Words & Numbers
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Episodes: 451
Sep 14, 2022
Dan
Nov 7, 2019
This has been my second favorite podcast for a long time, highly recommended.
Nov 11, 2018
Description
Words & Numbers touches on issues of Economics, Political Science, Current Events and Policy. Each Wednesday we'll be sharing a new Words & Numbers podcast featuring Antony Davies Ph.D and James Harrigan Ph.D talking about the economics and political science of current events. Words and Numbers is a CiVL Original Podcasts, learn more at civl.com
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Episode 450: Not Intelligent
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Aug 30, 2025 |
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Episode 449: The Color Of Money
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Episode 448: Schrödinger’s Economy
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Episode 447: AI and What’s Ahead
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Episode 446: The Job Numbers Shock
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Episode 445: Too young to vote?
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Episode 444: The Wealth Tax Trap
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Aug 09, 2025 |
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Episode 443: Private Equity in Business
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Episode 442: Surveillance Pricing?
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Episode 441: A Budget Surplus? Really?
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Episode 440: Debunking the Religion of Decline
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Episode 439: The America Party
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Episode 438: Do We Need an 8 Hour Work Day?
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Episode 437: Rosy Projections
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Episode 436: What About Buying From China?
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Episode 435: End of a Bromance
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Episode 434: The Moon!
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Episode 433: Whence Shame?
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May 28, 2025 |
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Episode 432: Where Are the Democrats?
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May 21, 2025 |
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Episode 431: The Republic Fails
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May 14, 2025 |
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Episode 430: Is Insurance Worth It?
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May 07, 2025 |
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Episode 429: The Veil of Ignorance
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Episode 428: What Good is the Department of Education?
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Episode 427: Consumer Sentiment
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Episode 426: Articles of Confederation
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Episode 425: What Does AI Want?
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Episode 424: Your Body, Your Health Care
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Episode 423: The Death of DEI?
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Episode 422: Consumer Blackouts
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Episode 421: Did We Break the Constitution?
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Episode 420: Monopolies Hiding in Plain Sight
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Episode 419: Pop Culture President
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Episode 418: Mere Economics
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Episode 417: What Makes Us Red and Blue?
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Episode 416: Who Did It Better: Obama, Trump, Biden
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Episode 415: Learning to Love Lobbyists
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Episode 414: Robovacs to Riches
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Episode 413: Power and Denial: Biden, Cognitive Decline, and the 25th Amendment
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Episode 412: What Do We Owe Each Other?
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Episode 411: Tax Cuts: The Good, the Bad, and the Irrelevant
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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Episode 410: Mercantilism 2.0
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Episode 409: Buy, Borrow, Die
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Episode 408: Be Thankful!
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Episode 407: Words & Numbers Live: After the Election (part 2)
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Episode 406: Words & Numbers Live: After the Election
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Episode 405: $22,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Episode 404: Dangers of Democracy
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Episode 403: Crime Data: Revising History?
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Episode 402: Project Liberal
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Episode 401: 20-to-1, Political Indoctrination in Higher Education
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Episode 400: Population Problems
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Episode 399: Lying Politicians
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Episode 398: Alliteration Time: Trump, Tariffs, and Taxes
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Episode 397: More on the Fed
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Episode 396: Unrealized Capital Gains
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Episode 395: The Fed
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Episode 394: Candidates’ Attitudes
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Episode 393: Why Is Economics Important?
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Episode 392: Could Unemployment Be a Good Thing?
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Episode 391: Attacked by a Gang Wearing Lab Coats
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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Episode 390: Personal Finance
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Episode 389: Recession?
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Episode 388: Supply Chain III
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Episode 387: The Supremes' One-Two Punch
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Episode 386: Chase Oliver 2024
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Episode 385: Gaming
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Episode 384: A Difference in Interest Rates
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Episode 383: The Justice and Practicality of Reparations
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Episode 382: The Value of College
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Episode 381: $1 Trillion in Interest
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May 29, 2024 |
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Episode 380: Population Shrink
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May 22, 2024 |
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Episode 379: Of Millionaires and Homeless
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May 16, 2024 |
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Episode 378: The One Branch of Government
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May 08, 2024 |
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Episode 377: Real Estate Insider
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May 01, 2024 |
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Episode 376: Interest Rates Up, Down, or Sideways?
