Adam Davidson

For Our 10th Anniversary, Episode #1

By & • Sep 12, 2018

This podcast sounded a lot different back when it started. Times were different too. In early September, 2008, the housing crisis was underway, but Lehman Brothers was still in business. It was an economy on the brink, fraught with menace and foreboding, but still standing. Nobody knew how bad it would get during that particular week.

Episode 286: Libertarian Summer Camp

By • Jun 28, 2017

Note: This episode originally ran in 2011.

Six years ago, we traveled to a place where people are trying to live without government interference. A place where you can use bits of silver to buy uninspected bacon. A place where a 9-year-old will sell you alcohol.

Dollar-Euro Exchange Rate Can Reveal Pulse Of Global Economy

By • Jul 9, 2013

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Housing Market Recovers Though Economy Lags Behind

By • May 24, 2013

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Immigrants Tend To Complement, Not Replace American Jobs

By • May 8, 2013

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This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will consider a plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system. Much of the debate about immigration boils down to a simple economic question: Do immigrants hurt or help those of us who are already here?

Structural Or Cyclical? The Type Of Unemployment Matters

By • Apr 4, 2013

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Three hundred eighty five thousand Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week. That number, announced today by the Labor Department as it is every week, and the number is up, an increase of 28,000 people.

4.2 Million Americans Were Hired In January (And 4.1 Million Quit Or Got Fired)

By • Mar 12, 2013

One jobs number gets all the attention: The number of jobs lost or gained in the previous month.

That number is important. But focusing too much on the net change in jobs can be misleading. It gives the impression that a job is like a widget — it's something that gets made in a factory somewhere, and that we hope exists forever.

That's not how it works. Even in good economic times ,new jobs are constantly being created and old jobs are constantly being destroyed. (Of course, you do want the number of jobs created to exceed the number of jobs destroyed.)

Dow's 'Record Highs' Misleading Without Including Inflation

By • Mar 6, 2013

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Raising Revenues Or Taxes — What's The Difference?

By • Nov 15, 2012

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We're going to dig into some of those policy differences now between Republicans and Democrats. When it comes to reducing the deficit, both sides insist it's time for compromise. But President Obama says tax cuts for the richest Americans must end.

Rubber Ducks And Cheap Watches: Photos From New York's Junk Economy

By • Oct 3, 2012

Every day, small shop owners from Africa and Latin America fly into New York with wads of cash and empty suitcases. As Robert Smith reports today, their destination is zip code 10001 in Manhattan, home to a cluster of wholesale stores selling a quirky mix of decently made goods at cheap prices.

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