Episodes (Page 23)
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Employers have excessive power over employees.
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Discusses parenting, conversation, and literature's role.
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Little learning occurs in formal education.
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Modernity (democracy, reason, liberty) is under attack.
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Burning Man's evolution and governing principles are detailed.
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Research reliability and bias in economics are discussed.
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Understanding complexity in baseball and beyond.
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Occupational licensing protects existing jobs from competition.
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Soonish explores future technologies like asteroid mining.
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Google, Facebook, Amazon wield significant commercial power.
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Special interests steer policy for self-benefit.
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Entitlement policy history from Revolutionary War vets.
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Preventing food waste involves tradeoffs like reduced security.
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Doing Business Report measures regulatory barriers.
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Elevators are crucial forms of mass transit.
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Tipping persists despite efforts to eliminate it.
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Hume and Smith's friendship influenced their ideas.
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Permissionless innovation is the most important concept in political economy.
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Jennifer Burns discusses her biography of Ayn Rand, 'Goddess of the Market'.
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Internet shaming and online mobs are discussed as a new phenomenon.