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EPISODE · Aug 19, 2024 · 58 MIN

What is money?

from The Scientific Worldview

This episode features: -What causes inflation? -Why doesn't the government just print a bunch of money and give it to people? -Why did two British musicians set one million pounds on fire? -What would happen if we set one trillion dollars on fire? -Why do big businesses treat their employees better than small businesses? -Can we reduce gun violence by buying people's guns from them? -Why did gun violence go down in Australia in the 90s? -How did Walmart become so successful? -Why is America rich? -Are prices set by greed? -The invisible hand -Why is it good for prices to go up during a shortage? -Why does the price of everything go up over time? -Why is it common for economic policies to be worse than useless?

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