Recession

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51 statements about Recession, every show

Recessions function primarily as market share redistribution events
“Recessions are market share redistribution events.”
Shane Parrish Oct 21, 2025 ▶ 1:00:54 Jim Clayton: Turning Competitors’ Mistakes Into $1.7B [Outliers]
SOURCERY Prediction Didn’t hold up
Vasavada: 60% chance of a recession in late 2025 or early 2026
“If it's not this year, it would be late, like Q-three, Q-four it'll probably be early next year. What do you think the current odds are on that? I would say, 60% chance of a recession.”
Samir Vasavada Jul 25, 2025 ▶ 55:25 How Vise Became a Unicorn With Just 40 Employees · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
20VC Prediction Held up
Lemkin: Zero chance of a US economic recession by end of 2025
“There's no chance we have a recession at the end of the year. There's just no chance.”
Jason Lemkin Jul 10, 2025 ▶ 1:05:43 Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman: Acquired by Meta | Microsoft Layoff 9000 People | OpenAI's Bombshell · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Lee: Waterfall stock market declines almost always produce V-shaped recoveries without recessions
“Almost every waterfall decline is a V-shaped bounce unless there's a recession. So that's why we got so keyed up on this high-yield market, because if we fall, but we don't have a recession, that just means you, everyone just panicked. They did a fire-ready ai…”
Tom Lee Jun 25, 2025 ▶ 33:12 Tom Lee: Decoding the AI Trade, Bitcoin Predictions & What an AI Black Swan Event Might Look Like
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath: Cutting government waste spending will reveal a US technical recession
“As Doge sort of slows down that money flow, and as the consensus in Congress gets to a better budget, I think that you're going to see that the government was probably responsible for a hundred to a 150 basis points of just waste. And if you take that out. You…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Apr 11, 2025 ▶ 1:03:26 The Great Tariff Debate with David Sacks, Larry Summers, and Ezra Klein
TBPN Insight
Housel: Fewer recessions lead directly to larger subsequent economic downturns
“So it's like the fewer recessions that you have, the bigger the next recession is going to be.”
Morgan Housel Apr 8, 2025 ▶ 7:13 Could AI TAKE OVER by 2027? | Morgan Housel on TBPN April 4th
Brown: The Fed sought a recession to push people back to work
“They never said it, but that was the explicit policy aim. We need to crash this economy to get people back to their jobs. It's crazy. I mean, it didn't work. They weren't able to do it, thank God. We got inflation down anyway despite their efforts”
Josh Brown Oct 16, 2024 ▶ 39:29 Fear Buying AI & Automation Stocks — With Downtown Josh Brown
SAASTR Opinion
Padelford: The pizza industry is essentially recession-proof
“Macroeconomically, it is somewhat quote unquote, recession proof, downturn proof, because like when things are bad, you order pizza. When things are good, you order pizza, right? Funerals, pizza, weddings, pizza.”
Loren Padelford Oct 8, 2024 ▶ 23:55 The Secrets to Selling and Scaling in Vertical SaaS with Slice's CRO
BIGDEAL Insight
Lonsdale: Recessions are necessary to prune unproductive parts of the economy
“Recessions are actually good to have every once in a while. They clean out a lot of nonsense. You know, what happens is there's a lot of resources being used for things that are not productive in the economy, and you need a sensor mechanism. You need certain t…”
Joe Lonsdale Oct 1, 2024 ▶ 29:19 Billionaire Entrepreneur: “America Will Collapse Without A Recession” | Joe Lonsdale
BG2 Insight
Gerstner: Rate cuts preceding recession fears historically cause market selloffs
“But remember, historically, rate cuts that are preceding a recession or fears about a recession are oftentimes sold, right? It doesn't cause the market to go up. It actually causes the market to go down.”
Brad Gerstner Aug 9, 2024 ▶ 27:01 Ep14. Public Market Volatility, AI Air Pocket, $GOOG Ruling | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Chamath: The United States is currently in an economic recession
“I think we're in a recession”
Chamath Palihapitiya Aug 2, 2024 ▶ 34:23 Kamala surges, Trump at NABJ, recession fears, Middle East escalation, Ackman postpones IPO
FOUNDERS Insight
Companies maintaining advertising spend during recessions capture most recovery market share
“Consumer studies of those recessions have showed That the companies that didn't cut their ads had in recovery captured the most market share.”
David Senra Jul 8, 2024 ▶ 28:35 The Founder of Rolex: Hans Wilsdorf
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Chamath Palihapitiya: Rick's Cabaret stock price presaged the last two recessions
“What's interesting about the Rick's Cabaret stock price is that it has presaged the last two recessions.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jul 4, 2024 ▶ 1:02:03 Hot Swap growing, donors revolt, President Kamala? SCOTUS breakdown: Immunity, Chevron, Censorship
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Calacanis: Over half of Americans believe the US is in a recession
“More than half of Americans think we're in a recession.”
