Ticketmaster's CEO says that concert tickets are underpriced. But from inflation to bots to unscrupulous resellers, the market for tickets feels out of control to many fans. Can anything be done?
Today on the show: Ticket resellers, a new law in Maine, and a T-shirt cannon.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2523: Georges-Eugene Haussmann
Episode: 2523 Georges-Eugene Haussmann Reshapes Paris. Today, a city redone.
Audio Mises Wire - New Rothbard Letters Show His Early Opposition to both Nixon and Reagan
“I see that you are preparing the groundwork for supporting Nixon,” Rothbard wrote Meyer. “Again, for shame! Is this what conservative principles are coming down to...?"
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/new-rothbard-letters-show-his-early-opposition-both-nixon-and-reagan
Audio Mises Wire - What Will the Next Gold Bust Look Like?
There have been four gold busts under the fiat dollar money regimes since the “freeing” of the gold price in March 1968. Will the current gold boom end in a similar bust?
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Curious City - Chicago is a jazz city, but where are the jazz radio stations?
The city is home to a vibrant jazz scene and the Chicago Jazz Festival. But it’s hard to catch the genre on the local radio dial.
The Indicator from Planet Money - No AI data centers in my backyard!
In the rush to power AI, data centers are popping up in small communities across the U.S. But a growing backlash against this build-out is pitting communities against developers over energy prices and water use. Today on the show, one Michigan community’s fight to stop a data center and what it means for Big Tech.
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Articles of Interest - Gear: Chapter 1
Almost all clothes have something to do with the military. But one industry in particular has a lot to do with the military.
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Audio Mises Wire - How Progressives Broke the Constitution and Praised Themselves for It
The US Constitution as originally written and understood no longer exists. The first wave of “progressives” reinterpreted it to their liking before later generations of progressives finished the job.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-progressives-broke-constitution-and-praised-themselves-it
Cato Podcast - Feeding AI’s Energy Appetite
Travis Fisher and Jennifer Huddleston discuss how outdated energy policies created barriers to new generation just as AI data centers began demanding unprecedented amounts of power. They imagine a path forward using free market policies in both AI and electricity to create previously unimaginable levels of human flourishing and prosperity.
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