Episode 44 - Price Gouging
Episode 44 - Price Gouging
WE. ARE. BACK.After a very long hiatus I am back and making podcasts again. Don't worry folks nothing bad happened. ... Read more
29 Mar 2020
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39mins
Episode 43 - Comparative Advantage
Episode 43 - Comparative Advantage
This week we're talking about Comparative Advantage and asking the question "why should we engage in trade." I cover bo... Read more
10 Aug 2018
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51mins
Episode 42 - The Wealth of Nations 1.11.2 - Rent of Land part 2
Episode 42 - The Wealth of Nations 1.11.2 - Rent of Land part 2
This week we're back with part two of chapter eleven of book 1 of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, and this one is ma... Read more
31 Jul 2018
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1hr 24mins
Episode 41 - Creative Destruction
Episode 41 - Creative Destruction
We're cranking it to 11 and talking about that most metal of all economists, Joseph Schumpeter and his idea of Creative ... Read more
2 Jul 2018
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40mins
Episode 40 - The Wealth of Nations 1.11.1 - Rent of Land part 1
Episode 40 - The Wealth of Nations 1.11.1 - Rent of Land part 1
This week we're covering part 1 of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nation Book 1 Chapter 11: Of the Rent of Land, where we di... Read more
20 Jun 2018
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45mins
Episode 39 - The Economics of Star Trek
Episode 39 - The Economics of Star Trek
I sit down with Gus Shepard to talk about the possible future of the economy in terms of how realistic the scenarios lai... Read more
11 Jun 2018
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1hr 45mins
Episode 38 - The Wealth of Nations 1.10.2 - Inequalities of Wages and Profits part 2
Episode 38 - The Wealth of Nations 1.10.2 - Inequalities of Wages and Profits part 2
We're back to close out Chapter 10 of Book 1 of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations. We cover the inequalities in wages ... Read more
6 Jun 2018
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54mins
Episode 37 - Objectivism
Episode 37 - Objectivism
I take this episode to talk about a topic which is always irritating to me, that of Objectivism. Specifically, Objectiv... Read more
2 Jun 2018
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48mins
Episode 36 - The Wealth of Nations 1.10.1 - Inequalities of Wages and Profits part 1
Episode 36 - The Wealth of Nations 1.10.1 - Inequalities of Wages and Profits part 1
We're back with another riveting chapter from Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, or at least half of a chapter, as this... Read more
29 May 2018
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1hr 16mins
Episode 35 - The Gold Standard
Episode 35 - The Gold Standard
This week take on the idea of the Gold Standard and get into the trade offs involved with pegging a currency to any kind... Read more
21 May 2018
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42mins