Dan discusses the phenomenon of inflation, exploring how it serves as a form of taxation to systematically redistribute wealth from wage earners to the government and banks.
Dan discusses the phenomenon of inflation, exploring how it serves as a form of taxation to systematically redistribute wealth from wage earners to the government and banks.
The elites are fully aware that the Ponzi Scheme of late-stage capitalism, built upon the foundations of unpayable levels of public and private debt, will soon crash. Before that .. show full overview
The elites are fully aware that the Ponzi Scheme of late-stage capitalism, built upon the foundations of unpayable levels of public and private debt, will soon crash. Before that happens, they are trying to usher in a neofeudal society, in which they can continue to hold most of the power and wealth.
How does the economy function over short, medium and long time spans, in this episode Dan breaks down the business cycle from the single transaction to the full 80-100 years of the long-term debt cycle.
How does the economy function over short, medium and long time spans, in this episode Dan breaks down the business cycle from the single transaction to the full 80-100 years of the long-term debt cycle.
The world is about to experience a combination of new technologies that could radically alter our economic trajectory and change the way we live and work forever - Dan looks at these technologies and what they might mean
The world is about to experience a combination of new technologies that could radically alter our economic trajectory and change the way we live and work forever - Dan looks at these technologies and what they might mean
Dan takes a look at the 2008 Great Financial Crisis through the medium of the fictional - but nevertheless informative, example of the film Margin Call which highlights many of the key concepts that lead to downturn becoming a crisis.
Dan takes a look at the 2008 Great Financial Crisis through the medium of the fictional - but nevertheless informative, example of the film Margin Call which highlights many of the key concepts that lead to downturn becoming a crisis.
Dan takes a look at Universal Basic Income - UBI as a possible solution to the coming revolution in AI and robotics - or perhaps as an alternative to the existing welfare system.
Dan takes a look at Universal Basic Income - UBI as a possible solution to the coming revolution in AI and robotics - or perhaps as an alternative to the existing welfare system.
Dan takes a look at the brilliant website wtfhappenedin1971.com and discusses the effect of the 1971 Nixon Shock when the US dollar stopped being backed by gold and became a debt backed currency.
Dan takes a look at the brilliant website wtfhappenedin1971.com and discusses the effect of the 1971 Nixon Shock when the US dollar stopped being backed by gold and became a debt backed currency.
Dan looks at the increased attempts to slow roll an alien invasion narrative into the public mind, the feasibility of aliens & visitation and the possible motives..
Dan looks at the increased attempts to slow roll an alien invasion narrative into the public mind, the feasibility of aliens & visitation and the possible motives..
Dan speaks to authors Laura Dodsworth & Patrick Fagan about their new book - Free your Mind, a look a how psyops are now routinely employed against western populations.
Dan speaks to authors Laura Dodsworth & Patrick Fagan about their new book - Free your Mind, a look a how psyops are now routinely employed against western populations.
Dan talks with Lawrence Lepard founder of Equity Management Associates, LLC (EMA) - a Boston money management firm. Larry is a former pilot and Harvard business school graduate.
Dan talks with Lawrence Lepard founder of Equity Management Associates, LLC (EMA) - a Boston money management firm. Larry is a former pilot and Harvard business school graduate.
Dan talks to 'reformed hedge-fund manager' James Lavish, who spent thirty years on Wall Street, working for some of the world’s largest investment banks.
Dan talks to 'reformed hedge-fund manager' James Lavish, who spent thirty years on Wall Street, working for some of the world’s largest investment banks.
Dan looks at how money is created, and why that means you will necessarily be impoverished without staying on the right side of the debasement/innovation divide.
Dan looks at how money is created, and why that means you will necessarily be impoverished without staying on the right side of the debasement/innovation divide.
Dan and Beau discuss the influential book, confessions of an economic hitman - a hard hitting account of the underhand tools used by the agents of the Global American Empire.
Dan and Beau discuss the influential book, confessions of an economic hitman - a hard hitting account of the underhand tools used by the agents of the Global American Empire.
Dan and Connor consider the most expensive decision a young man will ever make: his partner. Are the economics of dating and marriage improving or deteriorating?
Dan and Connor consider the most expensive decision a young man will ever make: his partner. Are the economics of dating and marriage improving or deteriorating?
2023x47 Why Christmas Is Economically Inefficient Episode overview
Air date
Dec 19, 2023
Dan attempts to ruin everyone's Christmas with his curmudgeonly dislike of the economic efficiency of Christmas in particular the awful economic efficiency of gift giving and other .. show full overview
Dan attempts to ruin everyone's Christmas with his curmudgeonly dislike of the economic efficiency of Christmas in particular the awful economic efficiency of gift giving and other Christmas traditions, why you should eat a KFC at xmas and why Ebenezer Scrooge was the good guy.
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