Original Air Date Wednesday October 11, 2017

In this week's episode you will learn about:

⦾ Predicting a financial bubble & when it will crash

⦾ What taxes are good for

⦾ Booms, busts and the power of innovation

⦾ The 2017 tax code

Harry S. Dent Jr is the bestselling author of "The Demographic Cliff," "The Great Depression Ahead," and many other books. He is the founder of Dent Research, which publishes the newsletters Economy & Markets, Boom & Bust, and The Leading Edge, among many others. He has an MBA from Harvard, was a consultant for several Fortune 100 companies while at Bain & Company, and lectures widely. More here. 

T. R. Reid has become one of the nation's best-known reporters through his books and articles, his documentary films, his reporting for the Washington Post, and his light-hearted commentaries on NPR's Morning Edition. T.R. majored in Classics at Princeton, served as a Naval officer during the Vietnam War, a lawyer, a teacher, and assorted other jobs. At The Washington Post, he covered Congress and four presidential campaigns. More here.