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Episode 375: Google and FedEx Anger James
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Episode 374: The Price of Baseball
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Episode 373: FDA: Friend or Foe?
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Episode 372: Where’s the Middle Class?
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Episode 371: An Interview with Spike Cohen, pt. 2
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Episode 370: An Interview with Spike Cohen, pt. 1
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Episode 369: A One-Party System?
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Episode 368: Hampden-Sydney College Q&A
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Episode 367: Live from Hampden-Sydney College
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Episode 366: What’s Up With the President?
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Episode 365: Democracy Might Not Be a Good Thing
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Episode 364: $34 Trillion
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Episode 363: Labor and Marx
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Episode 362: Shareholders and Stakeholders
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Episode 361: Degrowth
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Episode 360: Time is Money
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Episode 359: A Conflict of Moral Principles
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Episode 358: The Cost of the Good Life
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Episode 357: Biden’s Wealth Tax
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Episode 356: Social Distancing and Masks: Again?
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Episode 355: It's Time for Libertarians to Grow Up
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Episode 354: Academic Fraud
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Episode 353: What’s a Few Trillion Among Friends?
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Episode 352: Fraud, Fairness, and Value
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Episode 351: The Snooty Stuff
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Episode 350: The Economics of Taylor Swift
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Episode 349: Should Experts Dictate What Teachers Teach?
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Episode 348: Error Corrections
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Episode 347: Workplace Harassment with Vince White
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Episode 346: Are the Rich Killing Social Security?
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Episode 345: Did Masks Save Lives?
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Episode 344: Burning Man
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Episode 343: What About Unions?
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Episode 342: The Start of the Season
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Episode 341: Strangers With Candy
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Episode 340: Wrongfully Convicted
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Episode 339: The Meanings of Words
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Episode 338: Age, Ability, and Incumbency
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Episode 337: The (Hollow) Sound of Freedom
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Episode 336: A Fireside Chat Without the Fire
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Encore Episode 335: When Benevolence Backfires
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Episode 334: Live at Brookfield Academy, pt.2
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Episode 333: Live at Brookfield Academy, pt.1
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Episode 332: Should Speech be Free?
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Episode 331: A Fireside Chat
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Episode 330: What’s Up in the Economy?
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Episode 329: The Chevron Doctrine
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May 31, 2023 |
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Episode 328: Artificial Intelligence
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May 24, 2023 |
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Episode 327: To Vote or Not To Vote
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May 17, 2023 |
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Episode 326: Gender and Race Wage Gaps
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May 10, 2023 |
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Episode 325: Central Bank Digital Currencies
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May 03, 2023 |
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Episode 324: How Much Do Americans Earn?
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Episode 323: Losing the Dollar
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Episode 322: A Smorgasbord of Topics
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Episode 321: Space and Property
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Episode 320: Politics, Anarchy, and Baseball
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Episode 319: The Death of Silicon Valley Bank
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Episode 318: Nostalgia and Pop-Culture
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Words and Numbers Trailer
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Episode 317: Slavery, Capitalism, and The 1619 Project, Pt. 2
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Episode 316: Slavery, Capitalism, and The 1619 Project, Pt. 1
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Episode 315: Are We Done With Inflation?
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Episode 314: What Happened to Trade?
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Episode 313: Nudging and Capturing
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Episode 312: The Next American Economy
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Episode 311: Supply Chains Revisited
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Episode 310: The Ratchet Effect and Civil Disagreement (fixed)
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Episode 309: Liabilities, Rights, the Commerce Clause, and Significance
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Episode 308: The Pursuit of Wealth
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Episode 307: Listener Questions: Central Banking, National Divorce, and Public Companies
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Episode 306: Listener Questions: Contagion, Lawsuits, and Socialism, Pt. 1
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Episode 305: How Did We Get Here?
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Episode 304: Good and Bad Regulations
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Episode 303: Ronald Reagan
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Episode 302: Population Growth
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Episode 301: 8 Billion
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Episode 300: Economic Inequality in America
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Episode 299: The Rights of the Dead
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Episode 298: How do Treasury Bills Work?
