In their new book, Nobody's Fool, psychology professor Daniel Simons and cognitive scientist Christopher Chabris make the case that people don't just fall for scams because they're gullible. The way our brains work – the way they reason and trust – can often lead us to believe a piece of misinformation or to click on a phishing scam. In today's episode, the authors explain to NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer why truth bias and familiarity can work against us, but that skepticism and fact-checking can help us fight back.
On this special crossover episode, Ideas of India podcast host, Shruti Rajagopalan, interviews Peter Boettke on Austrian economics and the knowledge problem. In this, the first half of their conversation, Boettke speaks on the writings of FA Hayek, the knowledge problem, calculation versus coordination, markets and institutions, the marginalists, issues of perfect competition, and much more!
Check back on August 9th for the second part of this conversation or check out the Ideas of India Podcast to get early access to the full episode!
Shruti Rajagopalan is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center, a Fellow at the Classical Liberal Institute at New York University School of Law, and host of the Ideas of India Podcast. Previously, she was an Associate Professors of Economics at Purchase College, State University of New York.
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Midway into recording an episode about the potential largest American strike of the last 25 years, Mia and two UPS workers find out live on air that the Teamsters have cut a tentative deal with UPS to stop the strike. No one is pleased.
We talk about the kayfabe of the green transition as the woke capitalists at Blackrock appoint Aramco to its board of directors, meanwhile the social justice warriors in the mining industry are doing land acknowledgements before ripping out rare earth minerals needed for renewable energy. These are the champions of a sustainable planet for human life. They are not the champions we deserve, nor are they ones we need, but they are the only ones we have.
Stuff we reference:
••• Total life insurance: Logics of anticipatory control and actuarial governance in insurance technology https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03063127231186437
••• BlackRock Appoints CEO of Oil Giant Aramco to Its Board https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-17/blackrock-names-aramco-ceo-amin-nasser-to-its-board-of-directors#xj4y7vzkg
••• A Good Prospect | Mining Climate Anxiety for Profit https://www.thedriftmag.com/a-good-prospect/
••• Shell Is Looking Forward https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/shell-climate-change.html
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The Teamsters union and UPS say they've reached a deal to avert a labor strike. Former U.S. Marine who was released by Russia in prisoner swap injured in Ukraine. President Biden pledges 'mental health care is health care.'
Today on The Gist, we decide to fix healthcare. Amy Finkelstein is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and co-author of the new book We've Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care. The Right's not going to love it. The Left's not going to love it. It could work. Plus, right-wing Spaniards raise the question of how often fears of the far-right come true. And conservatives love gold ... GOLD ... GOLD!!!!
A new report from the World Health Organization suggests that aspartame, the widely used artificial sweetener, may cause cancer. Should Americans worry about this?
Chief diversity officers were some of the hottest hires in corporate America two years ago, but some high-profile companies have started to say goodbye to this role. Ravi and Rikki dissect the new trend and question whether this is the beginning of the end for corporate America’s push for social justice.
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When a fiery, toxic train wreck forced residents of East Palestine, Ohio to evacuate last February, the crash and its aftermath became a national flashpoint and a hot button issue on both sides of the political aisle.
Alan Shaw, the CEO of Norfolk Southern - the freight railroad responsible - found himself in front of Congress, grilled by bipartisan lawmakers.
Shaw insists the company is continuing its commitment to help East Palestine recover, and that they are at the forefront of improving safety in the rail industry.
Host Scott Detrow speaks with Shaw about how the company hopes to become "the gold standard" in rail safety.
When a fiery, toxic train wreck forced residents of East Palestine, Ohio to evacuate last February, the crash and its aftermath became a national flashpoint and a hot button issue on both sides of the political aisle.
Alan Shaw, the CEO of Norfolk Southern - the freight railroad responsible - found himself in front of Congress, grilled by bipartisan lawmakers.
Shaw insists the company is continuing its commitment to help East Palestine recover, and that they are at the forefront of improving safety in the rail industry.
Host Scott Detrow speaks with Shaw about how the company hopes to become "the gold standard" in rail safety.
When a fiery, toxic train wreck forced residents of East Palestine, Ohio to evacuate last February, the crash and its aftermath became a national flashpoint and a hot button issue on both sides of the political aisle.
Alan Shaw, the CEO of Norfolk Southern - the freight railroad responsible - found himself in front of Congress, grilled by bipartisan lawmakers.
Shaw insists the company is continuing its commitment to help East Palestine recover, and that they are at the forefront of improving safety in the rail industry.
Host Scott Detrow speaks with Shaw about how the company hopes to become "the gold standard" in rail safety.
