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Episode 239: Who Ultimately Pays a Tax?
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 taxin…
4 years, 9 months ago
Episode 238: Term Limits Revisited
Commonwealth Foundation Vice-President Nathan Benefield disagreed with our take on term limits from a couple of episodes ago. So we invited him to gi…
4 years, 9 months ago
Episode 237: Can the CDC Mandate Moratoriums?
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…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 236: Errors We Repeat in Politics, Pt. 2
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.…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 235: Errors We Repeat in Politics, Pt. 1
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.…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 234: Errors We Repeat in Economics
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.…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 233: Disincentivizing Taxes
If there’s a single core principle in economics, it’s that people respond to incentives. Whether governments intend to, imposing taxes on people caus…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 232: A Constitutional Shift
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 con…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 231: The Misinformation on Inflation
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 is…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 230: The Words and Numbers Trio Pt. 2
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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4 years, 11 months ago