{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fadding-value-with-shy-assar-58c53c3f.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fep029-chris-thornberg-G0eaX2kS","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The $100M Lie: Mainstream Media vs. Real Economic Data with Dr. Christopher Thornberg","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/1293c931-b112-4a14-abdb-cd52a5b77dbe/32e52526-e7e1-46d5-972b-9d0d86da36a1/adding-20value-20square.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/89c78336-9445-4931-9be3-04e3a30352a5\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"The $100M Lie: Mainstream Media vs. Real Economic Data with Dr. Christopher Thornberg\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Are mainstream headlines telling you the real story about the economy, or are they feeding panic?\n\nIn Episode 29 of Adding Value, host Shy Assar sits down with Dr. Christopher Thornberg, Founding Partner at Beacon Economics and Research Fellow at Pepperdine’s School of Public Policy. Together, they cut through the noise to dissect the divergence between media narratives and hard economic data—from interest rate expectations and federal deficit risks to the true health of the industrial real estate sector.\n\nWhile headlines warn of consumer collapses and commercial real estate crashes, objective data shows U.S. household net worth at record highs, consumer spending holding steady, and domestic manufacturing construction surging by 75%. However, Dr. Thornberg warns that relying on cheap capital or expecting interest rates to drop back to 2019 levels is a dangerous bet for CRE underwriting.\n"}