death of ivan ilyich it's an interesting parable about a man who witnessed his dead but apparently but he can hear the mourners talking about him his life that would be interesting yeah yeah so here the economy died in 2008 global financial crisis we just haven't buried it yet like ivan ilyich he hasn't been buried yet and you can still hear what people are saying about oh so we can still hear people talking about the economy like johnny allen and jay powell even though it's technically it's dead and. apologize if that's not off. but it's definitely one of the 2 or 3 most famous writers but nevertheless the analogy holds even though some names may have been incorrect. well. you have that wrong he was told story. oh right right right i always get those 2 mixed up yeah yeah that happens you know great writers all get confused with each other but again. getting mixed up of course people can't tell if there is inflation or deflation again like we've been in a whirlwind of like of chaos since 2008 and for that entire time nobody knows whether we're going up or down whether there is deflatio