David is joined this week by Barry Habib, proprietor of MBS Highway and one of the foremost mortgage-finance and housing experts in the country. They discuss the supply and demand of residential real estate in 2023, the difference between housing’s impact on GDP and home prices themselves, and delve into the relevance of household formation when it comes to building needed supply. It is the most robust and practical talk on real estate you will hear anywhere, and you will want to share it with your friends after you listen.

Episode 131: Supply, Demand, and Central Banking Run Amok

American prosperity was built on a foundation of free markets and free people. But, with inflation on the rise and a struggling market, many in America’s political class are attempting to recycle failed socialist ideas and calling for government intervention in nearly every aspect of American life. In this National Review Capital Matters podcast, presented by the National Review Institute, financier David Bahnsen hosts interviews with the nation’s top business leaders, entrepreneurs, and financial commentators. Tune in to hear guests such as Larry Kudlow, Steve Forbes, and Art Laffer present a practical and moral vindication of America’s capitalist way of life.

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In this last installment for Mentor Month, David is joined by his late father, Dr. Greg Bahnsen, who, although he passed away in 1995, left a legacy of material perfect for incorporating into a 2024 podcast. David went through 20+ sermons and lectures from his dad from the 1970s and '80s to assemble a wonderful back and forth on work, and the power of Greg Bahnsen’s mentorship couldn’t be more clear!

Episode 167: The Best Mentor of All

David is joined for this third installment of Mentor Month by Lowell Miller, the founder and former head of Miller/Howard Investments, who taught David the philosophy of dividend-growth investing he has held dear for a couple of decades now.  Together, they walk through Lowell’s fascinating journey from Rolling Stone poet to leading dividend-growth guru, what it meant to David’s life and career, and why that approach to investing is as important now as it has ever been.

Episode 166: The Right Side of the Desk

David is joined by Larry Kudlow for the second episode in our Mentor Month series. Larry's influence goes beyond the merits of supply-side economics. Whether it is sobriety or civility, temperament or loyalty, style or substance, David couldn’t do much better than striving to be like Larry Kudlow. No one could do much better than striving to be like Larry Kudlow.

Episode 165: Principles before Personalities

David kicks off “Mentor Month” on Capital Record, a four-part series featuring the four mentors of his life in capital markets, with a discussion with the great Nick Murray, the legendary sage of wisdom to wealth advisers who had such a profound impact on David’s life and career.

Episode 164: Trust Comes from Trustworthiness

David is joined once again by supply-side legend Dr. Art Laffer, who points out that property tax is a wealth tax by another name, demonstrates that transfer payments can only work perfectly by bringing income to zero, suggests a commission system for how Congress gets paid, and insinuates that sound money and fiscal sanity matter. A fun conversation, as always!

Episode 131: Supply, Demand, and Central Banking Run Amok

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