In response to the coronavirus, Western governments have told a story that because nobody expected this pandemic, they have had no choice but to enact unprecedented measures and collectively spend trillions to protect our health and economies. This episode exposes why this story is a lie.

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References:

• ‘Trade Adviser Warned White House in January of Risks of a Pandemic’, Maggie Haberman, New York Times.
• ‘The Next Epidemic — Lessons from Ebola’, Bill Gates, The New England Journal of Medicine.
• ‘We Were Warned’, Uri Friedman, The Atlantic.
• ‘Taiwan has only 77 coronavirus cases. Its response to the crisis shows that swift action and widespread healthcare can prevent an outbreak.’, Isaac Scher, Business Insider.
• ‘Timeline: how Australia responded to the coronavirus outbreak’, Paul Karp, The Guardian.
• Joseph Norman, Yaneer Bar-Yam, and Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Systemic risk of pandemic via novel pathogens – Coronavirus: A note, New England Complex Systems Institute (January 26, 2020).
• ‘#102 – Michael Osterholm, Ph.D.: COVID-19—Lessons learned, challenges ahead, and reasons for optimism and concern’, The Peter Attia Drive Podcast.
• ‘Taiwan's coronavirus protocol might be seen as 'extreme' to Canadians, but it works’, Timothy Sly, Macleans.
• ‘Infection Control: Evidence Summary’, Australian Government Department of Health.
• ‘Australian Health Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza’, Australian Government Department of Health, August 2019.
• ‘COVID-19 National Health Plan – National Medical Stockpile – Purchase of Masks, Other Personal Protective Equipment and Pharmaceuticals’, Australian Government Department of Health.
• ‘Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community’, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 29 January 2019.
• ‘We practised for a pandemic, but didn’t brace’, Ian Boyd, Nature.
• ‘World not prepared for the next big pandemic: report’, Leslie Young, Global News. 
• ‘Officials warned Canada couldn’t enforce coronavirus quarantine for travellers from China: memo’, Beatrice Britneff & Amanda Connolly, Global News.
• ‘Ottawa had a playbook for a coronavirus-like pandemic 14 years ago. What went wrong?’, Kathy Tomilson & Grant Robertson, The Globe and Mail.
• ‘Canadian military intelligence unit issued warning about Wuhan outbreak back in January’, CBC, Murray Brewster.
• ‘Timeline of the Coronavirus Pandemic and U.S. Response’, Ryan Goodman & Danielle Schulkin, Just Security.
• ‘Management of the National Medical Stockpile’, ANAO Audit Report No.53 2013–14.
• ‘Everyone Thinks They’re Right About Masks’, Ed Yong, The Atlantic.
• ‘Information on surgical masks – Version 6 (14/04/2020)’, Australian Government, Department of Health.
• ‘Respiratory Infection Transmission (Community) Face Masks and Respirators (AS-1)’, Joanna Briggs Institute.
• ‘COVID-19 - virtual press conference - 30 March 2020’, WHO.
• ‘Statement on healthcare worker use of PPE when caring for suspected, or confirmed COVID-19 patients’, Australian Health Protection Principal Committee.
• ‘Taiwan’s Success Is the Bane of Beijing’s Global Coronavirus Propaganda’, Jo Kim, The Diplomat.
• ‘Coronavirus outbreak prompts warning for Australian GPs to wear masks during consultations’, ABC. 
• ‘COVID-19: WHY WE SHOULD ALL WEAR MASKS — THERE IS NEW SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE’, Sui Hang, Medium.
• ‘US intelligence agencies warned of virus in November | WNT’, ABC News, YouTube.
• ‘Americans are not rallying around Donald Trump during the pandemic’, The Economist.

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Music: Julian Angelatos

Artwork: Nerpa Mate

In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Brendan Putko to discuss all things coronavirus. We talk about the disease, its symptoms, treatment, how it compares to other causes of death, and what individuals, governments and business leaders can do to stay ahead of the virus.

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References:

• Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
• 'Early Thoughts on a Pandemic', Making Sense Podcast.
• 'How Should We Respond to Coronavirus?', Making Sense Podcast. 
• 'Massive Testing Can Stop the Coronavirus Outbreak', Chen Shen and Yaneer Bar-Yam, New England Complex Systems Institute, March 6, 2020.
• 'Why It's Better To Panic Early: Nassim Nicholas Taleb & Yaneer Bar-Yam', YouTube.
• 'Dealing With a Once-In-A-Century Pathogen', Claire Lehmann, Quillette.
• '11 charts That Explain the Coronavirus Pandemic', Dylan Matthews, Vox.
• 'The Next Epidemic — Lessons from Ebola', Bill Gates, The New England Journal of Medicine.

