In this second of a two part series, Max Borders joins us to discuss his recent book, After Collapse: The End of America and the Rebirth of Her Ideals. Despite the title and the subject matter, it is an honest but upbeat analysis of political, economic, and cultural changes that have put us on a path to transformation.

Get Your Copy of Cooperation and Coercion Now!

http://www.cooperationandcoercion.com

Show Your Support for Words & Numbers at Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/wordsandnumbers

Quick Hits

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/01/oregon-decriminalizes-all-drugs-offers-treatment-instead-jail-time/4311046001/

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2018/03/more-imprisonment-does-not-reduce-state-drug-problems

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2681083/

https://news.yahoo.com/fbi-informant-panic-ruining-friendships-042446613.html

Foolishness of the Week

https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-chris-cuomo-andrew-cuomo-nursing-home-scandal

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9256103/Chris-Cuomo-fire-saying-brothers-COVID-deaths-coverup-scandal.html

Topic of the WeekAfter CollapseThe Social SingularityFuture Frontiers

Join the Conversation

Words & Numbers Backstage

https://www.facebook.com/groups/130029457649243/

Let Us Know What You Think

mailto:[email protected]

Antony Davies on Twitter

https://twitter.com/antonydavies

James R. Harrigan on Twitter

https://twitter.com/JamesRHarrigan

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s bonus episode is an interview we recently gave on the Libertarian Christian Podcast.

Max Borders joins us to discuss his recent book, After Collapse: The End of America and the Rebirth of Her Ideals. Despite the title and the subject matter, it is an honest but upbeat analysis of political, economic, and cultural changes that have put us on a path to transformation.

Get Your Copy of Cooperation and Coercion Now!

http://www.cooperationandcoercion.com

Show Your Support for Words & Numbers at Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/wordsandnumbers

Quick Hits

30 minutes’ worth of Googling Krogerhttps://www.ibisworld.com/industry-statistics/employment/supermarkets-grocery-stores-united-states/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/999141/gross-margin-of-kroger/

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/537002-kroger-closing-two-stores-after-city-orders-higher-pandemic-pay-for-workers

https://www.workforce.com/news/labor-and-benefits-expenses-in-supermarkets

http://s1.q4cdn.com/137099145/files/doc_downloads/irw/fact_books/2016-PDF-Fact-Book.pdf

MOMA

https://dnyuz.com/2021/02/05/facing-deficit-met-considers-selling-art-to-help-pay-the-bills/

Foolishness of the Week

https://apnews.com/article/house-gop-votes-greene-d00c46241478d39db3996a36f5cbf91e

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/greene-blasts-morons-who-stripped-her-of-committee-posts-hours-after-expressing-contrition/ar-BB1dqCPl

Topic of the WeekAfter CollapseThe Social SingularityFuture Frontiers

Join the Conversation

Words & Numbers Backstage

https://www.facebook.com/groups/130029457649243/

Let Us Know What You Think

mailto:[email protected]

Antony Davies on Twitter

https://twitter.com/antonydavies

James R. Harrigan on Twitter

https://twitter.com/JamesRHarrigan

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s bonus episode is a recording of a live Q&A with Clark Neily of the Cato Institute.

Get Your Copy of Cooperation and Coercion Now!

http://www.cooperationandcoercion.com

Show Your Support for Words & Numbers at Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/wordsandnumbers

Bonus Interview

https://www.cato.org/people/clark-neily

Join the Conversation

Words & Numbers Backstage

https://www.facebook.com/groups/130029457649243/

Let Us Know What You Think

mailto:[email protected]

Antony Davies on Twitter

https://twitter.com/antonydavies

James R. Harrigan on Twitter

https://twitter.com/JamesRHarrigan

Federal policies have been hitting small businesses particularly hard. From the lockdown to heightened IRS scrutiny to an increased minimum wage to an expanded estate tax, many federal policies harm small businesses more than corporations and so jeopardizes the livelihoods of almost half of American workers.

Get Your Copy of Cooperation and Coercion Now!

http://www.cooperationandcoercion.com

Show Your Support for Words & Numbers at Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/wordsandnumbers

Quick Hits

Chick-fil-A

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/south-carolina-chick-fil-a-manager-covid-19-vaccine-drive-thru

Dodger Stadium

https://news.yahoo.com/dodger-stadiums-covid-19-vaccination-233339650.html

Foolishness of the Week

Impeachment 1

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/us/politics/trump-butch-bowers-impeachment.html

Impeachment 2https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/30/politics/butch-bowers-deborah-barbier-trump-impeachment-team/index.html

Topic of the Week

The War on Small Businesseshttps://insidesources.com/the-war-on-small-business/

Minimum Wage Costs 1.3 Million Jobshttps://reason.com/2019/07/08/cbo-says-15-federal-minimum-wage-will-cost-1-3-million-jobs/

List of Minimum Wage Peer-Reviewed Researchhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1fbSTGYQP5ObsEMjgbDWB2W8pgz64XZS5/view?usp=sharing

The Economics of the Estate Tax

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SrMWCAq-HfJdRGBjjQ7kr-KMTGlJjKvX/view?usp=sharing

