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Parasites And Property Rights
Jun 23, 2026
50m 12s
Books Don't Bet, They Match
Jun 16, 2026
1h 04m 13s
Hereditary Monarchy: At Least You Know Which Idiot Is Next
Jun 9, 2026
31m 27s
Swollen Permits? Call Chile!
May 31, 2026
45m 09s
Honor Among Thieves: Anja Shortland and Ransomware
Apr 28, 2026
1h 06m 32s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/23/26 | Parasites And Property Rights | Send us Fan Mail BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: The information in this episode comes from Red Flags Press. Their main web site is very useful for research purposes, and I recommend it! We follow the idea of the “social parasite” through socialist writing and show how it shifts from moral accusation to an enforceable legal category once society claims ownership over individual labor. We argue that the transaction costs of monitoring effort and assigning “socially useful” work push real-wor... | 50m 12s | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | Books Don't Bet, They Match | Send us Fan Mail We break down how sportsbooks function as brokers that match contracts, set prices through the point spread, and earn their living through the vig. Kevin Braig joins us to explain how law, technology, and property rights shape whether sports betting markets stay clean or slide toward corruption and bad incentives. • five reasons people gamble, from dopamine to positive skewness • what a sports bet is as a contract and why a book exists as a broker • how the 11-to-10 price ... | 1h 04m 13s | ||||||
| 6/9/26 | Hereditary Monarchy: At Least You Know Which Idiot Is Next✨ | hereditary monarchypolitical history+4 | — | — | — | hereditary monarchypolitical leadership+4 | — | 31m 27s | |
| 5/31/26 | Swollen Permits? Call Chile!✨ | bureaucracyeconomic growth+3 | — | permisologia | Chile | permitsbureaucracy+3 | — | 45m 09s | |
| 4/28/26 | Honor Among Thieves: Anja Shortland and Ransomware✨ | ransomwareeconomics+4 | Dr Anya Shortland | cyber insurance | — | ransomwareextortion+5 | — | 1h 06m 32s | |
| 3/24/26 | Are Transaction Costs Really Just Human Distance✨ | transaction costsmoral psychology+4 | — | — | — | transaction costsAdam Smith+5 | — | 43m 06s | |
| 2/24/26 | Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations Episode 10: Always Contemporary✨ | Adam Smithcommerce+4 | — | Wealth of Nations | — | Adam SmithWealth of Nations+5 | — | 1h 28m 08s | |
| 1/27/26 | Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations Episode 9: Spending, Taxing, and Debt✨ | economicsgovernment+4 | — | The Wealth of Nations | — | Adam SmithWealth of Nations+6 | — | 1h 28m 41s | |
| 12/30/25 | Adam Smith Episode 8: A Nation of Shopkeepers✨ | mercantilismcolonial policy+4 | — | Book IVphysiocracy+1 | Europecolonies+3 | mercantilismcolonial policy+7 | — | 1h 25m 07s | |
| 12/23/25 | Parts is (Not) Parts: The Life Cycle Problem for Heavy Equipment✨ | transaction costsrental economy+4 | Alex Schuessler | SmartEquipIoT | Japan | transaction costsheavy equipment+5 | — | 1h 03m 04s | |
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| 12/9/25 | Money Killed Barter; Can a Platform Bring It Back?✨ | bartertransaction costs+4 | Jassim Baqer | TbadelTabottle | — | moneybarter+7 | — | 48m 49s | |
| 11/25/25 | Adam Smith Episode 7: The Errors of Mercantilism--Bullion, Balances, and Bounties✨ | mercantilismfree exchange+4 | — | Book IVmercantilism+1 | — | mercantilismwealth+5 | — | 1h 15m 04s | |
| 10/21/25 | Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations Episode 6--Division of Land✨ | Adam SmithWealth of Nations+5 | — | Europephysiocrats+1 | — | Adam SmithWealth of Nations+5 | — | 1h 16m 20s | |
| 10/14/25 | Little's Law: The Transaction Costs of (Re)Drawing Lines✨ | transaction costsmanufacturing+4 | Andrew Wagner | ToyotaAdam Smith’s pin factory+1 | — | transaction costsmanufacturing engineer+7 | — | 55m 31s | |
| 9/30/25 | Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations: Episode 5--The Text of Book II✨ | economic growthdivision of stock+4 | — | Wealth of Nations | — | Adam SmithWealth of Nations+5 | — | 1h 16m 12s | |
| 9/23/25 | Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations: Episode 4--Capital and Book II: Introduction | Send us Fan Mail Book Two of Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" provides the conceptual foundation for understanding how commercial society sustains growth through capital accumulation and the employment of stock. Smith challenges common misconceptions about wealth creation and offers profound insights on the role of capital in economic development. • Capital is not capitalism – Smith wrote before "capitalism" was invented, using the term "stock" to describe accumulated resources • Divisio... | 54m 38s | ||||||
| 9/16/25 | The Innovation is the Exchange Itself! | Send us Fan Mail Chris Cornette, a longtime securities trader who grew up in the business, reveals how the most important innovation that made US capital markets preeminent in the world was the exchange itself. • Cornette's father worked in the P&S (Purchase and Sales) department on Wall Street, eventually becoming the controller of an American Stock Exchange specialist unit • The original Buttonwood Agreement from 1792 created exclusivity among traders that helped establish trust in the... | 1h 08m 39s | ||||||
