Why Wall Street Keeps Misreading Washington

If you follow the nexus of Washington, Wall Street, and real-world consequences, Rick Newman is must-listen. He’s the author of The Rick Report , a multi–award-winning journalist, former senior columnist at Yahoo Finance, and former chief business correspondent at U.S. News & World Report—with 12 years in Washington and a tour covering the Pentagon. Translation: Newman knows how policy gets made, how markets digest it, and where the spin ends. Even better, he speaks human 😀. No hedging, no tribal talking points—just clear analysis you can actually use.

In the latest Capital and Power, Newman cuts through the noise on the shutdown, the media, the economy, and why resilience—not outrage—is the real edge.

We dig into:

🔔 The political theater behind Washington’s latest shutdown

🔔 Why the media model is collapsing (and what replaces it)

🔔 How affordability and inequality are fueling a new wave of socialism

🔔 The myth of the free market — and who it actually serves

🔔 Why younger generations feel the system is rigged against them