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    https://taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/what-are-sources-revenue-federal-government
    https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/26/politics/trump-income-taxes-tariffs/index.html
    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/27/bezos-washington-post-non-endorsement-election

    Foolishness of the Week

    https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/marine-veteran-temporarily-booted-off-delta-flight-wearing-threatening-shirt-report

    Topic of the Week

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  • This week, we address listener comments that the FBI crime data we reported in an earlier episode was flawed.

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    https://brownox.com

    https://www.facebook.com/reel/427922503036846

    https://www.thefp.com/p/female-psychedelic-users-ketamine-mushroom-mommies

    Foolishness of the Week

    https://apnews.com/article/trump-arnold-palmer-closing-arguments-latrobe-pennsylvania-2bea9620c523e531a55259200215284e

    Topic of the Week

    https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend

    https://www.allsides.com/story/violence-america-fbi-quietly-revises-2022-data-showing-45-rise-violent-crime

    https://crimeresearch.org/2024/10/the-revised-fbi-crime-data-reveals-that-it-originally-missed-1699-murders-in-2022-given-that-almost-all-murders-are-reported-how-does-the-fbi-miss-that-many-murders/

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    Topic of the Week

    https://www.projectliberal.org

    Words & Numbers Backstage
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    Antony Davies on Twitter
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  • Economist and author Bryan Caplan joins us to discuss how higher education has become a bastion of extreme leftist thought - so much so that professors that self-identify as Democrat outnumber professors that self-identify as Republican by 20-to-1.

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    Quick Hits

    https://nypost.com/2024/10/03/lifestyle/revealed-the-staggering-amount-of-time-gen-z-spends-watching-tv-during-the-workday/

    https://www.mediaite.com/politics/they-can-control-the-weather-claims-marjorie-taylor-greene-after-deadly-hurricane-helene-kills-more-than-200/

    Foolishness of the Week
    https://heartlandsignal.com/2024/10/04/minnesota-gop-senate-candidate-the-bad-guys-won-in-wwii/

    Topic of the Week
    https://www.betonit.ai/p/what-i-told-the-chronicle-about-gmu?fbclid=IwY2xjawFtLVxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUmRw4ov0NZ5pN2JTzgrac2GElz4Jlq726SyjO4IssKsGQVIuTmizkIwiw_aem_hum-GOp4PSfnPFs2owHXgg

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  • It was just a couple of decades ago that experts were wringing their hands over the coming population explosion that was going to kill us all. Now they are wringing their hands over the coming population crash that is going to kill us all.

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    https://www.polygon.com/news/457071/new

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/derrick-anderson-photo-virginia-b2621414.html

    Foolishness of the Week

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/trump-watch-likely-made-in-china-overpriced-1236013728/

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    Quick Hits

    https://cheezburger.com/36843013/employer-cancels-flexible-work-policy-after-employee-cuts-their-finger-at-home-cut-my-finger-working

    https://bjs.ojp.gov

    https://www.policemag.com/patrol/news/15310860/half-of-surveys-very-liberal-respondents-believe-1000-or-more-unarmed-black-men-killed-by-police-in-2019

    Foolishness of the Week

    https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a61793292/ford-cop-cars-speed-detector-patent/

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    Quick Hits

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/13/politics/pope-francis-trump-harris-abortion/index.html

    Foolishness of the Week

    https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a61793292/ford-cop-cars-speed-detector-patent/

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  • This week, we address listener questions from our earlier episode on the Fed. We also make incorrect predictions about whether the September cut in interest rates.

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    Quick Hits
    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/08/goodbye-tinder-hello-strava-have-hobby-apps-become-the-new-social-networks

    Foolishness of the Week
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/chase-bank-says-it-is-aware-of-viral-glitch-inviting-people-to-commit-check-fraud/ar-AA1pW1OW?ocid=BingNewsSerp

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  • The idea of an unrealized capital gains tax gains momentum every election season of late. This week, we take a look at what it is and why even the middle class should be very afraid.

    Foolishness of the Week: 07:34
    Main episode: 11:12

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    https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/people-seen-as-wise-share-these-characteristics-all-over-the-world/

    Foolishness of the Week
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/30/elon-musk-wealth-power

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  • Episode 395: The Fed

    What does the Fed do and how does it do it?

    Foolishness of the Week: 06:38
    Main episode: 08:51

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    https://apnews.com/article/harris-walz-apostrophe-possessive-grammar-967c0bbefc09be6c804588daabed7ec9

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    https://apnews.com/article/benjamin-benji-cranford-thomson-mayor-alcohol-inmates-8a60ee1ca581a6a219cd29cc273f2758

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  • Episode 394: Candidates’ Attitudes

    Unfortunately, when it comes to elections, often a smile is all it takes.

    Foolishness of the Week: 06:55
    Main episode: 11:32

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    Quick Hits
    https://www.complex.com/life/a/backwoodsaltar/donald-trump-says-he-doesnt-want-pronouns

    Foolishness of the Week
    https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-price-gouging-ban-inflation-65dc8844bb41159d76886f752b6cab28

    https://www.foxnews.com/media/cracks-wall-media-praise-harris-multiple-outlets-eviscerate-vp-over-price-control-plan

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  • This is a conversation James and I had concerning various topics in economics and current events.

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    https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/friend-ai-artificial-intelligence-new-b2590345.html
    https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/friend-ai-artificial-intelligence-b2588853.html

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  • This week James shares some first-hand experience with the magic that comes out of modern health care.

    Foolishness of the Week: 10:22
    Main episode: 12:43

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    https://www.dailydot.com/debug/nullbulge-hackers-leak-disney-slack-hack/

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  • James is recovering from surgery this week, so we offer you this special episode on personal finance so as to not to leave you sad and alone on Words & Numbers Wednesday!

  • Are we in a recession? Americans say we are. The data say we aren’t. Who’s right?

    Foolishness of the Week: 05:30
    Main episode: 10:50

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    https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/michael-bloomberg-donates-1-billion-to-provide-free-tuition-for-future-doctors-at-johns-hopkins/
    https://apnews.com/general-news-4db3fb7fa202234b220c803626464a3f
    https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/resource/seven-stories-of-donor-intent-violations-in-higher-education-giving/

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    https://www.dailydot.com/debug/nullbulge-hackers-leak-disney-slack-hack/

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  • Supply chain insider Mikhail Razner joins us again for what has come to be an annual update on the state of supply chains. Want to know why your boysenberry pie is more expensive? Listen in!

    Foolishness of the Week: 10:24
    Main episode: 13:20

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    https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/06/06/why-global-gdp-might-be-7trn-bigger-than-everyone-thought

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)

    https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/gdp-official-exchange-rate/

    https://x.com/POTUS/status/1808470746559123953

    Foolishness of the Week

    https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/state-of-tennessee-tells-u-s-navy-veteran-hes-not-an-american-citizen-and-cancels-his-drivers-license

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    Topic of the Week

    Clark Neily on Amazon
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  • Foolishness of the Week: 05:13
    Main episode: 12:18

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    https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2022/03/04/rental-car-consumer-rights/9365841002/

    https://www.thedrive.com/news/hertz-is-charging-tesla-model-3-renter-277-fee-for-gas-wont-back-down

    https://viewfromthewing.com/divine-retribution-or-corporate-policy-hertz-imposes-biblical-ban-on-a-customers-descendants/

    https://www.investopedia.com/nearly-1-in-4-generation-x-workers-say-they-wont-retire-survey-shows-8666276

    Foolishness of the Week

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/rcna158268

    https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/4684714-louisiana-wants-the-ten-commandments-in-schools-but-which-version/

    Topic of the Week

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