Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/israels-nuclear-arsenal-controversial-reality
The Indicator from Planet Money - Why can’t we insure trees?
In the U.S., we insure most everything we sell. So why not trees? Today on the show why trees aren't insured like other crops, and what it would take to get that insurance with extreme weather events on the rise.
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Audio Mises Wire - Rights, Fights, and the Economy of Self-Defense: Why MMA Facilitates the Right to Self-Defense
Mixed martial arts is a brutal, imperfect, occasionally ugly sport. But it’s also one of the most honest epistemic systems we have when dealing with self-defense, and each individual has the right to defend himself against aggressors.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/rights-fights-and-economy-self-defense-why-mma-facilitates-right-self-defense
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3318: Vera C. Rubin
Episode: 3318 Vera C. Rubin: The astronomer who brought dark matter to light. Today, meet Vera Rubin.
Audio Mises Wire - An Excellent Casey for Anarchism
Has anyone besides Murray Rothbard made a compelling case for state-free anarchy? In this week‘s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon extols Libertarian Anarchy by Gerard Casey, which he says provides excellent arguments for doing away with the state.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/excellent-casey-anarchism
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1402: Franklin and De Chaumont
Episode: 1402 Ben Franklin and Le Ray de Chaumont's house in Paris. Today, Ben Franklin, revolution, and a house in Paris.
Audio Mises Wire - Methodological Individualism in Historical Analysis
Modern historians depend heavily upon sweeping narratives and their take on the US War of Secession is no exception. Yet, the use of methodological individualism allows one to avoid sweeping judgments like claiming the Confederacy was founded upon belief in white supremacy.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/methodological-individualism-historical-analysis-0
Audio Mises Wire - Privacy and Fungibility: The Forgotten Virtues of Sound Money
Governments have so corrupted money that we forget that sound money, by providing both fungibility and privacy, has been a defense against overreaching governments. While sound money is in the interests of citizens, governments have managed to destroy it.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/privacy-and-fungibility-forgotten-virtues-sound-money
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1401: Roosevelt, Remington, and the West
Episode: 1401 Theodore Roosevelt and Frederic Remington defining the West. Today, Roosevelt and Remington go West.
More or Less: Behind the Stats - The economics of war: Vikings, Conquistadors and Vietnam
How does economics help us understand conflicts through history?
That’s the question that economist and journalist Duncan Weldon tries to answer in his new book, Blood and Treasure.
Tim talks to Duncan about the economic perspective on Viking raiders, Spanish conquest and the Vietnam war.
Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown Sound mix: Neil Churchill Editor: Richard Vadon