Jason Calacanis May 24, 2024 ▶ 40:06 Scarlett Johansson vs OpenAI, Nvidia's trillion-dollar problem, a vibecession, plastic in our balls
WE LIVE TO BUILD Prediction Didn’t hold up
Bimani: A Recession Has Already Started and Will Hit Hard Soon
“Right now, we're getting ready for the recession. I know it started. People are not fully aware of it, but it's going to hit hard in the next couple of months.”
Glenn Bimani May 7, 2024 ▶ 12:31 He Gave Them the Dollar They Asked For, Then Walked Away
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Prediction Open · timeframe Jan 2054
Housel: Economy Will See 6 to 10 Recessions Over Next 30 Years
“If you're going to be in this business for another 30 years, if you're lucky, if things are good, we'll probably have at least six or seven or 10 more recessions.”
Morgan Housel Jan 1, 2024 ▶ 20:42 Morgan Housel – Same as Ever (EP.359)
ALL-IN Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sacks: B2B software industry recession has bottomed out
“I do think that the whole B to B software industry definitely went through a recession, but fortunately, I think we bottomed out and are starting to see green shoots now.”
David Sacks Dec 29, 2023 ▶ 1:19:49 E159: The Bestie Awards! Recapping the best and worst of 2023
ALL-IN Prediction Not publicly verifiable
Sacks: Biden likely wins 2024 rematch against Trump barring recession or Ukraine collapse
“I think right now it looks like we're on track to have a Biden-Trump rematch, and right now Biden probably looks like he's gonna win, barring a recession happening or the Ukrainian side collapsing in, in the war.”
David Sacks Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 1:47:22 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
ALL-IN Prediction Open · timeframe Apr 2024
Sacks: US will still enter a recession despite big tech earnings
“I'm sticking by it. I think we're still gonna have a recession, but it is an interesting paradox here.”
David Sacks Apr 28, 2023 ▶ 1:07:07 E126: Big Tech blow-out, Powell’s recession warning, lab-grown meat, RFK Jr shakes up race & more
WE LIVE TO BUILD Prediction Didn’t hold up
Spiller: There will be a recession by the end of 2023
“And that's kind of the expectation going into this year is by the time we're going out of this year, there will be a recession.”
Nick Spiller Mar 28, 2023 ▶ 8:09 10,000 Investor Meetings Later, He Saw One Same-Day Commitment
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ivascyn: PIMCO expects US core inflation in high 2% range by year-end
“In the spread sectors, our base case economic view is reasonably constructive. U.S. Inflation heading back down to the high two level on the core side at the end of the year. Based on recent constructive economic data, slow growth, basically a fifty-fifty chan…”
Dan Ivascyn Feb 20, 2023 ▶ 30:20 Dan Ivascyn – Fixed Income in the Limelight Again (Capital Allocators, EP.298)
Pujji: Macroeconomic recessions are not valid excuses for startup sales failures
“Recession is the economy goes down by three percent, sort of up by three percent. So we go from being a 20 trillion to being a 19.5 trillion or 20.5 trillion. Like, I just, I personally just don't believe in that effect. Like, you think it's an excuse? Yeah. W…”
Jesse Pujji Feb 14, 2023 ▶ 21:26 The Story of Richard Branson & How to Find Product-Market Fit
ALL-IN Prediction Didn’t hold up
Chamath: The recession will end in mid-2024
“Mid-twenty-four is when the recession ends, and you need to give yourself two to three quarters of buffer so that you can go and raise around, which takes a quarter to two quarters.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Dec 24, 2022 ▶ 1:44:42 E109: 2022 Bestie Awards Live from Twitter HQ
FOUNDER'S JOURNAL Prediction Didn’t hold up
Codie Sanchez predicts a double-dip recession with rising inflation
“Well, I think we're in the first part of a recession. That'll probably be a double-dip recession and we'll actually see inflation come back up again. That's my assertion.”
Codie Sanchez Nov 22, 2022 ▶ 26:57 How Codie Sanchez Built a $50 Million Portfolio of Boring Businesses, and the #1 Skill to Learn in a Recession
ALL-IN Prediction Didn’t hold up
Sacks: US will experience a severe economic recession in 2023
“I think we all believe that we're gonna have a pretty severe recession next year.”
David Sacks Nov 19, 2022 ▶ 15:25 E105: Tech culture wars: Elon vs. SBF, Sabotaging Republicans with Trump
WE LIVE TO BUILD Prediction Open · timeframe Nov 2023
Mangaluzzo predicts an upcoming recession following stock market decline
“There's a recession coming down the line, right? You know, you already have the stock markets going down. We're at our worst start in 52 years. Something's coming down the pike.”
