The One Big Beautiful Bill Act made a lot of changes to the federal student loan system. One of those changes put a new cap on the amount of loans students in graduate school can take on. Today on the show, we explain the theory behind this change and how it could impact the broader labor market going forward.
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Audio Mises Wire - How Religious Freedom in America Was Founded on Privatization and Decentralization
The drive to religious freedom in America was carried out overwhelmingly in the state legislatures—and the federal First Amendment had almost nothing to do with it.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-religious-freedom-america-was-founded-privatization-and-decentralization
The Ezra Klein Show - What Does It Mean to Give Well?
“This lightbulb went off that almost no one was asking these questions.”
In 2006, Elie Hassenfeld and a few of his friends pooled some money they wanted to donate to charity. And they wanted to find charities where their money would go the farthest in improving lives. That information, it turned out, was incredibly hard to find.
That was the seed of GiveWell. For almost a decade, GiveWell has dedicated itself to rigorously researching the impact of charities around the world and channeling donations to the ones that are the most effective at saving lives. It might sound simple, but this was a radically new approach in the world of charitable giving, and the work itself isn’t simple at all.
I’ve supported GiveWell through the years. So as the year winds down and other people might be thinking about giving to a charity, I wanted to invite Hassenfeld, GiveWell’s chief executive, on the show to talk through this work. How does it measure impact? Are there limits to what you can measure? As an organization, has it made mistakes? What does it really mean to give well?
If you like what you hear, I hope you’ll also consider donating to GiveWell. Learn more at givewell.org.
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“Trust in Radical Truth and Radical Transparency” by Ray Dalio
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
Book Recommendations:
Factfulness by Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund
Poor Economics by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
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Pod Save America - Donald Trump, Empath in Chief
Trump says the savage murder of Rob and Michele Reiner was the result of their own "Trump Derangement Symptom" and says Reiner was bad for the country. The one real surprise: the number of Republicans in Congress, and even Trump's own social media followers, who denounced the post. Jon, Tommy, and Lovett discuss the Republican pushback and the weekend's (many) other tragedies, including shootings at Brown and Bondi Beach, and the death of two U.S. service members in Syria. Then they look at MAGA voters' growing disappointment with their president, Erika Kirk trying to stop Candace Owens from spreading conspiracy theories about her husband's assassination, and growing speculation about Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom's political futures. Finally, CNN's Jake Tapper talks to Tommy about the fate of his network now that its parent company is for sale, the sham Pentagon press corps, and his new book, "Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War."
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Chapo Trap House - 995 – The Numerology Guys feat. Alex Nichols (12/15/25)
Alex joins us to talk about Bari Weiss’s bizarre interview with Erika Kirk, Trump’s #PACKWATCH response to Rob Reiner’s death, and Candace Owens’ feud with just about every single member of Con Inc. over her bestie’s legacy. After a brief grab bag of new Epstein photos, we finally stage an intervention for Rod Dreher, who is currently having his artistic voice deteriorated by the stuffy losers at The Free Press.
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Consider This from NPR - What we know about the rise in antisemitic attacks in Australia and around the world
On Sunday, during a celebration for the first day of Hanukkah, a father and son opened fire on Bondi Beach near Sydney. Killing or wounding dozens of people.
Officials are calling it a terrorist incident. Even though the Jewish community in Australia is small, with just over 115,000 people in a country of more than 25 million, antisemitism is a persistent and rising threat. The spike in Australia comes amidst a rise in antisemitic attacks globally.
What do we know about this trend and what does it mean for the Jewish community around the world?
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Audio Mises Wire - Risk, Uncertainty, Profits, and Modern Portfolio Theory
While Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) is popular in academic economics and finance, it fails to properly explain profits, mistakenly confusing entrepreneurial profit seeking with risk management.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/risk-uncertainty-profits-and-modern-portfolio-theory
The Commentary Magazine Podcast - The Intifada Really Goes Global
The attack on Bondi Beach is not an isolated incident; it's the export of the Islamist war against the Jews to areas far from Gaza. Give a listen.
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Bad Faith - Episode 535 Promo – It Was All A Stream (w/ Alvaro Bedoya)
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Former FTC commissioner returns to Bad Faith to explain the Netflix/Paramount battle over Warner Brothers, and what media consolidation means for the price of streaming services, censorship, the quality of media content and the future of movie theaters.
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Audio Mises Wire - The Farmland Protection Policy Act: Crisis Politics and the Quiet Socialization of Land
For more than 40 years, the Farmland Protection Policy Act has socialized US farmlands and transferred wealth to politically-connected people. What it hasn’t done is protect farmland.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/farmland-protection-policy-act-crisis-politics-and-quiet-socialization-land