TV Appearance: A Little Buzz Kill About Jobs Numbers, Hedge Fund Billionaires, and Other Econ Stuff

I appeared on Russia Today television's "The Alyona Show" to talk about today's job numbers, slow-rising wages vs. fast-rising CEO pay, and the fact that 25 hedge fund managers made $22 billion each.  

I think Alonya was suggesting at the end that I was being a downer about those job figures ... I believe the current slang term for that kind of thing is "buzz kill."  Oh, well!  

(It was last-minute, hence the unshaven look.)

 Re the unshaven look:  Like it?  I mean, is the effect more like this -

or like this?

Vanity compels me to ask.