Survey of Businesses Owners on the Effect of the Estate Taxhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-6248.1996.00303.x Union Contracts Tied to Minimum Wagehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/edrensi/2017/01/19/why-it-is-that-unions-fund-the-fight-for-15/

States to Tax Stimulus Loan Forgiveness

https://advocacy.sba.gov/2020/11/03/some-states-may-tax-forgiven-ppp-loan-proceeds/

IRS Targeting Small Businesses

https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/tax-compliance/news/21205514/irs-expected-to-audit-more-small-businesses-in-2021

Join the Conversation

Words & Numbers Backstage

https://www.facebook.com/groups/130029457649243/

Let Us Know What You Think

mailto:[email protected]

Antony Davies on Twitter

https://twitter.com/antonydavies

James R. Harrigan on Twitter

https://twitter.com/JamesRHarrigan

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s bonus episode is of James’ recent interview on the Check Your Bias podcast

Get Your Copy of Cooperation and Coercion Now!

http://www.cooperationandcoercion.com

Show Your Support for Words & Numbers at Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/wordsandnumbers

Bonus Interview

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/check-your-bias/id1500221730

https://www.linkedin.com/in/martingilvary/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aj-handegard-1a8086191/

Join the Conversation

Words & Numbers Backstage

https://www.facebook.com/groups/130029457649243/

Let Us Know What You Think

mailto:[email protected]

Antony Davies on Twitter

https://twitter.com/antonydavies

James R. Harrigan on Twitter

https://twitter.com/JamesRHarrigan

POBJNsLZYZww8rj5f7Cn

This week we discuss a smorgasbord of topics related to the division of power among the branches: pardons, judicial review, agencies, and bureaucracy.

Get Your Copy of Cooperation and Coercion Now!

http://www.cooperationandcoercion.com

Show Your Support for Words & Numbers at Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/wordsandnumbers

Quick Hits

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2021/01/21/census-estimates-show-population-decline-in-16-states

Foolishness of the Week

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/01/21/covid-vaccines-coronavirus-internet-ads/

Topic of the Week: Powers of U.S. Government’s Branches

Join the Conversation

Words & Numbers Backstage

https://www.facebook.com/groups/130029457649243/

Let Us Know What You Think

mailto:[email protected]

Antony Davies on Twitter

https://twitter.com/antonydavies

James R. Harrigan on Twitter

https://twitter.com/JamesRHarrigan

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ant recently appeared on the Fundamental Freedoms podcast with Steve Burgess and David Sabine. The interview is also available on YouTube.

Fundamental Freedoms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA4xq8y61h8

Get Your Copy of Cooperation and Coercion Now!

http://www.cooperationandcoercion.com

Show Your Support for Words & Numbers at Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/wordsandnumbers

Join the Conversation

Words & Numbers Backstage

https://www.facebook.com/groups/130029457649243/

Let Us Know What You Think

mailto:[email protected]

Antony Davies on Twitter

https://twitter.com/antonydavies

James R. Harrigan on Twitter

https://twitter.com/JamesRHarrigan

Episode 206: A Dutch immigrant gives us a view of the United States from the outside, and a view of the Netherlands from the inside: immigration, taxes, social safety nets, and community.

Get Your Copy of Cooperation and Coercion Now!

http://www.cooperationandcoercion.com

Show Your Support for Words & Numbers at Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/wordsandnumbers

Quick Hits

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/17/3rd-antitrust-lawsuit-hits-google-447741

https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share

https://www.statista.com/statistics/265773/market-share-of-the-most-popular-social-media-websites-in-the-us

https://www.wired.com/2002/11/u-s-v-microsoft-timeline/

https://www.kwtx.com/2021/01/15/3-with-covid-19-owe-lives-to-girl-17-who-smelled-smoke-from-early-morning-fire/

Foolishness of the Week

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/17/live-politics-updates-joe-biden-inauguration-donald-trump-impeachment/4196264001/

Topic of the Week

Bass Van Der Vossen

https://www.basvandervossen.com

https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/bas-van-der-vossen

https://www.amazon.com/Defense-Openness-Freedom-Solution-Poverty/dp/0190462957

Join the Conversation

Words & Numbers Backstage

https://www.facebook.com/groups/130029457649243/

Let Us Know What You Think

mailto:[email protected]

Antony Davies on Twitter

https://twitter.com/antonydavies

James R. Harrigan on Twitter

https://twitter.com/JamesRHarrigan

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James and Ant recently appeared on the podcast Liberty and Consciousness. The interview is also available on YouTube.

Liberty and Consciousness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY90nUZCGnw

Get Your Copy of Cooperation and Coercion Now!

http://www.cooperationandcoercion.com

Show Your Support for Words & Numbers at Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/wordsandnumbers

Join the Conversation

Words & Numbers Backstage

https://www.facebook.com/groups/130029457649243/

Let Us Know What You Think

mailto:[email protected]

Antony Davies on Twitter

https://twitter.com/antonydavies

James R. Harrigan on Twitter

https://twitter.com/JamesRHarrigan