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#198 Why save for retirement if capitalism is going to collapse and/or universal basic income will b
#197 Why having less things and activities gives us more freedom and happiness. Why low probability
#196 Why relying on averages is dangerous given our fate is often determined by extreme events and h
#195 Why duties and other actions are necessary to address trade disputes, but across the board tari
#194 Four investment lessons from Berkshire Hathaway's fiscal year 2017 Shareholder Letter with addi
#193 How planning helps us avoid catastrophic errors while maintaining flexibility and margins of sa
#192 In this episode we explore scarcity. Artificial scarcity created by laws and real scarcity crea
#191 Why interest rates are rising and what could happen to bonds, stocks and the economy if rates r
#190 What investments are best for maintaining purchasing power relative to inflation. Using the pen
#189 Will increasing the minimum wage help or harm workers and businesses? How many U.S. workers are
#188 How our net worth is more than our financial capital but includes our lifetime earning capacity
#187 Why opportunity costs should be our primary frame for deciding what to buy instead of anchoring
#186 Why paying taxes has very little to do with funding the federal government. We also explore the
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A wide ranging discussion on retirement math, sequence of return risk, investing buckets, scaling ex
#185 How Illinois and other states can suffer a debt crisis like Greece but why it wouldn't lead to
#184 Why technology eliminates jobs but doesn't increase the level of unemployment even though for m
#183 What to look for when investing in public real estate investment trusts ("REITs), private REITs
#182 What caused tulip mania in the 17th century in the Netherlands and how is it similar to Bitcoin
#181 What is the economic impact of illegal immigration. What would be the cost and impact of mass d