Anthony Mongeluzzo Nov 16, 2022 ▶ 9:48 Someone Moved the Net Every Time He Scored
ALL-IN Prediction Held up
Palihapitiya: Europe faces at least a recession from its energy crisis
“The entire continent of Europe is probably on the precipice of and the minimum of recession. But frankly, there's a lot of scenarios where it could be meaningfully worse.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Sep 10, 2022 ▶ 24:30 E95: Winter is Coming, Europe's energy crisis, Kim Kardashian's new PE firm & more
Samuels: Top private equity vintage returns occur during corrections and recessions
“Some of the best vintage year returns are in years like this, leading up to and during a market correction or a recession.”
Sarah Samuels Aug 1, 2022 ▶ 41:29 Sarah Samuels – Framework and Rigor at NEPC (Capital Allocators, EP.264)
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Excessive Fed tightening will cause a serious recession
“The reality is we do not want Powell tightening more than he should or more than is necessary to solve inflation because it will cause a serious recession.”
David Sacks Jul 29, 2022 ▶ 17:31 E89: GDP growth negative in Q2, $SHOP layoffs, Alzheimer's fraud, Ginkgo acquires Zymergen & more
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Gracias: US economy is currently in a recession
“Look, we think, I think we're in a recession. I mean, I'll, I don't know if someone's already said this, but we're in a recession. We're in a recession.”
Antonio Gracias Jun 7, 2022 ▶ 12:00 #AIS: Bestie AMA with Valor's Antonio Gracias
ALL-IN Prediction Didn’t hold up
Sacks: A major economic recession is now inevitable
“I think, like, recession now is just inevitable. You, to Jamal's point, you can't have 14% of global wealth wiped out practically overnight and not have that translate into a big recession.”
David Sacks May 13, 2022 ▶ 16:38 E80: Recession deep dive: VC psychology, macro risks, Tiger Global, predictions and more
ALL-IN Prediction Didn’t hold up
Palihapitiya: Europe faces a severe recession due to inflation and war
“Europe is going to be the canary in the coal mine on all of this because I think they feel this pretty severely. And I think there's a lot of exhaustion amongst European governments and leaders when you start to listen to this rhetoric. To kind of, you know, f…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Apr 16, 2022 ▶ 17:57 E76.5: Food shortage, China's grand plan, inflation, French election plus an All-In Summit preview
ALL-IN Prediction Held up
Sacks predicts the US economy will face a recession or near-recession
“We're definitely going into a slowdown. And whether it becomes a recession to be determined, I think there's a very good chance because We already were headed for a slowdown because of interest rate increases because of inflation. And now on top of it, we've g…”
David Sacks Apr 1, 2022 ▶ 13:48 E74: Market update, inverted yield curve, immigration, new SPAC rules, $FB smears TikTok and more
ALL-IN Assertion Partly supported
Sacks: Yield curve inversion signals 98% chance of recession within two years
“Historically, it's meant when the yield curve inverts, there's been a better than two-thirds chance of recession at some point in the next year, and greater than 98% chance of recession at some point in the next two years.”
David Sacks Apr 1, 2022 ▶ 24:21 E74: Market update, inverted yield curve, immigration, new SPAC rules, $FB smears TikTok and more
ALL-IN Assertion Partly supported
Gerstner: Oil crossing $120 per barrel has historically always preceded a recession
“We've never had oil over a 120 bucks and not gone into a recession.”
Brad Gerstner Mar 26, 2022 ▶ 1:27:26 E73: Late-stage VC markdowns and mistakes, market strategy, Ukraine/Russia update with Brad Gerstner
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Chamath: A 50% energy price spike always triggers a recession
“It is always the case that when energy prices spike by 50%, we enter a recession.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Mar 5, 2022 ▶ 21:58 E71: Russia/Ukraine deep dive: escalation, risk factors, financial fallout, exit ramps and more
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Prediction Not checkable as stated
Papic: The Federal Reserve will not risk a recession to curb inflation
“I think the That is extremely sensitive to the political risks domestically in the U S and they will not look to curb inflation at the risk of recession. I don't think they will, but I'm in that camp.”
Marko Papic Feb 28, 2022 ▶ 14:18 Marko Papic – Geopolitical Shock in a Multi-Polar World (Capital Allocators, EP.237)
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Prediction Not checkable as stated
Papic: Global markets are entering a resilient commodity super cycle
“We are at a cusp of a commodity super cycle, and a recession could obviously curtail that. It would waylay it, but not for a significant period of time.”