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Episode 297: What Happened to Poverty?
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Episode 296: Think Like an Economist
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Episode 295: Must Government Control Money?
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Episode 294: Article I, Section 8, Pt.2
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Episode 293: Article I, Section 8, Pt.1
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Episode 292: When Are We Adults?
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Episode 291: An Interview with Ant and James
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Episode 290: Loan Forgiveness and Lying to Pollsters
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Episode 289: Woke-ism and Movies
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Episode 288: What's a Recession?
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Episode 287: Secession: Good for me but not for thee?
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Episode 286: Balance in Discussing Guns
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Episode 285: What’s News in the Economy?
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Episode 284: Phasing Out Social Security
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Episode 283: Americans Don’t Trust the Media
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Episode 282: What Happened to Health Care
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Episode 281: Declared Independence
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Episode 280: The End of the Experiment in Unlimited Government
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Episode 279: The Pain of Drug Laws
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Episode 278: Consumers' Hidden Profit
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Episode 277: UNC Wilmington: Cooperation & Coercion, Pt. 2
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Episode 276: UNC Wilmington: Cooperation & Coercion, Pt. 1
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May 25, 2022 |
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Episode 275: Economics Is About A Lot More Than Money
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May 18, 2022 |
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Episode 274: The CBO Predicts the Future
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May 11, 2022 |
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Episode 273: Markets With Limits, Pt. 2
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May 04, 2022 |
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Episode 272: Markets With Limits, Pt. 1
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Episode 271: Our Dual Natures
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Episode 270: A Conversation with Award Winning Students, Pt. 3
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Episode 269: A Conversation with Award Winning Students, Pt. 2
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Episode 268: A Conversation with Award Winning Students, Pt. 1
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Episode 267: Ten Years of ObamaCare
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Episode 266: Subsidiarity, Solidarity, and the Common Good
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Episode 265: Higher Education Fraud?
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Episode 264: Should Cities Invest in Sports Stadiums?
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Episode 263: The Fall of Amazon
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Episode 262: David Friedman on the Gold Standard
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Episode 261: $30 trillion
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Episode 260: Shortages at Home, Starvation Elsewhere
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Episode 259: The Chosen
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Episode 258: Why the Anger?
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Episode 257: The Time Value of Money
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Episode 256: An Insider's View of the Supply Chain
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Episode 255: What is Critical Race Theory?
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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Episode 254: Tradeoffs Audience Q&A
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Episode 253: Tradeoffs, Lockdowns, Climate Change, and Free Stuff
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Episode 252: A Second Lockdown?
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Episode 251: Wealth, Income, Capital Gains, and Taxes
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Episode 250: Listener Questions, pt. 2
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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Episode 249: Listener Questions, pt. 1
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Episode 248: The Nobel Prize and the Minimum Wage
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Episode 247: Pachyderms, Property, and Profit
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Episode 246: The Link Between Politics and Economics
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Episode 245: Should We Fund Children or Institutions?
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Episode 244: The Nature of Exchange, pt. 2
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Episode 243: The Nature of Exchange, pt. 1
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Episode 242: What About Unions?
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Episode 241: The Death Tax for the Rest of Us
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Episode 240: Potluck #1
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Episode 239: Who Ultimately Pays a Tax?
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Episode 238: Term Limits Revisited
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Episode 237: Can the CDC Mandate Moratoriums?
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Episode 236: Errors We Repeat in Politics, Pt. 2
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Episode 235: Errors We Repeat in Politics, Pt. 1
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Episode 234: Errors We Repeat in Economics
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Episode 233: Disincentivizing Taxes
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Episode 232: A Constitutional Shift
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Episode 231: The Misinformation on Inflation
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Episode 230: The Words and Numbers Trio Pt. 2
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Episode 229: A Deeper Look into Thomas Jefferson
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Episode 228: The Words and Numbers Trio Pt. 1
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Episode 227: Outside of the Accredited Circle
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Episode 226: Introducing a Little Anarchy
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Episode 225: Shooting for Success
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Episode 224: Charlie Brown’s America
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May 26, 2021 |
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Episode 223: More Than a Pipe Dream
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May 19, 2021 |
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Episode 222: Going Public
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May 12, 2021 |
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Episode 221: Higher Education’s Cost of Freedom
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May 05, 2021 |
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Episode 220: Gaining and Giving
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Episode 219: Unqualified Immunity
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Episode 218: What's So Funny about Tribalism? Feat. Andrew Heaton
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Episode 217: Who Is Paying Their Fair Share?
