That Word! I do not think it means what you think it means.

In which we discuss immigration- and all the crises and problems on both sides of any border that would make 'immigration' a problematic issue, including refugees, economic collapse, spies, welfare states, freedom, and tyranny

Are people incentivized- or disincentivized- to work? By a higher minimum wage, or by a UBI? What does that do to a business's ability to survive and hire people - or to an economy or country, to even the value of a dollar? We disagree about all sorts of things wrt wages, governments, and freedoms, although we agree that most of our leaders should be catapulted into the ocean.

Eric Weinstein article referenced in the show https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26756

In Which We Discuss... What are the risks to society of removing a large chunk of society... from society? Is it worth it to avoid the risks of... not removing them from society, if they're unvaccinated? What assumptions are wrapped up in each stage of that?

We discuss the Campus Expression Survey from Heterodox Academy, general issues of self-censorship, the below article and more.  

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-perpetual-outrage-machine-churns-on-11615214342?st=ex297r5ny45uc2n&reflink=article_gmail_share

https://heterodoxacademy.org/campus-expression-survey/

In which we learn about Clubhouse, discuss what is a 'scientific consensus, a political consensus, what it means to be outside the consensus, whether we're all being gaslit if we don't get to hear whoever's rocking the boat and whether rich people should openly become aristocrats with responsibilities...

This episode was recorded back in February but wasn't published for some reason

In which we start out discuss proposals by Biden and Romney for a 'Children's UBI', explore the bigger idea and implications of a Universal Basic Income for everyone, entertain the likelihood of anything being implemented by a government competently ever, and circle back to what it would take to empower and raise up everybody out of poverty and towards self-sufficiency and informed citizenship, or some such ideal...

Here is an article for reference 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/universal-basic-income-could-be-coming-for-kids-11613574528?mod=searchresults_pos1&page=1

Buy our book here

https://www.amazon.com/Think-That-Word-Means-What/dp/B08M1XBXVH

We discuss a wide range of themes including prosperity, globalization, and communal vs. personal responsibility.

We also focus in early in the episode on how the "powers that be" utilize deliberate misunderstanding to avoid answering the bigger questions that we face.

We are joined by Sarah Nadav, Behavioral Economist and Author of "What the F*CK Should I Do Now?: How to Manage your Money when Money Stops Making Sense".

We have a wide-ranging conversation about the GameStop phenomenon the rise of retail invsetors and potential public policy directions.

Some links

Our Book https://www.amazon.com/Think-That-Word-Means-What/dp/B08M1XBXVH

Sarah's book https://www.amazon.com/What-CK-Should-Do-Now-ebook/dp/B08DHWKFB4

Mark Cuban video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_AJvwy33io

Howard Marks memo https://www.oaktreecapital.com/docs/default-source/memos/knowledge-of-the-future.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0Qf70p_VAwX-sh6XlQN8iTqyTSI1L_gze55agz87z8gvf8kL6nQ6JwGTo

We discuss the basics of what is going on with GameStop. How it works from a laymen's perspective and began to outline the problems surrounding the reaction.

Tune in to Part 2 for more in depth discussion around policy.

Here is the link to the Mark Cuban interview that I referenced at the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_AJvwy33io

Join us as we discuss corporate power, money in politics, and whatever other topics come up.   

Articles and resources

Open secrets money raised by election cycle

https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/business-labor-ideology-split?cycle=2020

An article about Robert Epstein

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-google-search-bias-elections-20190322-story.html

Marsh v. Alabama

https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/571/marsh-v-alabama