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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate

In this episode, we explore the Trump side of the US-China Trade War, including protectionism, US de-industrialization, China's trade violations and the alleged new cold war taking place before our very eyes.

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• ‘Why Trump Will Win the US China Trade War – Stephen Moore’, American Thought Leaders – The Epoch Times, YouTube.
• ‘US China Trade War: ‘Trump is Not Going to Back Down….This is a War of Values’ – Curtis Ellis’, American Thought Leaders – The Epoch Times, YouTube.
• ‘Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive Our Economy’, Stephen Moore and Arthur B. Laffer, 2018, All Points Books, United States.
• ‘Schism: China, America and the Fracturing of the Global Trading System’, Paul Blustein, 2019, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada.
• ‘Trade War From The Chinese Side’, Milton Ezrati, Forbes.
• ‘How China Really Sees the Trade War’, Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs.
• ‘The U.S. Trade War Has Caught Beijing’s Attention. Now Washington Needs a Longer-Term Plan.’, Tim Roemer, Foreign Policy.
• ‘2018 Data Report’, Reshoring Initiative.
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• ‘The China Shock: Learning from Labor Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade’, David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson, NBER Working Paper No. 21906, January 2016, National Bureau of Economic Research.
• ‘Trump’s Push to Bring Back Jobs to U.S. Shows Limited Results’, Jim Tankersley, New York Times.
• ‘WTO chief: 'Months' needed to fix disputes body’’, Jonathan Josephs, BBC.
• ‘David Autor on Trade, China, and U.S. Labor Markets’, Econ Talk Podcast.
• ‘China’s Currency Moves Escalate Trade War, Rattling Markets’, Ana Swanson, Alexandra Stevenson and Jenna Smialek, New York Times.
• ‘Does China manipulate its currency as Donald Trump claims?’, Farok J Contractor, The Conversation.
• ‘Why Capital Flows Uphill’, Peter Passell, Foreign Policy.
• ‘Why China Buys U.S. Debt With Treasury Bonds’, Shobhit Seth, Investopedia.
• ‘The Impact of China Devaluing the Yuan’, Investopedia.
• ‘China's Xi allowed to remain 'president for life' as term limits removed’, BBC.
• ‘China has started ranking citizens with a creepy 'social credit' system’, Alexandra Ma, Business Insider.
• ‘Made in China 2025: The Industrial Plan that China Doesn’t Want Anyone Talking About’, Emily Crawford, PBS.
• ‘China NBA: How one tweet derailed the NBA's China game plan’, Mark Dreyer, BBC.
• ‘Australia to tighten foreign investment rules amid China concerns’, Jamie Smyth, Financial Times.
• ‘China's Belt and Road Initiative: Where it goes and what it's supposed to accomplish’, CBC.
• ‘China’s Sea Control Is a Done Deal, ‘Short of War With the U.S’’, Hannah Beech, New York Times. 
• ‘Steve Bannon's Warning On China Trade War (w/ Kyle Bass) | Real Vision Classics’, Real Vision Finance, YouTube.
• ‘Steve Bannon on the US-China trade war (full interview)’, CNBC Television, YouTube.
• ‘US China Trade War: ’Trump is Not Going to Back Down… This is a War of Values’—Curtis Ellis’, America Thought Leader – The Epoch Times, YouTube.

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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate

In this episode, we explore the background of free trade, the US-China trade war itself, and why tariffs are a bad idea.

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References:

