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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 212: Listener Special #7 Pt. 1 Mar 03, 2021

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In this multi-part episode, James and Ant answer listener questions.

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Quick Hits

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-01/richest-100-americans-would-pay-78-billion-under-warren-tax

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/27/971958260/scientists-talked-to-people-in-their-dreams-they-answered

Foolishness of the Week

https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/youtube-ai-blocked-chess-channel-after-confusing-black-and-white-for-racist-slurs-3454316.html

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Episode 211: FBI Opening Up! Feb 24, 2021

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Former Supervisory Special Agent Martin Gilvary joins us this week to give us an inside perspective on policing in the US.

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https://giphy.com/gifs/rickroll-rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you-up-Vuw9m5wXviFIQ

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/i-will-not-make-happen-biden-declines-democrats-call-cancel-n1258069

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2021/01/13/heres-why-biden-cant-cancel-student-loans/

https://apnews.com/article/1st-cloned-endagered-species-ferret-23cde3908e496692648dc28d4b8121ee

Foolishness of the Week

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/11/churchill-white-supremacist-leading-empire-worse-nazis-claims/

Topic of the Weekhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/check-your-bias/id1500221730?i=1000466477789

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Episode 210: The End of America and the Rebirth of Her Ideals Pt. 2 Feb 17, 2021

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In this second of a two part series, Max Borders joins us to discuss his recent book, After Collapse: The End of America and the Rebirth of Her Ideals. Despite the title and the subject matter, it is an honest but upbeat analysis of political, economic, and cultural changes that have put us on a path to transformation.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/01/oregon-decriminalizes-all-drugs-offers-treatment-instead-jail-time/4311046001/

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2018/03/more-imprisonment-does-not-reduce-state-drug-problems

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2681083/

https://news.yahoo.com/fbi-informant-panic-ruining-friendships-042446613.html

Foolishness of the Week

https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-chris-cuomo-andrew-cuomo-nursing-home-scandal

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9256103/Chris-Cuomo-fire-saying-brothers-COVID-deaths-coverup-scandal.html

Topic of the WeekAfter Collapse The Social SingularityFuture Frontiers

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Episode 209: The End of America and the Rebirth of Her Ideals Pt. 1 Feb 10, 2021

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Max Borders joins us to discuss his recent book, After Collapse: The End of America and the Rebirth of Her Ideals. Despite the title and the subject matter, it is an honest but upbeat analysis of political, economic, and cultural changes that have put us on a path to transformation.

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Quick Hits

30 minutes’ worth of Googling Krogerhttps://www.ibisworld.com/industry-statistics/employment/supermarkets-grocery-stores-united-states/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/999141/gross-margin-of-kroger/

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/537002-kroger-closing-two-stores-after-city-orders-higher-pandemic-pay-for-workers

https://www.workforce.com/news/labor-and-benefits-expenses-in-supermarkets

http://s1.q4cdn.com/137099145/files/doc_downloads/irw/fact_books/2016-PDF-Fact-Book.pdf

MOMA

https://dnyuz.com/2021/02/05/facing-deficit-met-considers-selling-art-to-help-pay-the-bills/

Foolishness of the Week

https://apnews.com/article/house-gop-votes-greene-d00c46241478d39db3996a36f5cbf91e

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/greene-blasts-morons-who-stripped-her-of-committee-posts-hours-after-expressing-contrition/ar-BB1dqCPl

Topic of the WeekAfter Collapse The Social SingularityFuture Frontiers

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Episode 208: “Wage”ing War Feb 03, 2021

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Federal policies have been hitting small businesses particularly hard. From the lockdown to heightened IRS scrutiny to an increased minimum wage to an expanded estate tax, many federal policies harm small businesses more than corporations and so jeopardizes the livelihoods of almost half of American workers.

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Quick Hits

Chick-fil-A

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/south-carolina-chick-fil-a-manager-covid-19-vaccine-drive-thru

Dodger Stadium

https://news.yahoo.com/dodger-stadiums-covid-19-vaccination-233339650.html

Foolishness of the Week

Impeachment 1

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/us/politics/trump-butch-bowers-impeachment.html

Impeachment 2https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/30/politics/butch-bowers-deborah-barbier-trump-impeachment-team/index.html

Topic of the Week

The War on Small Businesseshttps://insidesources.com/the-war-on-small-business/

Minimum Wage Costs 1.3 Million Jobshttps://reason.com/2019/07/08/cbo-says-15-federal-minimum-wage-will-cost-1-3-million-jobs/

List of Minimum Wage Peer-Reviewed Researchhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1fbSTGYQP5ObsEMjgbDWB2W8pgz64XZS5/view?usp=sharing

The Economics of the Estate Tax

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SrMWCAq-HfJdRGBjjQ7kr-KMTGlJjKvX/view?usp=sharing

Survey of Businesses Owners on the Effect of the Estate Taxhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-6248.1996.00303.x Union Contracts Tied to Minimum Wagehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/edrensi/2017/01/19/why-it-is-that-unions-fund-the-fight-for-15/

States to Tax Stimulus Loan Forgiveness

https://advocacy.sba.gov/2020/11/03/some-states-may-tax-forgiven-ppp-loan-proceeds/

IRS Targeting Small Businesses

https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/tax-compliance/news/21205514/irs-expected-to-audit-more-small-businesses-in-2021

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Episode 207: Political Power Mashup Jan 27, 2021

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This week we discuss a smorgasbord of topics related to the division of power among the branches: pardons, judicial review, agencies, and bureaucracy.

