberg estimates 30 to 40 percent of US workers are employed by or depend on government spending. https://minutesof.com/q/a3d381d5-4119-43d8-86d8-2618fbe1e29a/ https://minutesof.com/q/a3d381d5-4119-43d8-86d8-2618fbe1e29a/ “I tried to pull together all this data a couple months ago, but something north of like 30 or 40% of The US working force is touched by the government as a customer of their business, the primary customer of their business or as the employer of those individuals.” — Tom Bilyeu Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:00:38 +0000 economy Friedberg argues US dollar rally against weak global economies will create significant headwinds in 2023. https://minutesof.com/q/e15db386-0731-4c9c-b76c-0a49ce5adb3a/ https://minutesof.com/q/e15db386-0731-4c9c-b76c-0a49ce5adb3a/ “And so the global economy collapsing or being very shaky right now and the US dollar rallying is not good for us.” — Megyn Kelly Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:00:09 +0000 economy Friedberg argues underreaction caused the pandemic while overreaction will cause depression. https://minutesof.com/q/4e637448-ee2f-4413-a168-e4132a193c9c/ https://minutesof.com/q/4e637448-ee2f-4413-a168-e4132a193c9c/ “And two months ago today, I tweeted that the pandemic, that under reaction caused the pandemic and overreaction will cause the depression. And I think that's kind of where we are right now.” — All-In Podcast Thu, 21 May 2020 05:18:18 +0000 economy Friedberg argues that underreaction caused the pandemic and overreaction will cause a depression. https://minutesof.com/q/bab084f9-8520-4ff3-ab84-5583c69f7bc5/ https://minutesof.com/q/bab084f9-8520-4ff3-ab84-5583c69f7bc5/ “I tweeted that the pandemic, that under reaction caused the pandemic and overreaction will cause the depression. And I think that's kind of where we are right now.” — All-In Podcast Thu, 21 May 2020 05:18:18 +0000 economy 48% of all US employees work for a business that's got 10 or fewer employees. Now, these businesses are not on https://minutesof.com/q/2554b7c4-38c3-497c-b9d4-3fba46349cd4/ https://minutesof.com/q/2554b7c4-38c3-497c-b9d4-3fba46349cd4/ “48% of all US employees work for a business that's got 10 or fewer employees. Now, these businesses are not only retail.” — All-In Podcast Sun, 15 Mar 2020 02:04:09 +0000 economy