• ‘Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive Our Economy’, Stephen Moore and Arthur B. Laffer, 2018, All Points Books, United States.
• ‘Schism: China, America and the Fracturing of the Global Trading System’, Paul Blustein, 2019, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada.
• ‘An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations’, Adam Smith, Abridged with Commentary by Laurence Dickey, 1993, Hackett Publishing Company, Indianapolis/Cambridge.
• ‘On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation’, David Ricardo, 1817, republished in 2001, Batoche Books, Kitchener.
• ‘Comparative Advantage’, Investopedia.
• ‘International Trade’, Britannica.
• ‘How Trump's Trade War Went From Method to Madness’, Bloomberg, YouTube.
• ‘A Quick Guide to the US-China Trade War’, BBC.
• ‘US-China trade war: 'We're all paying for this', Virginia Harrison, BBC.
• ‘China tariffs will still cost US $316 billion by end of 2020, even after trade deal’, Gina Heeb, Business Insider.
• ‘The US-China Trade War: A Timeline’, Dorcas Wong & Alexander Chipman Koty, China Briefing.
• ‘I, Pencil: My Family Tree as Told to Leonard E. Read’, Leonard Read, republished by Foundation for Economic Education. 
• ‘Economists Actually Agree on This: The Wisdom of Free Trade’, N. Gregory Mankiw, New York Times.
• The World Trade Historical Database, Giovanni Federico & Antonio Tena-Junguito, VOXeu.org.
• ‘Shooting an Elephant’, The Economist, September 17, 2016.
• ‘Steve Lamar: Announced phase 1 trade deal gave retailers limited relief’, CNBC, YouTube.
• ‘The U.S. Trade Deficit Is Narrowing for Reasons That Aren’t All Good’, Shawn Donnan, Bloomberg.
• ‘Trade War From The Chinese Side’, Milton Ezrati, Forbes.
• ‘How China Really Sees the Trade War’, Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs.
• ‘The U.S. Trade War Has Caught Beijing’s Attention. Now Washington Needs a Longer-Term Plan.’, Tim Roemer, Foreign Policy.
• ‘David Autor on Trade, China, and U.S. Labor Markets’, Econ Talk Podcast.
• ‘Donald Trump accuses China of trade 'rape'’, The Telegraph, YouTube.
• ‘Donald Trump FULL Speech | Toledo, Ohio Rally (10/27/2016)’, ABC News, YouTube.
• ‘Trump vs Friedman - Trade Policy Debate’, LibertyPen, YouTube.
• ‘Milton Friedman - Congressional House Economic Task Force (1993)’, BasicEconomics, YouTube.
• ‘Krugman Says U.S. Not Taken Advantage of in Trade Deals’, Bloomberg Politics, YouTube.
• ‘Don Boudreaux - Why Free Trade is ALWAYS Best Policy’, LibertyPen, YouTube.
• ‘Trade wars are easy to start, very hard to stop: Economist Thomas Sowell’, Fox Business, YouTube.
• ‘Milton Friedman - Free Trade’, BasicEconomics, YouTube.

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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate

In the fourth episode of the Universal Basic Income (UBI) series, we explore the question: Why would you oppose UBI? We look at the flaws of the automation argument, UBI's enormous cost, how UBI would affect work, and other potential problems.

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References:

• ‘Utopia for Realists: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-Hour Workweek’, Rutger Bregman, 2016, The Correspondent.
• ‘Basic Income: A Guide for the Open-Minded’, Guy Standing, 2017, Yale University Press, New Haven and London.
• ‘In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State’, Charles Murray, 2006, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington DC.
• ‘Capitalism and Freedom’, Milton Friedman (with the assistance of Rose D. Friedman), 1962, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
• Basic Income Earth Network website.
• Intelligence Squared Debate: ‘The Universal Basic Income Is the Safety Net of the Future.’
• The Joe Rogan Experience, ‘Episode #1309 - Naval Ravikant’.
• Yang 2020 website.
• ‘What billionaires and business titans say about cash handouts in 2017’, Catherine Clifford, CNBC.
• ‘Universal Basic Income, In Perspective’, David R. Henderson, Hoover Institution.
• ‘No Strings Attached: The Behavioural Effects of U.S. Unconditional Cash Transfer Programs’, Roosevelt Institute.
• United States Bureau of Labor Statistics website.
• Parliament of Australia website.
• ‘Does Andrew Yang’s Freedom Dividend Proposal Add Up?’, Kyle Pomerleau, Tax Foundation.
• ‘Andrew Yang’s Math Doesn’t Add Up on Universal Basic Income’, Jacob Dowell, Foundation for Economic Education.

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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate

In the third episode in the Universal Basic Income (UBI) series, we explore the libertarian arguments for UBI. These range from deeming private charity a market failure, a preference for UBI over the welfare state, and UBI as a necessary bulwark against coercion.

