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The Economist Next Door — 55 episodes

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The Undying Allure of Socialism

2

Is the US Dollar Losing Its Dominance?

3

Do the Ultra-Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share in Taxes?

4

Who Is the Greatest Economist of All Time—And Was He an Austrian?

5

The Most Powerful Position in Finance? Kevin Warsh and the Future of the Fed

6

What Really Broke the Financial System?

7

Sex, Marriage, and Markets: What's Driving the Baby Bust?

8

Nobel Prize Insights: Lessons From Vernon Smith on Markets, Morality, and Learning

9

The Secret Life of the US Energy Grid

10

Taxing Wealth: What Could Go Wrong?

11

Strings Attached: How Federal Funding to States Transformed the American System

12

Adam Smith at 250: Lessons on Markets, Morality, and Government

13

Learning Resources v. Trump: What the Supreme Court's Tariff Ruling Really Means

14

The SCOTUS Tariff Ruling, a Housing Crunch, and the Public Pension Time Bomb

15

The Future of Fusionism: Liberty, Virtue, and Conservatism's Path Forward

16

Economic Freedom vs. the Warmth of Collectivism

17

Introducing 'The Economist Next Door'

18

What is Wealth?

19

The Federalization of State Budgets

20

Economic Doomers: Are They Right?

21

What is Good for Business? With David Bahnsen

22

Argentina, Social Security, and FedEx

23

What's Happening With the Republican Tax Bill?

24

The Legal Standing of Trump's Tariffs

25

What's Going On With Tariff Deals?

26

Medicaid, Manufacturing, and Fiscal Responsibility

27

The Backwards Narrative on Free Trade

28

Family Friendly Government Policy

29

The Growing Cost of Public Transit

30

Do Europeans Work Enough?

31

The US GDP: Everywhere and Nowhere

32

What's Going On With the DOGE?

33

Welfare Policy Rightly Understood

34

Charity, Zoning, and Government

35

Financialization Rightly Understood with David Bahnsen

36

The Path to Free Trade with Scott Lincicome

37

The Economics of Podcasts

38

Budget Boom: Unpacking the Surge in Federal Spending

39

Immigration, Unions, and the Economy

40

Breaking Down Economic Fallacies

41

The Importance of National Accounts with William Beach

42

When the Federal Budget Disconnects From Reality

43

Free Trade and National Security with Samuel Gregg

44

Creating Jobs with Scott Lincicome

45

Money Supply and Inflation: How They Relate

46

How State Pension Funds Fell Into Ruin

47

How Does Tax Policy Shape Healthcare?

48

The Truth About Wages And Productivity

49

What's the Real Story on Tariffs?

50

Live From the Federal Budget Window

51

The Truth About Industrial Policy

52

How it's Made: Trade Policy Edition

53

Free Markets Taste Like Chicken

54

Time to Ditch Stadium Subsidies?

55

Live From Inside the Debt Clock