Podcast Episodes

Episode 328: Artificial Intelligence

Season 1 Episode 328

People are saying that artificial intelligence will destroy jobs and enslave humans. We’ve heard this many times before. Before artificial intelligence, people said it about computers. Before compute…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Episode 327: To Vote or Not To Vote

Season 1 Episode 327

Episode 327: To Vote or Not To Vote

This week’s episode comes live from Sandy High School in Sandy Oregon where James and I give arguments for and against voting. Foolishness of the week: 07:56 Main…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Episode 326: Gender and Race Wage Gaps

Season 1 Episode 326

We hear that women make 80 cents for every dollar that men make, and that blacks earn less than whites. This week, we delve into the data and find these claims far more complicated and interesting th…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Episode 325: Central Bank Digital Currencies

Season 1 Episode 325

One of the things that cryptocurrency has done is to prompt central banks to develop their own digital currencies. These will combine the downsides of private digital currencies with the downsides of…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Episode 324: How Much Do Americans Earn?

Season 1 Episode 324

The question, “How much do Americans earn?” seems simple. But there are so many moving parts below the surface that there is no single answer. For example, by “earn” do we mean “money from a job” or …

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Episode 323: Losing the Dollar

Season 1 Episode 323

What happens if the dollar is no longer a world currency? Financial expert Pete Earle joins us to discuss his recent article on the end of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Foolishness of …

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Episode 322: A Smorgasbord of Topics

Season 1 Episode 322

Bank runs, green investing, doctor shortage in Europe, are people getting dumber? Foolishness of the week: 09:07 Main episode: 11:32

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Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Episode 321: Space and Property

Season 1 Episode 321

Episode 321: Space and Property

As humans venture out into space - not just under the auspices of government, but now as private citizens - establishing and adjudicating property rights will become e…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Episode 320: Politics, Anarchy, and Baseball

Season 1 Episode 320

Episode 320: Politics, Anarchy, and Baseball

Economist, former mayor, self-professed anarchist, and baseball fan Randy Simmons joins us this week to talk about government and politics through the e…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Episode 319: The Death of Silicon Valley Bank

Season 1 Episode 319

Many listeners have asked that we do an episode on the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and its implications for the rest of the banking sector. Peter Earle, economist and former Wall Street trader, jo…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago