Episode 12 is about the labor market and specifically about getting a job -- applications, open jobs, the number of jobs that exist, whether those jobs are even real, how long it takes to get a job, what jobs are "hot" and which ones are ... less hot? Joe struggles with these descriptions. Possibly undue and immodest humility in his way? Hmmm! For more on that, contact your nearest Sensitive Young Man.

Heather brings her usual authoritative and nuanced expertise to this topic. Joe brings bombastic and clueless questions and speculation. Par for the course, if you've listened to our other episodes. Also, Joe got a new webcam and so he looks even weirder than usual. Sound off in the comments if you'd like Joe to use his old webcam, or if you'd rather Joe turn off his video altogether.

This episode brought to you by self-deprecating humor. Self-deprecating humor: Joe doesn't do it very well. Self-deprecating humor.

(I hope you see what Joe did there, because he was doing it as hard as he could.)

In this episode, we tackled a light topic with very little controversy around it: the economics of immigration. Ha!

Heather mentions a paper from the Dallas Federal Reserve, and I promised a link to it, so here it is: https://www.dallasfed.org/research/papers/2026/wp2607

Heather also recommended an app/website called "TooGoodtoGo" to make better use of food that might otherwise go to waste.

Joe recommended a telescopic fishing rod. You don't need a link for that. Just get one and go fishing!

Whether people come from the perspective of economic growth, climate change, nationalism, or any number of other perspectives, everyone seems to have an opinion on declining birth rates. In this episode, we talk about the economics of this issue and share about our personal connections.

What do you think? Connect with us on social media where we're @moronomics on X, Bluesky, and YouTube. If you like this show, tell your friends and family about it. If you don't like this show, tell people who you don't like about it. If you don't like or dislike this show, just tell whoever. Or, and this is always an option, regardless of how you feel about the show: just try and have a great day.

Or don't!

In this episode, the roles are reversed, with Heather asking Joe questions about his experiences with GLP-1 drugs. These include semaglutide and tirzepatide, or their brand names like Ozempic and Zepbound. Joe talks about his own experiences with being fat and using these drugs to become less fat. Then Heather fills us in on the possible economic ramifications of the growing use of GLP-1's.

Joe is using the show notes to promote the new Substack of his friend John, who recently retired from the US Capitol Police. Check out https://substack.com/@intentionalcommand for John's thoughts about topics like leadership and crisis management.

Don't forget to check out Heather's Substack as well: https://economyheather.substack.com/

This episode was, much like the subject, a lot of ups and downs? There are reasons to be pessimistic, but it's not all despair. Heather has so much knowledge about this topic, which isn't surprising, as she seems to know a great deal about a lot of things.

You can find us on various social media sites as @moronomics. Thanks for listening, and take care.

Our first episode inspired by a request from someone who emailed us! Heather explains net worth. Is it any good? Do we like it? How do we get it? Net worth! And now Joe is kicking himself for talking about fishing and not making a pun about "net" worth.

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This episode begins somewhat bombastically, with a special one-time-only intro! Then we get down to business -- a shout-out to Jerome Powell as well as Joe's favorite fighter jet. Then we actually get down to business. Heather explains the petrodollar, oil, and the economics of all this... well, all this. Can you imagine how well a non-moron could understand everything? Well you don't have to imagine! Subscribe to Heather's substack "Everyday Economics." Also, watch the news, because sometimes Heather just shows up there!

We had a brief delay (usually we release these on Wednesdays) because this show is for fun and real life takes priority!

Heather shares from her wealth of knowledge and experience about the economics of housing.

In the middle (during our break for socials and plugs) she also related a touching and inspiring story from her beginnings in broadcast media.

We hope you enjoy the show.

We're on YouTube, X, and bluesky as @moronomics, but Joe hasn't gotten into the habit of posting at any of them yet. Email us at [email protected].

At the request of a listener, we did an episode on cryptocurrency. Apologies for Joe's audio -- he didn't realize it was so bad until after the recording.

Check out Everyday Economics, the substack that Heather writes! She's also @byheatherlong on X

@moronomics on X, BlueSky, and YouTube

Reach out to an old friend - someone you haven't talked to in a while.

In this episode, Heather explains tariffs. But wait! There was big news about tariffs! So there's a first ever COLD OPEN about the tariff news. Then we get back to normal, Heather trying to explain tariffs to Joe.