Words & Numbers
By Antony Davies & James R. Harrigan
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Subscribers: 209
Reviews: 3
Episodes: 515
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 is one of the highest-rated economics podcasts in the world. Each episode, Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan dig into economics, political science, and current events to explain what’s actually happening and why it matters.
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Episode 510: Artificial Sanders Socialism
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Episode 509: The Girlfriend Experience
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Episode 508: Insider Everything
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May 28, 2026 |
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Episode 507: Free These People
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May 20, 2026 |
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Episode 506: Where Have All The Men Gone?
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May 13, 2026 |
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Episode 505: Owning the (Post) Libs
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May 06, 2026 |
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Episode 504: Privileges & Immunities
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Episode 503: Is the American Dream Dead?
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Episode 502: Us & Them
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Episode 501: Blowing Bubbles
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Episode 500: Goodbye & Hello
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Episode 499: Who Should Vote?
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Episode 498: Politicians Broke Health Insurance
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Episode 497: Electoral Nonsense
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Episode 496: The Home Crisis: Here We Go Again
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Episode 495: The Mirage of Nostalgia
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Episode 494: The Dark Ages Never Went Away
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Episode 493: Principles and Preferences
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Episode 492: Show Me The Money
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Episode 491: Redistrict This!
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Episode 490: We’re Not Interested
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Episode 489: Better off a Loan
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Episode 488: Iran, Iran So Far Away
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Episode 487: Is It The Economy, Stupid?
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Episode 486: Slavery and Capitalism
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Episode 485: R.I.P. Heritage Foundation
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Episode 484: Geezer Presidents
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Episode 483: We Love Inequality
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Episode 482: The Evolution of Crime
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Episode 481: California Screamin’
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Episode 480: The War on Drugs (Continued)
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Episode 479: The NPCs Among Us
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Episode 478: No Socials for Sheila
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Episode 477: Your Future Self Hates You
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Episode 476: Be Thankful
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Episode 475: American Consensus
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Members: How Politics Matter For Upgrading Civilization - Join CiVL.COM
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Episode 474: Schoolhouse Farce
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Episode 473: Blowing Bubbles
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Episode 472: Trumptimism
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Episode 471: 50 Years a Mortgage Slave
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Episode 470: Partisan Death Spiral
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Episode 469: An American King?
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Members: Unintended Consequences - Join CiVL.COM
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Episode 468: Shut It Down
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Episode 467: The Sound of Money
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Members: The Knowledge Problem - Join CiVL.COM
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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Episode 466: Elephants and Christmas Trees
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Episode 465: No More Karens
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Members: Human Respect & Societal Wealth - Join CiVL.COM
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Episode 464: The Ghost of Nixon Past
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Episode 463: Weisswashing the Media
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Episode 462: Rolling with Life’s Punches
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Episode 461: Social Insecurity
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Episode 460: Echo Echo Chamber Chamber
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Episode 459: What the Fed?
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Episode 458: Fact Check: Trump’s UN Speech
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Episode 457: Weaponizing the DOJ
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Episode 456: Happy Deficit Day!
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Episode 455: Charlie Kirk and the Death of Civility
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Episode 454: Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Episode 453: Running Away from Taxes
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Episode 452: The Benefits of a Conservative Supreme Court
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Episode 451: The Productivity Paradox
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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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 |