Podcast Episodes

Episode 239: Who Ultimately Pays a Tax?

Season 1 Episode 239

In an interesting twist of economics, it turns out that governments have no control over who ultimately pays a tax. Politicians can say they’re taxing consumers or taxing producers or taxing anyone e…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Episode 238: Term Limits Revisited

Season 1 Episode 238

Commonwealth Foundation Vice-President Nathan Benefield disagreed with our take on term limits from a couple of episodes ago. So we invited him to give arguments in favor.

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Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Episode 237: Can the CDC Mandate Moratoriums?

Season 1 Episode 237

The CDC has mandated a moratorium on evictions. Under the CDC’s rules, landlords may not evict renters who haven’t paid their rent. But it is unclear that even Congress would have the constitutional …

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Episode 236: Errors We Repeat in Politics, Pt. 2

Season 1 Episode 236

We all have a tendency to repeat things we hear. But when many people start repeating the same thing, we come to believe that the thing must be true. Unfortunately, this happens a lot when it comes t…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Episode 235: Errors We Repeat in Politics, Pt. 1

Season 1 Episode 235

We all have a tendency to repeat things we hear. But when many people start repeating the same thing, we come to believe that the thing must be true. Unfortunately, this happens a lot when it comes t…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Episode 234: Errors We Repeat in Economics

Season 1 Episode 234

We all have a tendency to repeat things we hear. But when many people start repeating the same thing, we come to believe that the thing must be true. Unfortunately, this happens a lot when it comes t…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Episode 233: Disincentivizing Taxes

Season 1 Episode 233

If there’s a single core principle in economics, it’s that people respond to incentives. Whether governments intend to, imposing taxes on people causes those people to change their behaviors. Consequ…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Episode 232: A Constitutional Shift

Season 1 Episode 232

Over the past century and a half, the federal government has quietly morphed from a government based on a constitution to a government based on a constitutional tradition. As it has done so, the Supr…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Episode 231: The Misinformation on Inflation

Season 1 Episode 231

Consumer prices have been rising more than usual since February. James and Ant discuss the nature of inflation, what causes it, and when it is and isn’t a bad thing.

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Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Episode 230: The Words and Numbers Trio Pt. 2

Season 1 Episode 230

Clark Neily, Rob McDonald, and Howard Baetjer join us for the second part of a free-wheeling conversation on government, history, and economics.

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Published on 4 years, 5 months ago