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For this week, Aaron breaks down the life cycle of new medical drugs, to help us understand why they are so expensive, and why there is no easy solution to address this problem. Find us on Twitter: @AaronBookey @HipstCapitalist Any question? Ask us in the comments! Any hateful remark? Go drown in a puddle.
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This week, we’re very happy to welcome Ashling O’Brien, atheist and vegan activist, to discuss the ethics of veganism. Were mentioned during the podcast: Empty Cages, by Tom Regan Animal Free Research UK NutritionFacts.org Find us on Twitter: @AaronBookey @HipstCapitalist Any question? Ask us in the comments! Any hateful remark? Go drown in a puddle.
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Something slightly different for today, we just received new hardware and wanted to test it out in a real life setting, so we got Pierre to come on the show and talk about his personal experience as one of the rare non-lefty arts students in France. Find us on Twitter: @AaronBookey @HipstCapitalist You can …
Continue reading "France, the Arts, and the Left, with Pierre – Episode #06"
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They took our jobs! [bis]
Today's podcast is a bonus segment, where we talk about better ways to regulate the influx of economic migrants.
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They took our jobs! Did they really, though? Immigration is a really vast topic, where plenty of heated debates take place, but there are a few key points in the economics of immigration where experts tend to agree. Immigrants do not *on net* destroy jobs, the effect on wages is far exaggerated, and the burden …
Continue reading "The Economics of Immigration – Episode #05"
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Obviously, we had to talk about the upcoming British election occurring on June 8th. As you can already guess, neither Corbyn nor May seem like delightful candidates to us, but we wanted to sit down and dive into the major questions raised by this election: Brexit, immigration, terrorism, and why people who chose to have …
Continue reading "The Battle For Number 10 – Episode #04"
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This week, we’re breaking down one of the latest religious controversy in Ireland, since an official complaint was filed to sue Stephen Fry for blasphemy charges. Original Stephen Fry interview on RTE: Find us on Twitter: @AaronBookey @HipstCapitalist Any question? Ask us in the comments! Any hateful remark? Go drown in a puddle.
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Ireland has a quite interesting voting system, which doesn’t count votes in the same way most countries do. We sat down to talk about it, and try to shed some light on this concept. Find us on Twitter: @AaronBookey @HipstCapitalist Any question? Ask us in the comments! Any hateful remark? Go drown in a puddle.
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For the first episode of our podcast, we’ll talk about the upcoming French election, and try to give a bit of context on what’s happening more broadly in France. Find us on Twitter: @AaronBookey @HipstCapitalist Any question? Ask us in the comments! Any hateful remark? Go drown in a puddle.
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Find us on Twitter: @AaronBookey @HipstCapitalist Any question? Ask us in the comments! Any hateful remark? Go drown in a puddle.
