Faith and Economics Podcast
1) Betting Markets Make the News Better? | #373
What happens when real-money prediction markets enter mainstream news? In this episode, Russ McCullough and Peter Jacobson unpack CNN’s new partnership with Kalshi, exploring whether market-driven for...Show More
2) The Venezuelan Debacle | #372
A boat from Venezuela allegedly trafficing drugs was blown up and its passengers were killed, apparently in multiple stages. This raises questions about the morality of killing in war, killing in gen...Show More
3) Growing Up Socialist with Dr. Alex Tokarev | #371
Friend of the podcast Dr. Alex Tokarev (listeners might remember his ‘sell federal land!’ proposal) joins the Gwartney Institute to discuss his origin story. What was it like on the shadow of the USSR...Show More
4) Selling Federal Land with Dr. Alexis Tokarev | #370
Should the U.S. Government sell off some federal land? The mere suggestion of such a proposal will draw accusations that you are trying to pave over the Grand Canyon and grind Half Dome down to sell ...Show More
5) Plur1bus: Hive Mind | #369
Plur1bus, a new show on Apple TV, explores humans forming (or being taken over by) a hive mind. The show is interesting in its own right, but the Justin thinks the show illustrates some interesting ec...Show More
6) Is Socialism Selling? Who's Buying? | #368
Zohran Mamdani, a self-described 'democratic socialist' just won the mayoral race in New York City, the home of Wall Street. Are we doomed? Is this good? What does this mean? Where are we going? ...Show More
7) Our New Robot Henchmen? | #367
AI powered humanoid robots are headed to the market, ready to help with household tasks. Unlike cloud-based AIs that assist with purely cognitive tasks, these industrious little fellers can help do th...Show More
8) Wiley Angell, Fed Independence, and Magnificent 7 | #366
Recent high inflation and the state of the economy have renewed concerns about how independent the Federal Reserve is. Should the Fed’s independence continue the way it has, or should the Federal gov...Show More
9) What’s Wrong with Cover Bands? | #365
Description: Russ leads an interesting discussion about a dilemma aging music fans face: should you fork over a lot of money to see the original band - wrinkles, walkers and all? Or might it be wiser ...Show More
10) Humanism, Naturalism, Supernaturalism | #364
Justin leads a discussion on the evolution of and connection between three worldviews: Supernaturalism, Humanism, and Naturalism. There's a fourth view, Nihilism, which no one seems to want to endors...Show More