Sep 30, 2024
This episode features:
-What's wrong with socialism?
-Are taxes necessary?
-Why are drugs so expensive when they first come out?
-Do we need the government to protect the environment?
-Why did prohibition fail?
-Do politicians understand economics?
-Are government bureaucrats lazy?
-Are Scandinavian countries...
Sep 16, 2024
This episode features:
-Are labor unions bad?
-How should we respond to AI generated art?
-Why do we use high fructose corn syrup instead of sugar?
-Why does the price of everything end with 99?
-Why do people tip more than they used to?
-Why do so many products have extra fees? (“Service fee”, “convenience...
Sep 2, 2024
This episode features:
-Is rent control bad?
-Should we have a minimum wage?
-Why do most economists oppose raising the minimum wage?
-Does the minimum wage increase unemployment?
-Why are there housing shortages?
-Why has housing quality gone down in some cities?
-Why isn't new housing being built?
-Why don't current...