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References:

• ‘Basic Income: A Guide for the Open-Minded’, Guy Standing, 2017, Yale University Press, New Haven and London.
• ‘In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State’, Charles Murray, 2006, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington DC.
• ‘Capitalism and Freedom’, Milton Friedman (with the assistance of Rose D. Friedman), 1962, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
• Making Sense with Sam Harris Podcast, ‘Episode #73 – Forbidden Knowledge’.
• Intelligence Squared Debate: ‘The Universal Basic Income Is the Safety Net of the Future.’
• ‘Scrap the Welfare State and Give People Free Money’, Matthew Feeney, Reason.
• ‘The Libertarian Case for a Basic Income, Matt Zwolinski, Libertarianism.org.
• ‘A Hayekian Case for Free Markets and a Basic Income’ (May 30, 2019), Matt Zwolinski, The Future of Work, Technology, and Basic Income, edited by Michael Cholbi and Michael Weber (Routledge, 2019).
• LibertyPen, ‘Milton Friedman – The Negative Income Tax’.
• ‘The Economic Case for a Universal Basic Income’, Ed Dolan, Medium.
• Students for Liberty, ‘Debate: Should libertarians support a Universal Basic Income?’

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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate

In the second episode of the Universal Basic Income (UBI) series, we explore the progressive arguments for UBI, such as a solution for homelessness and artificial intelligence (AI), freedom, social justice, re-defining the meaning of work, and the mysterious link to Communism.

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References:

• ‘Utopia for Realists: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-Hour Workweek’, Rutger Bregman, 2016, The Correspondent.
• ‘Basic Income: A Guide for the Open-Minded’, Guy Standing, 2017, Yale University Press, New Haven and London.
• ‘Basic Income: A Radical Proposal for a Free Society and a Sane Economy’, Philippe Van Parijs & Yannick Vanderborght, 2017, Harvard University Press.
• ‘Raising the Floor: How a Universal Basic Income Can Renew Our Economy and Rebuild the American Dream’, Andrew Stern & Lee Kravistz, 2016, Public Affairs.
• Basic Income Earth Network website.
• Making Sense with Sam Harris Podcast, ‘Episode #130 – Universal Basic Income’.
• Intelligence Squared Debate: ‘The Universal Basic Income Is the Safety Net of the Future.’
• World Economic Forum: ‘A Basic Income for All: Dream or Delusion?’
• The Joe Rogan Experience, ‘Episode #1309 - Naval Ravikant’.
• Yang 2020 website.
• Tedx Talks, ‘Basic Income: Utopia or Solution?’, Guy Standing. 
• H3 Podcast, ‘Andrew Yang – H3 Podcast #132.’
• ‘Free Money Is Not So Funny Anymore: Confessions of a (Former) Skeptic of Basic Income. Gleb Tsipursky, Salon.
• United States Bureau of Labor Statistics website.
• ‘A Capitalist Road to Communism’, Robert van der Veen and Philippe Van Parijs, 1986, Theory and Society.

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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate

This is the first episode in a four-part series on Universal Basic Income (UBI). We explore the meaning of UBI, its history, and the experiments conducted on UBI around the world.

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References:

• ‘Utopia’, Thomas More, 1516, republished by Planet eBook.
• ‘On Assistance to the Poor’, Juan Luis Vives, 1526, republished by University of Toronto Press.
• ‘Utopia for Realists: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-Hour Workweek’, Rutger Bregman, 2016, The Correspondent.
• ‘Basic Income: A Guide for the Open-Minded’, Guy Standing, 2017, Yale University Press, New Haven and London.
• ‘Basic Income: A Radical Proposal for a Free Society and a Sane Economy’, Philippe Van Parijs & Yannick Vanderborght, 2017, Harvard University Press.
• Basic Income Earth Network website.
• World Economic Forum: ‘A Basic Income for All: Dream or Delusion?’
• Yang 2020 website.
• Tedx Talks, ‘Basic Income: Utopia or Solution?’, Guy Standing.
• ‘MLK Advocates for Guaranteed Income at Stanford (1967)’.
• LibertyPen, ‘Milton Friedman – The Negative Income Tax’.
• ‘Primer on Universal Basic Income’, Ray Dalio, Linkedin.
• ‘Switzerland’s Voters Reject Basic Income Plan’, BBC.
• ‘A Guaranteed Income: Why the Swiss Said No’, The Local.
• ‘The Amazing True Socialist Miracle of the Alaska Permanent Fund’, Dylan Matthews, Vox.
• ‘No Strings Attached: The Behavioural Effects of U.S. Unconditional Cash Transfer Programs’, Roosevelt Institute.

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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate

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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate