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Episode 19: The Population Boom Could Save the World
Season 1 Episode 19
In 1798, 95 percent of the world lived in poverty. Today, less than 10 percent do, in spite of the world’s population growing by 700 percent in that same time. The common thought among young people …
Published on 8 years, 6 months ago
Episode 18: What You Should Know About Poverty in America
Season 1 Episode 18
Poverty is a big deal – it affects about 41 million people in the United States every year – yet the federal government spends a huge amount of money to end poverty. So much of the government’s welfa…
Published on 8 years, 6 months ago
Episode 17: Earning Profits is Your Social Responsibility
Season 1 Episode 17
We tend to demonize people who make money – how dare they have more than us? But that negative reaction forgets the voluntary role we play in profit-making every day. This week in Words and Numbers, …
Published on 8 years, 6 months ago
Episode 16: Is Your College Degree Worthless?
Season 1 Episode 16
A lot of people assume that any degree increases your income over the course of your life, but it actually seriously depends on what major you choose and what career you go into. This week on Words &…
Published on 8 years, 6 months ago
Episode 15: Government Can't Stop Creative Destruction
Season 1 Episode 15
Technology doesn’t just change things, it utterly destroys things. And that’s just fine. It happens so often that people barely even notice when it does. Think about all the new services that have co…
Published on 8 years, 7 months ago
Episode 14: You Can't Trust Employment Statistics
Season 1 Episode 14
There is no truly good way to measure unemployment, which makes it pretty easy for successive administrations to claim that unemployment is consistently improving. But when we do our level best to in…
Published on 8 years, 7 months ago
Episode 13: The Minimum Wage Conspiracy
Season 1 Episode 13
This week, James & Antony tackle minimum wage laws and present some hard facts that might surprise a lot of people. See below for links to all the data and ideas they're talking about in this episo…
Published on 8 years, 7 months ago
Episode 12: In My Safe Space
Season 1 Episode 12
This week on Words & Numbers James and Ant talk about the “safe spaces” movement on college campuses. Spoiler Alert: they don’t think campuses should be all that safe…at least not for ideas. College …
Published on 8 years, 7 months ago
Episode 11: Actually, Life is Pretty Awesome
Season 1 Episode 11
This week, James and Antony take a brief departure from talking about the growing national debt, and our absurd tax system to discuss the numerous ways in which more economic and personal freedom has…
Published on 8 years, 7 months ago
Episode 10: Hypocritical Partisans Pass Political Power
Season 1 Episode 10
This week, Antony and James are equal-opportunity offenders, discussing the way power not only changes hands from one party to another, but support for political ideas flips back and forth as well. N…
Published on 8 years, 8 months ago