Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1291: Sheet Music
Episode: 1291 In which sheet music offers a record of our country. Today, America's story spins out in the songs we sing.
It Could Happen Here - Occupied America and the Primal Father
Garrison and Robert discuss the fascist rhetoric of the 2024 Trump campaign.
Sources:
https://apnews.com/article/turning-point-election-2024-donald-trump-2b3580134a6b19dff18771c3fdb0f11a
https://www.denver7.com/follow-up/aurora-pauses-closure-plans-of-apartments-at-center-of-venezuelan-gang-claims-after-court-appoints-caretaker
https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/aurora-police-id-more-armed-men-in-viral-video-no-venezuelan-gang-ties-reported/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-trump-holds-campaign-rally-in-aurora-colorado
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/06/politics/trump-anti-immigrant-comments/index.html
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What do Airbnb, Facebook, Spotify, and LinkedIn all have in common? Peter Thiel. They made his fortune, but he’s since rejected Silicon Valley for being too "woke". He’s a contradictory character: a libertarian who made billions from big state surveillance; an intellectual who purports to hate politics, but who’s poured millions into political campaigns, including Donald Trump’s 2020 bid. Some call him a free-thinking genius, while others say he wants to watch Rome burn. Simon Jack and Zing Tsjeng tell the intriguing story of Peter Thiel, the man who ousted Elon Musk from their company PayPal, and who’s signed up to be cryogenically frozen. Then they decide if they think he’s good, bad, or just another billionaire.
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The Economics of Everyday Things - Greeting Cards (Replay)
The tradition of sending cards to loved ones was in decline — until it was rescued by a new generation. But millennials have their own ideas about what sentiments they want to convey. Zachary Crockett is thinking of you on your special day.
- SOURCES:
- Mia Mercado, writer and former editor at Hallmark.
- George White, president of Up With Paper and former president of the American Greeting Card Association.
- RESOURCES:
- 34th Louie Awards - Finalists & Winners, (2022-2023).
- "Season’s (and Other...) Greetings," by Maria Ricapito (Marie Claire, 2020).
- "Hallmark Greeting Cards Have Adjusted to the Digital Revolution," by Trent Gillies (CNBC, 2017).
- "Testimony of Don Hall, Jr. President and CEO of Hallmark Cards, Inc. Before a Joint Hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services and International Security and the House, Postal Service and the District of Columbia" (2010).
Audio Mises Wire - Why Austrian Business Cycle Theory Is Better than Keynesianism
As the Federal Reserve engineers one financial bubble after another, we are reminded that the Austrian Business Cycle Theory explains what is happening and how there is a better way.
Original article: Why Austrian Business Cycle Theory Is Better than Keynesianism
Audio Mises Wire - How Intellectual Property Laws Stifle Innovation
Supporters of intellectual property laws claim that people will not innovate unless they are protected by such legislation. In reality, people are more likely to be innovative when they encounter real free markets, not markets characterized by artificial scarcity.
Original article: How Intellectual Property Laws Stifle Innovation
Audio Mises Wire - The Political Theology That Maintains State Power
While it is tempting to think of state power as being maintained by sheer force, it still needs a “theological” justification, be it secular or religious. The US state is no exception.
Original article: The Political Theology That Maintains State Power
Audio Mises Wire - Don’t Knock Nock
Contrary to anti-freedom myths, "greedy" business owners don't decide what prices will be for goods and services.
Original article: Don’t Knock Nock
Audio Mises Wire - Who Sets the Prices for Goods?
Contrary to anti-freedom myths, "greedy" business owners don't decide what prices will be for goods and services.
Original article: Why Austrian Business Cycle Theory Is Better than Keynesianism
Audio Mises Wire - Nine Months of Javier Milei as President of Argentina: A Critical Assessment
Capitalism is characterized by the private ownership of capital, coming from Lockean homesteading principles, and not from state coercion and force.
Original article: Nine Months of Javier Milei as President of Argentina: A Critical Assessment