This Time Is Different

Malcolm Ethridge, Ricky Mulvey

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Booking Overview

A show built for guests who can challenge mainstream economic narratives—markets, money, policy incentives, and what “consensus” gets wrong. It’s a strong booking fit for researchers, economists, authors, and finance/policy operators with contrarian or under-discussed takes that still connect to real-world market behavior.

Metrics

Episodes: 133

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

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Host

Malcolm Ethridge - Co-host. Described as running a “what’s the yield” test across investment options and commenting on concepts like fiduciary standards, markets, and how to distinguish true fiduciaries from salespeo...

Ricky Mulvey - Co-host. Focuses on market structure, incentives, and the economy, including topics like overheated market positioning, generational trading behavior, and interpreting signals from major corporatio...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Economists, economic commentators, finance professionals, and authors with a clear policy or market thesis; ideally people with credible platforms (books/public writing) who can argue a contrarian or non-consensus view tied to markets, money, or incentives.
Required Achievements:  
Authored or has an upcoming book, Established public presence as an economic commentator, Visible, defensible policy or investment thesis

Recent Guest Discussions

Freddie Smith - The American Dream Timeline, A Proposed Radical Tax Plan (replace Federal Taxes With A 10% Levy On Gross Revenue), Banning Stock Buybacks, Housing Supply Via Capital Gains Tax Holiday For Mom-and-pop Landlords, And Whether Typical 401(k) Investors Are Locked Out Of Growth In Major Tech/ai/space Companies.

Recent Topics

Economics, Markets, Finance, Public Policy, Taxation

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
This Time Is Different
:

Is The Market Too Hot To Trust?

June 23, 2026

Elon Musk says SpaceX could hit $1 trillion in revenue by 2030, a fifteen-fold jump from 2027 estimates. Parts of the market feel like they're on fire. So where does a long-term bull actually put money when they don't want to chase 40%-in-a-week moves?  Ricky Mulvey and Malcolm Ethridge discuss: The REITs they're using as cover in an overheated market — cold storage, data centers, and class-A office — and Malcolm's "what's the yield" test for every one of them. Why "fiduciary" mig...

Is the American Dream Dead? w/ Freddie Smith

June 16, 2026

Is the American Dream Dead? w/ Freddie Smith Over the past 50 years, Americans created roughly $140 trillion in new wealth. Roughly two SpaceX’s worth of wealth reached the bottom half. Actor-turned-economic-commentator Freddie Smith argues the American dream isn't dead, but the timeline to reach it has become unreasonable for the typical worker. Is he right, and what would it actually take to fix it? Ricky Mulvey and Malcolm Ethridge are joined by Freddie Smith, author of the upcoming boo...

The Real Reason for Big Tech Layoffs

June 10, 2026

Google is raising $80 billion, and nearly 40% of it is going to the IRS, not data centers. Is Big Tech cutting employees to pay a tax bill? Ricky Mulvey and Malcolm Ethridge discuss: Why index funds are forced to buy SpaceX at a bad time The Nasdaq rule change that helps big IPOs, and possible reasons why the exchange declined to answer Ricky's questions Why Malcolm is making a list of stocks to buy when the hype dies Whether RocketLab is still a good investment. W...

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