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Episode 216: Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Episode 215: Nothing but Urban Legends
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Episode 214: Listener Special #7 Pt. 3
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Episode 213: Listener Special #7 Pt. 2
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Episode 212: Listener Special #7 Pt. 1
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Episode 211: FBI Opening Up!
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Episode 210: The End of America and the Rebirth of Her Ideals Pt. 2
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Episode 209: The End of America and the Rebirth of Her Ideals Pt. 1
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Episode 208: “Wage”ing War
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Episode 207: Political Power Mashup
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Episode 206: The Dutch Angle
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Episode 205: "We Didn't Start the Riots!"
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Episode 204: The Good Old Days
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Episode 203: Alternative Energy and Economies of Scale
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Dec 30, 2020 |
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Episode 202: The Christmas Special
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Episode 201: Words and Words
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Episode 200: The Adventures of Larry Reed
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Episode 199: A Game of Risk
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Episode 198: Understanding the Gender Pay Gap Pt. 2
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Episode 197: Understanding the Gender Pay Gap Pt. 1
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Episode 196: Everything Is Awfully Politicized
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Episode 195: Public Defeats and Private Victories Pt. 2
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Episode 194: Public Defeats and Private Victories Pt. 1
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Episode 193: Our Ever-Expanding National Debt
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Episode 192: Trading with Benefits
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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Episode 191: Your Post-Game Presidential Debate
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Episode 190: What the Supreme Court Got Right
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Episode 189: Living That Post-COVID Life
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Episode 188: Crypto Coercion
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Episode 187: A (Non-)Comedy of Errors
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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Episode 186: Experiencing Higher Education
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Episode 185: The Depressing Results of Great Depression Policies
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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Episode 184: Reevaluating Regulations
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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Episode 183: Economics’ Roots
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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Episode 182: Crossing the Police Line
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Episode 181: The Not So Secret Police
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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Episode 180: It’s a Conspiracy, Man!
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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Episode 179: Political Party Crashers
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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Episode 178: Facts, Freedom & the Founding, Part 2
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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Episode 177: Facts, Freedom & the Founding, Part 1
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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Episode 176: The Supreme Court’s Qualified Mishap
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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Episode 175: Listener Special #6
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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Episode 174: Day of the Debt
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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Episode 173: Understanding the Perfect Storm
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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Episode 172: Listener Special #5
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May 27, 2020 |
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Episode 171: Are Social Distancing Violations the New Stop and Frisk?
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May 20, 2020 |
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Episode 170: John Stossel Joins Words and Numbers Pt. 2
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May 13, 2020 |
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Episode 169: John Stossel Joins Words and Numbers Pt. 1
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May 06, 2020 |
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Episode 168: Not Your Great-Grandfather's Depression
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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Episode 167: Viewing the World Through Panic-Tinted Glasses
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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Episode 166: The Economics of Optimism
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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Episode 165: Constitutional Crisis
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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Episode 164: The Future of Public Schooling
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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Episode 163: Interview with Lincoln Chafee
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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Episode 162: The Law of Demanding More Supplies
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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Episode 161: Why Is It So Hard to Sue the Police?
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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Episode 160: Crude Reactions
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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Episode 159: Missing the Marx
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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Episode 158: Incivility
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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Episode 157: Black Markets
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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Episode 156: The Government’s Rosy Outlook
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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Episode 155: David Schmidtz on Equality and Justice
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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Episode 154: Cracks in the Ivory Tower
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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Episode 153: Prohibition and Constitutional Constraints
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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Episode 152: Government Schools and the Freedom to Choose
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Episode 151: New Year Resolutions
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Jan 01, 2020 |
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Episode 150: A Culture of Envy
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Dec 25, 2019 |
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Episode 149: Predictions and Reality of Net Neutrality
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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Episode 148: The Cost of Living
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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Episode 147: Patently Absurd
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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Episode 146: A Time to Give Thanks
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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Episode 145: Morality and Economics
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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Episode 144: How Does Direct Access Primary Care Work?
