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Episode 19: The Population Boom Could Save the World
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 …
9 years ago
Episode 18: What You Should Know About Poverty in America
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…
9 years ago
Episode 17: Earning Profits is Your Social Responsibility
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-…
9 years ago
Episode 16: Is Your College Degree Worthless?
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…
9 years ago
Episode 15: Government Can't Stop Creative Destruction
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 d…
9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 14: You Can't Trust Employment Statistics
There is no truly good way to measure unemployment, which makes it pretty easy for successive administrations to claim that unemployment is consisten…
9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 13: The Minimum Wage Conspiracy
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 …
9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 12: In My Safe Space
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…
9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 11: Actually, Life is Pretty Awesome
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 wa…
9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 10: Hypocritical Partisans Pass Political Power
This week, Antony and James are equal-opportunity offenders, discussing the way power not only changes hands from one party to another, but support f…
9 years, 2 months ago