Marko Papic Feb 28, 2022 ▶ 39:08 Marko Papic – Geopolitical Shock in a Multi-Polar World (Capital Allocators, EP.237)
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath predicts retail over-inventory could trigger a severe recession
“The next step beyond all of the supply chain issues could be and I think Saks has been talking about this a lot, like a pretty bad recession if these companies have all this inventory and they don't know how to get working capital.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Feb 5, 2022 ▶ 16:54 E66: $FB's big drop, Rogan/Spotify mess, Xi/Putin meetup & supply chain issues with Ryan Petersen
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Federal Reserve rate hikes could cause a recession
“The Fed now is raising rates or projecting raising rates very quickly, which is creating, it was created a huge market downturn. It's a very blunt instrument. It could cause a downturn or a recession.”
David Sacks Feb 5, 2022 ▶ 44:18 E66: $FB's big drop, Rogan/Spotify mess, Xi/Putin meetup & supply chain issues with Ryan Petersen
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Palihapitiya predicts post-pandemic inflation could trigger an ultimate recession
“What it's really created has been this massive bout of inflation, which then could cause an ultimate recession because the Fed has to react.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 15, 2022 ▶ 1:00:50 E63: Insurrection indictments, human rights in the US and abroad, groundbreaking MS study and more
20VC Prediction Didn’t hold up
Levy predicts the current tech market cycle will end with a recession
“But I will tell you the thing that will ultimately cause this cycle to move into the next will be a recession.”
Anton Levy Oct 5, 2021 ▶ 12:44 20VC: The Two Largest Changes in the Investing Market Today, Why The Scarce Resource in Venture is Access & Why Investors Are Acting Mostly Rational and Upside Scenario Planning Needs To Change with Anton Levy, Co-President @ General Atlantic
20VC Assertion Partly supported
Levy asserts economic recessions typically last 22 to 23 months
“Typically recessions last about 22, 23 months, you know, during that recession time that things will contract and valuations will contract typically”
Anton Levy Oct 5, 2021 ▶ 12:56 20VC: The Two Largest Changes in the Investing Market Today, Why The Scarce Resource in Venture is Access & Why Investors Are Acting Mostly Rational and Upside Scenario Planning Needs To Change with Anton Levy, Co-President @ General Atlantic
Halasnik: Industry-specific recessions can last significantly longer than broader macroeconomic downturns
“What I learned is that recessions in your industry can last a lot longer than the global or local recessions.”
Steven Halasnik Dec 22, 2020 ▶ 27:08 The Chess Board Secret: Why Small Businesses Only Have One Move
Halasnik: Small businesses only have one chess piece to play during recessions
“You know, when you're a small business, okay, you have one chess piece. You don't have a lot of Options. You don't have a lot of moves. It's a real problem for a recession where like a small business, yeah, they can cut back on their costs really, really quick…”
Steven Halasnik Dec 22, 2020 ▶ 28:44 The Chess Board Secret: Why Small Businesses Only Have One Move
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: Remote work could create unprecedented company efficiency and profitability
“My thesis on this in terms of getting out of the recession, I think remote work could lead to a level of efficiency and profitability in the companies that we have never seen before.”
Jason Calacanis May 21, 2020 ▶ 40:07 E3: Modern Cold War, politicizing the pandemic & more with David Sacks & David Friedberg
Volset: Companies making one deep early cut outperformed in prior recessions
“I feel like certainly in prior recessions, you know, 2008, 2002 1001, I think the companies that did the best are the ones that, you know, did a deep cut early, but then didn't have to do anymore.”
Einar Vollset Mar 31, 2020 ▶ 19:02 Episode 490 | How Founders Should Be Thinking About the Current Crisis
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Simple quantitative models have 8x the statistical power during recessions
“Simple quantitative models tend to have about eight times the level of statistical power during recessions than during times of economic growth.”
Dan Rasmussen Feb 17, 2020 ▶ 53:04 Dan Rasmussen – Private Equity Risk and Public Equity Opportunity at Verdad Advisers (First Meeting, EP.15)
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Assertion Supported
Nine in Ten Economists Missed the Four Recessions Prior to 2008
“Nine out of 10 economists had missed the last four recessions where we had the blue chip consensus estimates”
Jonathan Tepper Oct 7, 2019 ▶ 11:30 Jonathan Tepper - Variant Perception of Capitalism (Capital Allocators, EP.110)
Glidden: Capital markets rarely dry up for over 18 months in recessions
“So if you look at, you know, the really bad recessions, they usually don't take, you know, the markets usually don't dry up. Take Markets didn't dry up for more than like a year and a half.”
Jody Glidden Jul 20, 2019 ▶ 11:57 1456 Hyper Secure CRM Tool Passes $10M in ARR
a16z Assertion Supported
Levinson: Multiple countries experienced 25 years without recession after WWII
“There were countries around the world that literally went 25 years from 1948 to 1973 without a single year of recession.”
Mark Levinson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:20 a16z Podcast | The Golden Era of Productivity, Retail, and Supply Chains

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