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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Episode 143: The Difference Between Socialism and Transferism
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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Episode 142: Are There Limits to Free Speech?
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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Episode 141: Who Are the Real Presidential Contenders?
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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Episode 140: What Can We Learn from Joker?
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Oct 16, 2019 |
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Episode 139: Happy Deficit Day!
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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Episode 138: Vaping, Firearms, and the Leading Causes of Death in the US
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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Episode 137: Tank Man
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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Episode 136: To Find Solutions, Follow the Incentives
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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Episode 135: The Reality of Legal Immigration
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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Episode 134: Benevolence Backfires: The Cobra Effect
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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Episode 133: What’s Up With the National Debates?
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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Episode 132: Words & Numbers Listener Special #4
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Aug 21, 2019 |
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Episode 131: Can Incentives Save the World?
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Aug 14, 2019 |
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Episode 130: Unschooling and Encouraging Self-Directed Children
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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Episode 129: When Do We Reach Adulthood?
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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Episode 128: Are Corporations People?
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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Episode 127: What Is a Wealth of Data Worth?
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Jul 17, 2019 |
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Episode 126: Who Owns Outer Space?
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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Episode 125: Celebrating American Independence
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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Episode 124: Arguing Outcomes Instead of Principles Puts the Cart Before the Horse
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Jun 26, 2019 |
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Episode 123: What Does Equality Even Mean?
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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Episode 122: Changing the Rules for Social Security
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Jun 12, 2019 |
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Episode 121: Are Hot Button Issues Actually Important?
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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Episode 120: What Is Impeachment and How Does It Work?
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May 29, 2019 |
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Episode 119: Words & Numbers Listener Special #3
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May 22, 2019 |
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Episode 118: Household Debt: The Good, the Bad, and the Politicized
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May 15, 2019 |
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Episode 117: What’s Your Fair Share?
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May 08, 2019 |
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Episode 116: What Happens When We Make College “Free”?
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May 01, 2019 |
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Episode 115: The Campus Witch Trials
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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Episode 114: Is It Ok to Pay People for Their Blood Plasma?
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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Episode 113: The Origins of the Social Contract, Part 2
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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Episode 112: The Origins of the Social Contract, Part 1
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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Episode 111: Game of Votes: Electoral vs. Popular
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Mar 27, 2019 |
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Episode 110: Is Facebook a Monopoly?
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Mar 20, 2019 |
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Episode 109: Are You In the Global 1%?
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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Episode 108: Where Are They Now? The Disappearance of Mutual Aid Societies.
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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Episode 107: Modern Monetary Theory The Government as Referee, Player, and Scorekeeper
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Feb 27, 2019 |
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Episode 106: Can Anti-Discrimination Laws Get Us Closer to a Meritocracy?
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Feb 20, 2019 |
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Episode 105: The “Problem” with Billionaires
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Feb 13, 2019 |
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Episode 104: “You Just Hate the Poor!” and Other Minimum Wage Misunderstandings
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Feb 06, 2019 |
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Episode 103: What Does “Necessary and Proper” Actually Mean?
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Jan 30, 2019 |
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Episode 102: “Diversity” Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means
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Jan 23, 2019 |
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Episode 101: Fear Fuels Faulty Reasoning Regarding Rifles
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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Episode 100: The Good Old Days Weren’t All That Good
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Jan 09, 2019 |
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Episode 99: Buying Kidneys with an Ethics Professor
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Jan 02, 2019 |
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Episode 98: Trump, Adams, and Sedition
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Dec 26, 2018 |
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Episode 97: Americans Are Remarkably Charitable
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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Episode 96: What Is Money, Anyway?
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Dec 12, 2018 |
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Episode 95: Why No One Can “Steal” a Job
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Dec 05, 2018 |
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Episode 94: Facebook Is Awful, but What’s the Alternative?
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Nov 28, 2018 |
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Episode 93: Focus on the Principles, Not the Outcomes
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Nov 21, 2018 |
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Episode 92: America Is Not a Democracy
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Nov 14, 2018 |
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Episode 91: It’s Not the Government’s Job to Provide Goods and Services
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Nov 07, 2018 |
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Episode 90: What’s So Creative about Destruction?
