The Indicator from Planet Money - How college sports juiced Olympic development
On today’s show, how college football became an Olympic development engine. And how that engine might not be running as smoothly as it once did.
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Why the Olympics cost so much
You can't spell Olympics without IP
A huge EU-India deal, Heated Rivalry, and a hefty $200k to Olympians
Why Host The Olympics?
The monetization of college sports
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Audio Mises Wire - A Positive View of Sectional History
In most nations of any size, sectionalism is almost inevitable. How nations handle such divisions, historian Frank L. Owsley, determines if sectionalism is peaceful or becomes violent. It became violent in the US in 1861.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/positive-view-sectional-history
Audio Mises Wire - Why “Affordability” Is the Wrong Term to Describe Effects of Inflation
Politicians are touting “affordability” to describe the current regime of rising prices. However, most lawmakers who claim they are trying to make things more affordable demand policies that make things more costly.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-affordability-wrong-term-describe-effects-inflation
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Audio Mises Wire - The Not-So-New Dollar Strategy: Monetize Productivity in Advance
A bad end is most likely though even in the best case scenario of AI increasing living standards. The build-up of asset inflation malinvestment and overleveraging will impose huge costs.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/not-so-new-dollar-strategy-monetize-productivity-advance
The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Washington Post Mortem
The layoffs at the Washington Post are the source of bitter media tears today, but the Post's staff did it to themselves, and we explain why—and why it's failed where the New York Times and the New York Post have both succeeded. Give a listen.
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Audio Mises Wire - Have Fiat Money, Will Tyrannize
Thanks to the Federal Reserve, the US government will always have enough printed money to fund its tyrannical schemes.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/have-fiat-money-will-tyrannize
