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Phil Magness joins us to discuss critical race theory: what is it, and why is it controversial?

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We had such good feedback from last week's live tradeoffs episode that we're including the audience Q&A session for this week's episode. Get Your Copy of Cooperation and Coercion Now!

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What do climate change, the covid lockdowns, taxing billionaires, free college, and free healthcare have in common? In each case, politicians would prefer that voters ignore the reality of tradeoffs.

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As events point to the possibility of a second lockdown, we ask what we have learned from the last one. 

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This Week’s Topichttps://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_totaldeaths

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In response to record-breaking deficits, politicians, pundits, and concerned voters are discussing new sources of tax revenue. Unfortunately, they often conflate wealth, income, and unrealized capital gains. This week, we clarify some of the confusion.

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This Week’s Topichttps://taxfoundation.org/publications/state-local-tax-burden-rankings/#Burdens

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFSD

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GNP

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFR

https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/how-do-us-taxes-compare-internationally

https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2021/demo/p60-273.html

https://www.investopedia.com/how-much-does-health-insurance-cost-4774184

https://ips-dc.org/u-s-billionaire-wealth-surged-by-70-percent-or-2-1-trillion-during-pandemic-theyre-now-worth-a-combined-5-trillion/

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This week, we answer listener questions that cover a gamut of topics.

 

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David Card recently won the Nobel Prize in economics for his contributions to the study of labor markets and natural experiments. Some minimum wage proponents confuse these excellent contributions with a particular application of his contributions to a study he conducted of a hike in New Jersey’s minimum wage. We discuss the flaws in that oft-cited study, and the distinction between his contributions and the study.

 

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/11/07/biden-approval-falls-38-midterms-loom-usa-today-suffolk-poll/6320098001/

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The combination of property rights and a profit incentive yields good outcomes. Elephants provide an excellent example.

 

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Politics, not partisanship, and economics are linked because both emerge from humans attempting to employ their abilities to satisfy their needs. In this episode, we explore the connection.

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