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https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2021/01/21/census-estimates-show-population-decline-in-16-states

Foolishness of the Week

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/01/21/covid-vaccines-coronavirus-internet-ads/

Topic of the Week: Powers of U.S. Government’s Branches

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Episode 206: The Dutch Angle Jan 20, 2021

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Episode 206: A Dutch immigrant gives us a view of the United States from the outside, and a view of the Netherlands from the inside: immigration, taxes, social safety nets, and community.

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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/17/3rd-antitrust-lawsuit-hits-google-447741

https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share

https://www.statista.com/statistics/265773/market-share-of-the-most-popular-social-media-websites-in-the-us

https://www.wired.com/2002/11/u-s-v-microsoft-timeline/

https://www.kwtx.com/2021/01/15/3-with-covid-19-owe-lives-to-girl-17-who-smelled-smoke-from-early-morning-fire/

Foolishness of the Week

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/17/live-politics-updates-joe-biden-inauguration-donald-trump-impeachment/4196264001/

Topic of the Week

Bass Van Der Vossen

https://www.basvandervossen.com

https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/bas-van-der-vossen

https://www.amazon.com/Defense-Openness-Freedom-Solution-Poverty/dp/0190462957

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Episode 205: "We Didn't Start the Riots!" Jan 13, 2021

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The riots in Washington DC and the riots in Seattle have revealed some troubling hypocrisy. Many of those who were for one were against the other. While the impetus behind them was different, the justifications people invoked were the same. This inconsistency is what happens when we ignore principles in favor of justifying outcomes.

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Parler

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9130649/Conservative-social-media-platform-Parler-banned-Apple.html

Pilot Threatens to Pull The Plane Over

https://www.businessinsider.com/video-american-airlines-pilot-threat-strand-trump-fans-dc-phoenix-2021-1

Foolishness of the Week

Race Offender Registry

https://nypost.com/2020/12/30/leader-of-blm-inspired-group-calls-for-race-offenders-registry

Topic of the Week

Arash Ayrom

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Episode 204: The Good Old Days Jan 06, 2021

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With the start of a new year, James and Ant look at the phenomenon of nostalgia. Why do we tend to look back on the past with a fondness, and what dangers does that imply for how we look at the present?

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Walk with Shawn

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/black-man-scared-to-walk-in-neighborhood-joined-by-75-neighbors/

Expunging Marijuana Records

https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/12/31/22208659/cannabis-marijuana-illinois-expunge-pardon-pritzker-legal-pot Foolishness of the Week

Bill de Blasio

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/3262037742?pwd=K2kzWGw5eVdBbCttVVo0MnVaeFdVdz09

https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-andy-cohen-rants-mayor-de-blasio-dance-new-years-eve-show-new-york-20210101-azfjzrhbl5aizbsqibzrcm6v7a-story.html

Topic of the Weekhttps://www2.census.gov/library/publications/1956/demographics/p60-23.pdf

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MAPAINUSA646N

https://www.newser.com/story/225645/average-size-of-us-homes-decade-by-decade.html

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Episode 203: Alternative Energy and Economies of Scale Dec 30, 2020

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We haven’t seen widespread adoption of alternative energy because, for many decades, energy generated from fossil fuels was cheaper. As with any technology, as time progressed, superior technologies evolved. Also, as time progressed, demand for alternative energy increased, resulting in economies of scale.

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Federal Reserve Database

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q#0

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/COMPRNFB#0

Jeff Bezos: Richest Person in the World

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/10/944620768/theres-rich-and-theres-jeff-bezos-rich-meet-the-members-of-the-100-billion-club

The Richest People Who Ever Lived

https://www.finance-monthly.com/2019/02/who-is-the-richest-person-that-ever-lived/

Average Person Spends 44 Years Looking at Devices

https://www.studyfinds.org/screen-zombies-average-person-spends-44-years-looking-at-devices/

Foolishness of the Week

Secret Witness

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/531668-washington-post-identifies-powells-secret-witness-as-pro-trump-podcaster

Topic of the Weekhttps://www.cmu.edu/epp/people/faculty/lynne-kiesling.html

https://ourworldindata.org/cheap-renewables-growth

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286674124_Deregulation_innovation_and_market_liberalization_Electricity_regulation_in_a_continually_evolving_environment

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