It’s … Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news.
On today’s episode: the effects of pay transparency, Meta’s big win, and freaky flies and beef.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1474: Beach’s Secret Subway
Episode: 1474 Alfred Ely Beach builds a secret subway in New York City. Today, a secret subway.
Cato Podcast - The Disaster Aid System: How FEMA Rewards Risk
FEMA was meant to help only when disasters exceeded state capacity. Yet today it functions primarily as a national subsidy machine, encouraging development in floodplains, bailing out wealthy coastal states, and shifting costs onto taxpayers far from the danger zones. The Cato Institute's Dominik Lett and Chris Edwards discuss how well-intentioned federal aid has created perverse incentives, bureaucratic delays, and a long tail of spending that continues decades after storms like Katrina.
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Curious City - Does your iguana need x-rays? A local exotic animal hospital can help
Stop us if you’ve heard this one: A hedgehog, a river otter and an iguana walk into a local exotic animal hospital …
Whether intentional or otherwise, exotic pets like sharks, macaws and pythons have made Illinois their home. But finding medical care for these animals isn’t as simple as visiting the neighborhood vet.
Last episode, we explored some of the out-of-place animals that’ve been found in Chicago, including a peacock, an alligator and a 20-pound vervet monkey. Today, we’re asking, what happens when they get sick?
Take a trip with us to the Chicago Exotics Animal Hospital in Skokie to meet Gomez Addams the tegu lizard and a few of his friends. Plus, hear some wild stories from the people who care for them.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2535: Times Tables
Episode: 2535 The base of a number system: times tables and memorization. Today, go forth and multiply.
The Indicator from Planet Money - How to avoid scammers after a natural disaster
When people lose their homes to wildfire, hurricanes or flooding, they're eager to rebuild. But scammers are also ready to take advantage. On today’s show, the lucrative business of contractor fraud and advice on how to avoid them.
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Audio Mises Wire - Government Intervention, Not BlackRock, Is To Blame For The Housing Crisis
The rent is too high. However, government interference into rental markets has been the main reason rents are so high in the first place.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/government-intervention-not-blackrock-blame-housing-crisis
Audio Mises Wire - Why I Won’t Be Mourning Dick Cheney
Cheney was an architect of both Iraq wars, and he was a perennial supporter of the American surveillance state, torture, and more.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-i-wont-be-mourning-dick-cheney
Audio Mises Wire - Origins of the Welfare State in America
We must realize that the two most powerful motivations in human history have always been ideology and economic interest, and that a joining of these two motivations can be downright irresistible.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-daily/origins-welfare-state-america
Curious City - A monkey on the loose: Odd animal sightings in Chicago
Animal control is used to dealing with stray cats and dogs. But what happens when there’s a peacock strutting down the alley? Curious City explores strange animal sightings in Chicago.