Chapter 1. The Political Box
Carabini explains why so many people hold firmly to the illusion that politics and government serve a beneficial social function.
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Chapter 6. Tragedy of the Commons and Human Behavior
Carabini on why individuals manage the resources of the commons better than government.
Chapter 4. Fairness and Equality
Carabini discusses the political perversion of “fairness” and “equality” to gain votes and power.
Chapter 9. Political Democracy
Carabini explores the inherent inhumanity of political democracy as a social scheme.
7. Gödel Made Easy: Explaining One of the Most Important Mathematical Demonstrations of All Time
Bob discusses Kurt Gödel's now-famous "incompleteness theorems," which showed the limitations of axiomatic systems of mathematics.
48. Many Statisticians, Many Answers: The Methodological Factor in the Replication Crisis
Can scientists step into the same data pool and obtain the same research results twice?
Danielle DiMartino Booth on the Fragile Fed Narrative
Jeff Deist and Danielle DiMartino Booth discuss Fed Chairman Jay Powell's performance to date and whether Austrians and permabears overestimate the Fed's influence on the economy.
47. Drug Dosing: One Size Does Not Fit All
Patients come in all sizes and shapes, and with varying tolerance for complications and risk. Is it plausible that a single dosing regimen can optimize treatment for everybody?
Indians and the Confederacy, Part 3: The Trail of Blood on Ice
Chris Calton recounts the Trail of Blood on Ice: an attempt by neutral fugitive Indians to escape to Kansas.
6. Steve Landsburg on Learning Economics From Friedman and Stigler
Bob Murphy interviews Steve Landsburg, author of The Armchair Economist.
