Axios editor Dan Primack spent a day this week among the masters of the universe at the annual Milken Global Conference in Los Angeles and walked away with one overriding thought: Most everyone was quite satisfied with the current state of affairs.
The big picture: Yes, there were mentions of Israel/Gaza, Ukraine/Russia, climate change, national debt, and the growing toxicity of domestic politics.
But most of it was said as a perfunctory aside — almost as if it was done more for the sake of being polite than of being real.
State of play: These are the people who have internalized the economic data that the Biden administration keeps trying to highlight, without being stung much by inflation.
Behind the scenes: Sure, some of this was people talking their book to a reporter.
The bottom line: Positivity was palpable. Not just because almost everyone there is fabulously wealthy, but because they sincerely expect to get even richer in the year ahead.
