Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1381: Names of Machines
Episode: 1381 Naming our machines - finding out who they are! Today, we name a new machine.
Audio Mises Wire - The American-Israeli Nineteenth-Century Ways of War
This brief historical sketch brings us to how the American and Israeli militaries of today have adopted a nineteenth-century-style war of extermination against what they consider to be another “lesser race.”
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-israeli-nineteenth-century-ways-war
Audio Mises Wire - Ludwig von Mises on Peace and Social Cooperation
The free market replaces the struggle for survival found in the animal world with social cooperation in which everybody benefits. Capitalism is a system of peace, not war.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/ludwig-von-mises-peace-and-social-cooperation
Audio Mises Wire - Did the Fed Achieve Independence During the Korean War?
Rumor has it that the Federal Reserve was able to resist the president‘s demands to enable funding of the Korean War. However, a look at the record demonstrates conclusively that the Fed bowed to Harry Truman‘s wishes to do what it has done for a century: finance America‘s wars.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/did-fed-achieve-independence-during-korean-war
Audio Mises Wire - The One Bloated Brobdingnagian Bill
President Trump's so-called “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is more of the same: big and bloated. It adds billions to the federal deficit and does nothing to deal with the government‘s ruinous debt. Naturally, the Republicans support it.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/one-bloated-brobdingnagian-bill
Audio Mises Wire - The “Magic Coin” and Renewing Interest in Monetary Policy
David Brady, Jr. reviews The Magic Coin by Dr. Jonathan Newman, a children‘s book that explains money in a way that even modern adults can understand.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/magic-coin-and-renewing-interest-monetary-policy
Cato Daily Podcast - Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Judicial Activism in Defense of Liberty
Caleb O. Brown hosted the Cato Daily Podcast for nearly 18 years, producing well over 4000 episodes. He has gone on to head Kentucky’s Bluegrass Institute. This is one among the best episodes produced in his tenure, selected by the host and listeners.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - Are Trump’s trade deals the real deal?
Top Trump advisers have been boasting about 'awesome' trade deals the administration is negotiating with other countries. But are these deals real? Today on the show, we ask a former U.S. trade negotiator whether these agreements hold up.
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Dealmaker Don v. Tariff Man Trump (Apple / Spotify)
Why there's no referee for the trade war (Apple / Spotify)
Is this a bank?
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2464: Engineering Diapers
Episode: 2464 Marion Donovan: The Woman who Engineered a Better Diaper. Today, engineering the diaper.
Cato Daily Podcast - Best of Cato Daily Podcast: The Life and Death and Future Life of Fusionism
Caleb O. Brown hosted the Cato Daily Podcast for nearly 18 years, producing well over 4000 episodes. He has gone on to head Kentucky’s Bluegrass Institute. This is one among the best episodes produced in his tenure, selected by the host and listeners.
“Fusionism,” something of an ideological nonaggression pact between libertarians and conservatives, has fallen on hard times. Can it be reborn? Stephanie Slade of Reason discusses her new article on the subject.
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