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The riots in Washington DC and the riots in Seattle have revealed some troubling hypocrisy. Many of those who were for one were against the other. While the impetus behind them was different, the justifications people invoked were the same. This inconsistency is what happens when we ignore principles in favor of justifying outcomes.

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Parler

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9130649/Conservative-social-media-platform-Parler-banned-Apple.html

Pilot Threatens to Pull The Plane Over

https://www.businessinsider.com/video-american-airlines-pilot-threat-strand-trump-fans-dc-phoenix-2021-1

Foolishness of the Week

Race Offender Registry

https://nypost.com/2020/12/30/leader-of-blm-inspired-group-calls-for-race-offenders-registry

Topic of the Week

Arash Ayrom

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With the start of a new year, James and Ant look at the phenomenon of nostalgia. Why do we tend to look back on the past with a fondness, and what dangers does that imply for how we look at the present?

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Walk with Shawn

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/black-man-scared-to-walk-in-neighborhood-joined-by-75-neighbors/

Expunging Marijuana Records

https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/12/31/22208659/cannabis-marijuana-illinois-expunge-pardon-pritzker-legal-pot Foolishness of the Week

Bill de Blasio

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/3262037742?pwd=K2kzWGw5eVdBbCttVVo0MnVaeFdVdz09

https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-andy-cohen-rants-mayor-de-blasio-dance-new-years-eve-show-new-york-20210101-azfjzrhbl5aizbsqibzrcm6v7a-story.html

Topic of the Weekhttps://www2.census.gov/library/publications/1956/demographics/p60-23.pdf

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MAPAINUSA646N

https://www.newser.com/story/225645/average-size-of-us-homes-decade-by-decade.html

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We haven’t seen widespread adoption of alternative energy because, for many decades, energy generated from fossil fuels was cheaper. As with any technology, as time progressed, superior technologies evolved. Also, as time progressed, demand for alternative energy increased, resulting in economies of scale.

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Federal Reserve Database

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q#0

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/COMPRNFB#0

Jeff Bezos: Richest Person in the World

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/10/944620768/theres-rich-and-theres-jeff-bezos-rich-meet-the-members-of-the-100-billion-club

The Richest People Who Ever Lived

https://www.finance-monthly.com/2019/02/who-is-the-richest-person-that-ever-lived/

Average Person Spends 44 Years Looking at Devices

https://www.studyfinds.org/screen-zombies-average-person-spends-44-years-looking-at-devices/

Foolishness of the Week

Secret Witness

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/531668-washington-post-identifies-powells-secret-witness-as-pro-trump-podcaster

Topic of the Weekhttps://www.cmu.edu/epp/people/faculty/lynne-kiesling.html

https://ourworldindata.org/cheap-renewables-growth

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286674124_Deregulation_innovation_and_market_liberalization_Electricity_regulation_in_a_continually_evolving_environment

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This Christmas special is a montage of “best of” moments from Words and Numbers. Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all our listeners and supporters!

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The tool each of us uses most often - language - presents an interesting contradiction. To communicate ideas clearly and efficiently, words must have meanings. Yet, because language is an emergent phenomenon, words and words’ meanings change. This has important implications for everything from how we interact with each other on a daily basis to what rights the Constitution claims to protect.

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Quick HitsPresidential Restraint

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/politics/joe-biden-audio-civil-rights-leaders/index.html

Should Biden Pardon Trump?

https://theconstitutionalist.org/2020/12/13/joe-biden-should-pardon-donald-trump/

Foolishness of the Week

MAGA Protesters

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/protesters-chant-destroy-the-gop-at-pro-trump-rally-1102967/

Topic of the Weekhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_québécois_de_la_langue_française

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2392586/Oxford-English-Dictionary-admits-used-wrong-sense-word-literally.html

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For our 200th episode, Larry Reed joins us to talk about his experiences in spreading the good news of liberty and freedom.

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Hope

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A939RX0Q048SBEA

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

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/12/05/fortune-telling-businesses-booming-during-covid-19-pandemic/

Foolishness of the Week

https://www.ajc.com/politics/trump-tells-gop-to-vote-in-rigged-election/IVGOUWDVBBCXHJU573QB5H5XVY/

Topic of the WeekLarry Reed

https://fee.org/people/lawrence-w-reed/

Books by Larry Reed

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Many people’s misunderstandings about disparate subjects like insurance, profits, and financial speculators have their roots in a single source - a misunderstanding of risk. One of the most important discoveries that gave rise to our technologically advanced world is how to turn risk into a commodity that can be bought and sold.

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Quick HitsSocial Security race gap

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/2017/015.pdf

One-third of NJ businesses close

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/527901-almost-one-third-of-small-businesses-in-new-jersey-have-have-closed

Foolishness of the Week

Trump claims FBI rigged the election

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-baselessly-suggests-fbi-rigged-election-against-him-in-first-post-election-interview

Topic of the Week: Misunderstanding of Risk

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In part 2 of this two-part episode, Steve Horwitz joins us to discuss the realities and myths surrounding gender discrimination and the gender pay gap.

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Quick HitsWomen comprise 67% of HR workforce

https://www.hrdive.com/news/hr-is-overwhelmingly-white-and-female-data-indicates/548600

Venezuelans making their own gas

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-pdvsa-gasoline-feature-idUSKBN27Z1LR

Foolishness of the Week

14 hours for a burger

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8972231/In-N-Burger-chain-opens-two-Colorado-outlets-leading-fights-epic-14-hour-lines.html

Topic of the Week

Steve Horwitz

https://www.amazon.com/Steven-Horwitz/e/B001JP8I1I

Lawsuits under the equal pay act

https://www.eeoc.gov/statistics/eeoc-litigation-statistics-fy-1997-through-fy-2019

Unemployment rates for men and women

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS14000001

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS14000002

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In part 1 of this two-part episode, Steve Horwitz joins us to discuss the realities and myths surrounding gender discrimination and the gender pay gap.

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Quick HitsWhat the Constitution means to me

https://constitutionbroadway.com

Foolishness of the Week

Student loan forgiveness

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2020/11/16/biden-student-loan-forgiveness-figures-in-my-plan/

Topic of the Week

Steve Horwitz

https://www.amazon.com/Steven-Horwitz/e/B001JP8I1I

Lawsuits under the equal pay act

https://www.eeoc.gov/statistics/eeoc-litigation-statistics-fy-1997-through-fy-2019

Unemployment rates for men and women

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS14000001

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS14000002

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One of the unintended consequences of government overreach is that everything becomes politicized. Much of the acrimony in our political environment is due to the fact that the government has (and often uses) the power to tell people how to live their lives. That power, in turn, comes from the fact that the people ask government for more and more stuff, handing over more of their power with each request.

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Quick HitsExtreme Poverty on the Rise

http://toinformistoinfluence.com/news/business-54448589

Happiness is Genetic

https://nypost.com/2020/11/06/nearly-half-of-happiness-is-genetic-so-most-of-us-are-doomed/

Foolishness of the Week

2020 Presidential Denial

Topic of the Week: Politicizing Government

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