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Words & Numbers

Words & Numbers

446 Episodes • By Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan • wordsandnumbers.libsyn.com/websi...
Words & Numbers touches on issues of Economics, Political Science, Current Events and Policy. Each Wednesday we'll be sharing a new Words & Numbers podcast featuring Antony Davies Ph.D and James Harrigan Ph.D talking about the economics and political science of current events.
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Episode 375: Google and FedEx Anger James
James has an ax to grind. Google made him mad. FedEx... more
Apr 17 2024 40m
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Episode 374: The Price of Baseball
James recently wrote an article on the price of admi... more
Apr 10 2024 32m
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Episode 373: FDA: Friend or Foe?
We all know that the FDA saves lives by keeping bad ... more
Apr 3 2024 41m
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Episode 372: Where’s the Middle Class?
Each election cycle, we’re treated to politicians an... more
Mar 27 2024 32m
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Episode 371: An Interview with Spike Cohen, pt. 2
Spike Cohen, 2020 Libertarian Party Vice-Presidentia... more
Mar 20 2024 38m
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Episode 370: An Interview with Spike Cohen, pt. 1
Spike Cohen, 2020 Libertarian Party Vice-Presidentia... more
Mar 13 2024 27m
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Episode 369: A One-Party System?
The United States has been a two party system almost... more
Mar 6 2024 25m
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Episode 368: Hampden-Sydney College Q&A
Last week, we recorded live from Hampden-Sydney Coll... more
Feb 28 2024 33m
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367: Live from Hampden-Sydney College
Last week, we talked about the incongruity of not on... more
Feb 21 2024 34m
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Episode 366: What’s Up With the President?
Last week, we talked about the incongruity of not on... more
Feb 14 2024 30m
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Episode 365: Democracy Might Not Be a Good Thing
  The Trump vs Biden election of 2020 was noteworthy... more
Feb 7 2024 34m
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Episode 364: $34 Trillion
People used to scared about the federal debt. But it... more
Jan 31 2024 29m
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Episode 363: Labor and Marx
Many people share an intuition that “excess” profits... more
Jan 24 2024 41m
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Episode 362: Shareholders and Stakeholders
For whom does the corporation exist: investors, work... more
Jan 17 2024 32m
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Episode 361: Degrowth
Economic "degrowth" seems to be the new socialism. L... more
Jan 10 2024 30m
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Episode 360: Time is Money
Intuitively, people understand the value of time. We... more
Jan 3 2024 37m
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Episode 359: A Conflict of Moral Principles
Colleges and universities, for years now self-procla... more
Dec 27 2023 29m
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Episode 358: The Cost of the Good Life
We respond to an article that claims that “the good ... more
Dec 20 2023 34m
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Episode 357: Biden’s Wealth Tax
More frequently, politicians are talking about a wea... more
Dec 13 2023 31m
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Episode 356: Social Distancing and Masks: Again?
A new outbreak of a communicable disease in China ha... more
Dec 6 2023 26m
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Episode 355: It's Time for Libertarians to Grow Up
We recently moderated the South Carolina Libertarian... more
Nov 29 2023 42m
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Episode 354: Academic Fraud
Three former professors discuss the fraud that unive... more
Nov 22 2023 49m
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Episode 353: What’s a Few Trillion Among Friends?
Over ten years ago, we predicted that, as the Federa... more
Nov 15 2023 38m
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Episode 352: Fraud, Fairness, and Value
An elderly couple, an antiques dealer, and an Africa... more
Nov 8 2023 51m
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Episode 351: The Snooty Stuff
Composer and musician Josh Nichols was annoyed when,... more
Nov 1 2023 38m
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