Barry Asmus - Cold Winter Night

EVBC for the last couple of summers has done a thing called Hot Summer Nights. Pastor Tom invites various people to come on a weekday night and talk about whatever their area of expertise is. The last two summers he has had Barry Asmus come out to talk about economics. Both times have been great events, as Barry is energetic, optimistic, funny, and really smart.

Last night EVBC had Barry out again to talk about the current state of the economy. Barry was his usual self. But I've got to say... I left pretty discouraged. He described how the last 25 years or so (that would be my entire conscious life) had the best economic growth ever recorded, outlined the reasons that it all came to a screeching halt (failure of government systems), and then outlined what he would recommend we should NOT do to attempt to fix it (pretty much an outline of Obama's current economic "recovery" plan.) Barry had hope that Obama's economic advisors would be able to change his mind and steer him away from disasterous policy decisions. Let's just say that I rank on the opposite side of the optimism scale from Mr. Asmus.

That being said, the guy is really smart, entertaining to listen to, and can explain economic concepts in a way that even I understand them. Well worth listening to, but be warned that it is 2 hours and 43 minutes long. So grab a nice big cup of joe and sit back.

For now, the audio is up on the EVBC website. I'm not sure how long it will be there though...
Barry Asmus - Cold Winter Night