This week we sit down with Paul LaPorte again from the Chicago office of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to talk about another key economic statistic generated from the BLS, inflation.  Paul helps to break down how exactly inflation is calculated and dispel some of the myths surrounding it.  Brace yourselves, because we actually talk about how inflation can be a good thing.

Episode 14 - Inflation

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After a very long hiatus I am back and making podcasts again.  Don't worry folks nothing bad happened.  It was more like being an adult got in the way for a while.

Anyway, I chose to use this come-back episode to talk about something related to current events and answer the question of "why do economists keep insisting that there's no such thing as price gouging?"

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Episode 44 - Price Gouging

This week we're talking about Comparative Advantage and asking the question "why should we engage in trade."  I cover both the concept as well as its originator, David Ricardo, who you will discover is in fact "The Most Interesting Man in the World."

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Episode 43 - Comparative Advantage

This week we're back with part two of chapter eleven of book 1 of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, and this one is massive.  We're covering what is known as the Digression on Silver, and wondering if you can call something a digression when it's almost 100 pages long.  

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Episode 42 - The Wealth of Nations 1.11.2 - Rent of Land part 2

We're cranking it to 11 and talking about that most metal of all economists, Joseph Schumpeter and his idea of Creative Destruction.  I cover the intellectual underpinnings of it, the idea itself, and several examples of it throughout history.  

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Episode 41 - Creative Destruction

This week we're covering part 1 of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nation Book 1 Chapter 11: Of the Rent of Land, where we discover exactly why the rent is too damn high, and it has more to do with wheat prices than you might think.

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Episode 14 - Inflation

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