What really grinds my gears: Larry Mantle's shows on the economy

It is hard, sometimes, to stop myself from bashing my radio in when listening to public radio these days.

One day, Larry Mantle on KPCC is talking with economic experts about how terrible it is that Americans are in debt up to their eyeballs. The host and his guests talk about saving money, holding back on big purchases, and frugality.

The next day, Larry has a different batch of experts on complaining that our economy needs more consumer spending. We need our broke consumers to go even deeper in to debt to keep this machine chugging along. The host and guests then consume the better part of an hour discussing how we can, and should, goose more money out of people in America.

I wonder, if you do this enough do you counter the effects of each show? Is it a Ying-Yang thing? Is it willful distraction of the listening public?