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Oct 31, 2018 |
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Episode 89: A Raging Dumpster Fire of Injustice
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Oct 24, 2018 |
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Episode 88: When Is This Year’s “Deficit Day”?
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Oct 17, 2018 |
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Episode 87: Why Do We Even Have Trade Agreements, Anyway?
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Oct 10, 2018 |
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Episode 86: Words and Numbers Listener Special #2
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Oct 03, 2018 |
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Episode 85: Are We Living Madison’s Nightmare?
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Sep 26, 2018 |
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Episode 84: Price-Gouging Bans Don’t Make Things Cheaper, They Make Them More Scarce
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Sep 19, 2018 |
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Episode 83: How the Meanings of "Liberal" and "Conservative" Have Changed
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Sep 11, 2018 |
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Episode 82: Capitalism Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means
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Sep 05, 2018 |
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Episode 81: Despite Its Rebranding, Socialism Is Still Horrific
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Aug 29, 2018 |
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Episode 80: You Can’t Make College Free
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Aug 22, 2018 |
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Episode 79: How Not to Be Terrible at College
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Aug 15, 2018 |
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Episode 78: Is a College Degree Worth the Cost?
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Aug 08, 2018 |
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Episode 77: 'There Ought to Be a Law’: What that Phrase Actually Means
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Aug 01, 2018 |
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Episode 76: Real Numbers Behind Public’s Biggest Concerns
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Jul 25, 2018 |
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Episode 75: If You Want Prosperity for All, Try Economic Freedom
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Jul 18, 2018 |
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Episode 74: Should the Supreme Court Matter So Much?
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Jul 11, 2018 |
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Episode 73: How Politics Distorts Our Perceptions
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Jul 04, 2018 |
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Episode 72: An Insider’s Indictment of the “Justice” System
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Jun 27, 2018 |
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Episode 71: Ignore the Naysayers, Life Is Amazing
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Jun 20, 2018 |
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Episode 70: The Federal Government is Bankrupt
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Jun 13, 2018 |
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Episode 69: Government Job Reports Can Be Misleading
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Jun 06, 2018 |
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Episode 68: As Long As People Are Free, There Will Be Inequality
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May 30, 2018 |
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Episode 67: Words and Numbers Listener Special
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May 23, 2018 |
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Episode 66: If Your Heart Is in the Right Place, You Better Get Your Facts Straight
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May 16, 2018 |
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Episode 65: Which Is More Important, Political Freedom or Economic Freedom?
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May 09, 2018 |
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Episode 64: Why We Don't Have Principled Politicians?
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May 02, 2018 |
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Episode 63: Can Comedy Change the World?
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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Episode 62: Progressive Taxation Makes Everyone Worse Off
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Apr 17, 2018 |
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Episode 61: Why Our High Schools Can’t Keep Up with Our Universities?
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Apr 11, 2018 |
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Episode 60: Social Security Is Doomed. Now What?
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Apr 04, 2018 |
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Episode 59: Is Moderation the Next Big Thing in American Politics?
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Mar 28, 2018 |
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Episode 58: Federal Spending Is Out of Control
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Mar 21, 2018 |
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Episode 57: Death for Dealing... Really?
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Mar 14, 2018 |
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Episode 56: Tariffs Hurt Everyone, So Why Have Them?
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Mar 07, 2018 |
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Episode 55: Why Don't We Insure Guns Like We Insure Cars
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Feb 28, 2018 |
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Episode 54: Is College Really for All?
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Feb 21, 2018 |
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Episode 53: Has Uber Become Part of the System It Fought Against?
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Feb 14, 2018 |
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Episode 52: Why Does Government Keep Expanding?
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Feb 07, 2018 |
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Episode 51: America Relies on Immigrants
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Jan 31, 2018 |
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Episode 50: Intentions Don't Matter — Outcomes Do
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Jan 24, 2018 |
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Episode 49: The Constitution Is Useless if We Don't Follow It
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Jan 17, 2018 |
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Episode 48: When Do-Gooders Do Bad
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Jan 10, 2018 |
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Episode 47: Should We Abolish Government Regulation?
