This week’s bonus episode is a lecture Ant gave recently at Oklahoma State University on Cooperation and Coercion.

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Clark Neily returns this week to discuss recent court cases involving developments with qualified immunity.

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https://www.thecentersquare.com/west_virginia/west-virginia-ranks-as-one-of-the-worst-states-for-economic-freedom/article_4573ddba-4a27-11eb-8412-6739f37a0035.html

https://www.npr.org/local/305/2021/04/14/987174386/west-virginia-is-paying-remote-workers-12-000-to-move-there

https://www.macrotrends.net/states/west-virginia/population

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_Procedures_Reform_Bill_of_1937

https://www.reuters.com/business/legal/most-americans-want-end-lifetime-supreme-court-appointments-2021-04-18/

Foolishness of the Week

https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/16/22388184/new-york-affordable-internet-cost-low-income-price-cap-bill

Topic of the Week: Qualified Immunity

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This week’s bonus episode is an interview we gave on Andrew Heaton’s podcast, The Political Orphanage.

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This week, comedian and political commentator Andrew Heaton joins us to talk about his forthcoming book on Tribalism.

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Keep Wearing Masks

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html

https://www.uchealth.org/today/why-we-must-wear-masks-even-after-getting-the-covid-19-vaccine/

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/03/30/981303287/should-masking-last-beyond-the-pandemic-flu-and-colds-are-down-spurring-a-debate

Foolishness of the Week

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-8e31fdc2b54f9d61e4d317449507c7be

Topic of the Week

Andrew Heaton

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The Political Orphanage

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This week’s bonus episode is a lecture James gave on law and markets. There are accompanying slides, the link to which is below.

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The latest Congressional Budget Office numbers are out showing how much different income groups pay in federal taxes. We combine these numbers with our informal surveys of students to find some interesting conclusions as to who is and is not paying their fair share.

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Shrinking Inequality

https://www.wsj.com/articles/incredible-shrinking-income-inequality-11616517284

Quality of Life https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2011/demo/well-being/p70-136.html

Virus Passes

https://www.politico.eu/article/united-kingdom-coronavirus-certificate-sporting-events-nightclubs/

Foolishness of the Week

Weddings in Vegas

https://apnews.com/article/occasions-weddings-couples-marriage-las-vegas-39d3418e06b212a63ade2e61eda295dc

Topic of the Week: Income

https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56575

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This week’s bonus episode is a couple of short interviews Ant gave on current economic topics.

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John Tobacco’s Liquid Lunch

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The High Street Journal
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Russell Shorto joins us this week to discuss his latest book, Smalltime: A story of my family and the mob.

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Postal Service

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-postal-service-overhaul-calls-for-higher-prices-slower-mail-and-more-packages-11616509800

Alien Languages

https://www.wsj.com/articles/alien-languages-may-not-be-entirely-alien-to-us-11616817660

Foolishness of the Week

Lifeguard Millionaires

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/03/27/top-paid-la-lifeguards-earned-up-to-392000-in-2019/

This Week on Patreon

https://techxplore.com/news/2021-03-pandemic-fuels-boomin-virtual-reality.html

Topic of the Week: Smalltime

Russell Shorto

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https://www.amazon.com/Smalltime-Story-My-Family-Mob/dp/0393245586

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This week’s bonus episode is an interview Ant gave recently on Book Talk with Corbin Seavers.

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People hear things that sound right or interesting, and then repeat them without checking the facts. This is how urban legends are created. On this week’s episode, we discuss some economics urban legends.

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The Platform

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In Time

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Your Papers!https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56460329

Foolishness of the Week

Sue Bird vs. LeBron James

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Topic of the Week: Urban Legends

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