Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2834: Wombs and Witchcraft
Episode: 2834 Wombs and Witchcraft: Edward Jorden's Suffocation of the Mother (1603). Today, wombs and witchcraft.
Audio Mises Wire - How the Soviets Replaced Christmas with a Socialist Winter Holiday
Father Frost (the Soviet Santa Claus) asks: "To whom do we owe all the good things in our socialist society?,” to which, it is said, the children chorus the reply, "Stalin."
Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/how-soviets-replaced-christmas-socialist-winter-holiday
Audio Mises Wire - Home Prices and Sales Fall. Can Sellers Count on Lower Interest Rates?
With employment fundamentals so weak, the real way to increase home sales is to cut prices further. That, of course, is not what sellers want to hear.
Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/home-prices-and-sales-fall-can-sellers-count-lower-interest-rates
The Indicator from Planet Money - The spite acquisition that launched Warren Buffett
With an unprecedented decades-long run of success, Warren Buffett is retiring on December 31, 2025. Buffett’s turning point began with the acquisition of a failing textile mill called Berkshire Hathaway. What began as a “terrible mistake” became the foundation for his empire. Today on the show, how did Buffett become this legendary figure?
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1495: The Chauffer Problem
Episode: 1495 The new technological elite: chauffeurs then, computer experts today. Today, we learn to drive our own cars -- and manage our own computers.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1494: X-Ray Hair Removal
Episode: 1494 The strange persistence of X-ray hair removal. Today, we kill ourselves to remove hair.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1492: Necessity in the Siege of Paris
Episode: 1492 Necessity and invention during the 1870 siege of Paris. Today, necessity, invention, and the Siege of Paris.
More or Less - The shocking world of US health costs
A loyal listener wrote in to question this claim made by neuroscientist Dr Daniel Levitin: "Here in the US valium in a pharmacy might be $3 that same pill in a hospital setting might be $750."
Our listener was shocked at how one pill can cost 250 x more in a hospital setting than in a pharmacy. But can it? Sort of.
We turned to Elisabeth Rosenthal to take us on a dive into the frankly shocking world of US Health costs.
Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Lizzy McNeill Series Producer: Tom Colls Editor: Richard Vadon Production Coordinator: Maria Ogundele Sound Mix: Neil Churchill
Audio Mises Wire - Inflation and the Intergenerational Housing Rivalry
Instead of market competition, inflation forces young and old into rivalrous competition for housing.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/inflation-and-intergenerational-housing-rivalry
The Indicator from Planet Money - Tariffs. Consumer sentiment. Cape Ratio. Pick The Indicator of The Year!
2025 was a wild year for the U.S. economy. Tariffs transformed the global economy, consumer sentiment hit near-historic lows, and the stock market hit scary, spooky, blood-curdling new heights! So … which of these economic stories defined the year?
Our hosts from Planet Money and The Indicator duke it out during our annual … Family Feud!
Tell us who you think has THE indicator of the year by emailing us at indicator@npr.org. Put “Family Feud” in the subject line.
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Our hosts from Planet Money and The Indicator duke it out during our annual … Family Feud!
Tell us who you think has THE indicator of the year by emailing us at indicator@npr.org. Put “Family Feud” in the subject line.
Related episodes:
The Indicators of this year and next
This indicator hasn’t flashed this red since the dot-com bubble
What would it mean to actually refund the tariffs?
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Fact-checking by Corey Bridges. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
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