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Although it seems like the government can spend an endless amount of money, it cannot actually do all the things it wants to do. So the big question in this wee…
LIVE SHOW: August 18th in Brooklyn. Tickets here . There are occasional incentives in business that make it very profitable to do bad things; maybe cheat at the…
Trust in experts is down. In all kinds of institutions and professions - in government, in media, in medical science... and lately, economists are feeling the b…
LIVE SHOW: August 18th in Brooklyn. Tickets here . Traditional economics says the market is guided by the forces of supply and demand. Customers decide what the…
LIVE SHOW: August 18th in Brooklyn. Tickets here. (PM+ supporters get a 10 percent discount off their tickets. Listen to the July 8th bonus episode to get the c…
After President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, economists and statisticians across the board were horrified. Because the firing raises …
For most Americans, we just lived through the highest period of inflation in our lives. And we are reminded of this every time we go grocery shopping. All over …
Tariffs are the favorite tool of our current president, but there are lots of other ways that governments insert themselves into the free exchange of goods and …
In the past couple years, demand has gone wild for drugs like Ozempic – and its cousins, Zepbound, Wegovy, and Mounjaro. For people who had never been able to l…
Get your own personalized summer school diploma here . Today on our final episode of Summer School 2025, we will test your knowledge. We will salute the unsung …
