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.
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.
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.
December is upon us, and we should be cognizant of the fact that December is based on the Latin word Decem, meaning tenth, which is why December is the 10th month of the year……except that it is actually the 12th month.
The reason why the 12th month is named the 10th month is because the original Roman calendar was perhaps the dumbest calendar even used in all of human history, where they had a full two months that were pretty much unaccounted for.
Fast forward over 2000 years and December is just another opportunity for Questions and Answers on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Music is a very powerful thing. It can invoke a wide variety of emotions and moods.
Particular songs we've heard might invoke memories of when we first heard them.
However, there is some music that actually can server as a cultural shorthand. Not even full songs are necessary. Just a few notes can provide a very specific cultural reference.
Learn more about representative riffs, what they are, and how they came to be on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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President Elect Donald Trump has created a new government advisory group ? the Department of Government Efficiency or ?DOGE? - to help cut the US budget.
The world richest man, Elon Musk, will co-head the department and has pledged to cut ?at least $2 trillion? to ?balance the budget?. But is this possible? We talk to Professor Linda Bilmes about what DOGE could or couldn?t do and how she balanced the budget in the 1990?s.
Presenter: Charlotte McDonald
Producer: Lizzy McNeill
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison
Sound Mix: Andrew Mills
Editor: Richard Vadon
In 1897, the visionary Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky discovered an equation that governed how rockets worked.
His equation, which was independently discovered by several other rocket scientists, immutably governs how we can send rockets into space.
The variables in his equation have determined everything surrounding spaceflight and rocketry since its inception and will for the foreseeable future.
Learn more about the Tyranny of the Rocket Equation on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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