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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Episode 46: Actually, Things Are Kind of Amazing
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Dec 27, 2017 |
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Episode 45: What Can Colorado Teach Us About Legalizing Weed?
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Dec 20, 2017 |
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Episode 44: Americans' Generosity Can Help the Poor Better Than Government
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Dec 13, 2017 |
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Episode 43: The CBO Is Almost, but Not Quite, Useless
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Dec 06, 2017 |
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Episode 42: Is America a Police State?
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Nov 29, 2017 |
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Episode 41: The Super-Rich Don't Understand Taxation
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Nov 22, 2017 |
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Episode 40: How Fair is Fair Trade?
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Nov 15, 2017 |
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Episode 39: Is American Unity an Illusion
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Nov 08, 2017 |
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Episode 38: You Can't Vote Math Out of Office
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Nov 01, 2017 |
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Episode 37: Has the Gun Violence Crisis Been Overblown?
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Oct 25, 2017 |
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Episode 36: The Problem with Healthcare Is Government
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Oct 18, 2017 |
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Episode 35: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
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Oct 11, 2017 |
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Episode 34: Inequality Is Rising, but Poverty Is Falling
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Oct 04, 2017 |
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Episode 33: Does Amazon Really Need Corporate Welfare?
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Sep 27, 2017 |
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Episode 32: Venezuela: Let Them Eat… Rabbits?
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Sep 20, 2017 |
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Episode 31: Does the Debt Ceiling Mean Anything?
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Sep 13, 2017 |
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Episode 30: Must the Police Be Above the Law to Enforce It?
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Sep 06, 2017 |
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Episode 29: Do Americans Still Have Freedom of Speech
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Aug 30, 2017 |
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Episode 28: Child Labor Was Wiped Out By Markets, Not Government
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Aug 23, 2017 |
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Episode 27: The Illusion of School Choice
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Aug 16, 2017 |
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Episode 26: Has Tipping Gone Out of Control
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Aug 09, 2017 |
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Episode 25: Is UBI Better Than Welfare
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Aug 02, 2017 |
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Episode 24: Is Income Inequality Real?
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Jul 26, 2017 |
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Episode 23: The Illinois Budget is a Mess
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Jul 19, 2017 |
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Episode 22: Do Airlines Charge Too Much?
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Jul 12, 2017 |
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Episode 21: Let Amazon Play Monopoly
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Jul 05, 2017 |
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Episode 20: Just Say No to the War on Drugs
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Jun 28, 2017 |
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Episode 19: The Population Boom Could Save the World
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Jun 21, 2017 |
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Episode 18: What You Should Know About Poverty in America
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Jun 14, 2017 |
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Episode 17: Earning Profits is Your Social Responsibility
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Jun 07, 2017 |
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Episode 16: Is Your College Degree Worthless?
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May 31, 2017 |
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Episode 15: Government Can't Stop Creative Destruction
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May 24, 2017 |
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Episode 14: You Can't Trust Employment Statistics
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May 17, 2017 |
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Episode 13: The Minimum Wage Conspiracy
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May 10, 2017 |
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Episode 12: In My Safe Space
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May 03, 2017 |
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Episode 11: Actually, Life is Pretty Awesome
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Apr 26, 2017 |
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Episode 10: Hypocritical Partisans Pass Political Power
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Apr 19, 2017 |
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Episode 9: Even Economists Can’t Do Their Own Taxes
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Apr 12, 2017 |
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Episode 8: Taxing Robots Does Not Compute
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Apr 05, 2017 |
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Episode 7: The Arts Will Survive Without Your Taxes
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Mar 29, 2017 |
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Episode 6: We're Becoming a Nation of Pets
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Mar 22, 2017 |
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Episode 5: Blocked by a State's Wall of Taxes
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Mar 15, 2017 |
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Episode 4: Women Prosper When Markets Are Free
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Mar 08, 2017 |
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Episode 3: The Problem With Alternate Facts
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Mar 01, 2017 |
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Episode 2: The CBO Can't Count
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Feb 22, 2017 |
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Episode 1: The Customer is Always Taxed
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Feb 15, 2017 |