| 8/26/25 | When Bribes Become the System: Understanding Lock-In | Send us Fan Mail Corruption persists not because people like it, but because it becomes embedded in the incentive structure of the state, creating feedback loops that reinforce themselves and resist reform. • A prebend is a type of benefice historically given to clergymen, now a useful concept for understanding corruption in developing nations • Douglas North extended Coase's concept of transaction costs to explain why institutions matter in economics and politics • Bad institutions cr... | 25m 57s | ||||||
| 8/19/25 | Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations: Episode #3--Introduction and Book I | Send us Fan Mail Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" developed from decades of lectures on jurisprudence, examining how market exchange creates prosperity through division of labor and specialized skills. • Two core observations drive Smith's thinking: humans seek approval from others and have a propensity to "truck, barter and exchange" • Exchange is Smith's key concept—not just for goods but for ideas, sentiments and social coordination • Division of labor dramatically increases productiv... | 1h 21m 55s | ||||||
| 8/12/25 | Second Place Is The First Loser: Strategy Over Speed | Send us Fan Mail The ancient tradition of Il Palio in Siena showcases a complex system of strategic corruption, neighborhood rivalries, and high-stakes horse racing that has endured for centuries. This 90-second race around Siena's central piazza involves extensive bribery, intense negotiations, and centuries-old vendettas that make speed secondary to political maneuvering. • Horse assignments determined by lottery prevent wealthy neighborhoods from buying fastest horses but create opportuni... | 42m 22s | ||||||
| 8/5/25 | When Bats Attack: Understanding Insurance | Send us Fan Mail Mike Munger explores insurance economics through the lens of transaction costs and risk management, culminating in an amusing case study about "bat-in-mouth disease." Insurance transfers risk from individuals to larger pools, reducing the expected variance of outcomesThe fair price of insurance equals expected value (probability × potential loss) plus transaction costsInformation asymmetry, subjective risk valuation, and strategic behavior complicate insurance marketsInsura... | 35m 09s | ||||||
| 7/29/25 | Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations: Episode #2--The "Model" | Send us Fan Mail Transaction costs provide the key to understanding Adam Smith's complete philosophical system and how his two great works form an integrated whole. • Smith's two essential claims: humans desire to learn proper behavior and have an innate propensity to truck, barter, and exchange • Sympathy in Smith's view means synchronizing feelings with others—not perfect emotional matching but sufficient "concords" for social harmony • Three core principles guide proper behavior: ju... | 57m 13s | ||||||
| 7/22/25 | Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations: Episode 1 (Background) | Send us Fan Mail (N.B.: This episode is cross-posted at our partner site, Adam Smith Works. There are lots of resources and background material there, if you want to delve deeper) The Scottish Enlightenment emerged as a remarkable intellectual movement that shaped modern economics, philosophy, and social science, with Adam Smith at its center developing a dual theory of human nature through his two masterworks. • Scottish Presbyterian education fostered literacy and critical inquiry de... | 58m 27s | ||||||
| 7/15/25 | Nnnnooooo one expects transaction costs!! The economics of Monty Python | Send us Fan Mail Mike Munger explores how Monty Python brilliantly illustrated transaction cost economics through their legendary comedy sketches. The British comedy troupe's most famous routines provide perfect, hilarious examples of the frictions that make economic interactions costly and complicated in the real world. • Three definitions of transaction costs from Ronald Coase, Douglas North, and Oliver Williamson • The Dead Parrot sketch as an illustration of ex-post recontracting problem... | 16m 47s | ||||||
| 7/8/25 | The Engineers of Exchange: Middlemen, Part Deux | Send us Fan Mail Middlemen are not parasites but essential "engineers of exchange" who create value by connecting buyers and sellers who might never find each other otherwise. • The word "monger" (and Munger) comes from a Saxon root--Mancgere-- meaning trader or merchant • Middlemen historically seen as parasites for buying cheap and selling dear without improving products • 11th-century "mancgere" traders defended their value despite not changing the goods they sold • RA Radford's 1945 POW ... | 16m 25s | ||||||
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