Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2815: How Ideas Spread
Episode: 2815 The spread of ideas in social networks. Today, let's talk about engineered social networks.
Cato Podcast - Protecting Immigration Enforcement Officers and the Constitution
According to recent government data, immigration enforcement has become a much more dangerous job. David Bier and Patrick Eddington discuss the policy tradeoffs driving these numbers, previous administrations' efforts at mitigating mass immigration, and how to craft a more just, effective and safe immigration policy.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - Why do we live in unusually innovative times?
For most of human history, economic growth was, well, pretty bleak. But around the Enlightenment, things started clicking. This year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences went to a trio of researchers whose work focuses on how technological progress led to this sustained economic growth. Today we hear from one of them, Joel Mokyr, about his work on European economic history.
Related episodes:
Why are some nations richer? (2024 Economics Nobel)
A conversation with Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin (2023 Economics Nobel)
When Luddites attack (Update) (Featuring Joel Mokyr)
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2638: Artificial Gravity
Episode: 2638 Artificial Gravity for Human Spaceflight; What is Gained, What is Lost. Today, astronaut Michael Barratt discusses the pros and cons of artificial gravity.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1457: Eratosthene’s Diameter of Earth
Episode: 1457 Eratosthenes's 2200 year old calculation of Earth's size. Today, we measure the earth.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1456: Paper in Samarkand
Episode: 1456 In which paper goes from China to Europe by way of Samarkand. Today, paper makes a long journey.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1455: Dentistry
Episode: 1455 A brief history of dentistry and pain. Today, we drill teeth.
More or Less: Behind the Stats - Are 72% of prison inmates in Switzerland foreign?
In a recent speech to the UN, US president Donald Trump set out some remarkable figures on the proportion of inmates in European prisons who were foreign nationals.
Citing statistics from the Council of Europe, he references Greece, Germany and Austria, as having rates around 50%.
“In Switzerland, beautiful Switzerland,” he said “72% of the people in prisons are from outside of Switzerland.” These numbers are correct, but why are the percentages so high – particularly in Switzerland?
Tim Harford speaks to Professor Marcelo Aebi, a criminologist from the University of Lausanne, who wrote the prisons report for the Council of Europe.
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Audio Mises Wire - Economics and the Infantilization of Culture
The yearning for a state-controlled system is not born of compassion for others but rather of infantile selfishness.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/economics-and-infantilization-culture
The Indicator from Planet Money - Scam compounds, sewing patterns and stolen dimes
As Vice Week wraps up here at The Indicator, we wanted to take a slightly different perspective on the evolving business of crime and take a look at TRUE crime. As in the genre. Because look, people are obsessed with it! Today on the show, our hosts favorite pieces of true crime content.
Darian Woods: The Economist’s Scam Inc.
Wailin Wong: Wednesday Journal’s A tangled mess
Adrian Ma: Philadelphia Inquirer’s Dime Heist story
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