Every time there’s an emergency, the prices of certain goods skyrocket -- like masks and hand sanitizer during COVID -- and the public gets angry about price gouging. In this episode, two economists (Raymond Niles and Amihai Glazer) make the case for why “price gouging” is actually a good thing, and Julia raises potential counterarguments.
Is cash the best way to help the poor? (Michael Faye)
Humanity on the precipice (Toby Ord)
Dangerous biological research - is it worth it? (Kevin Esvelt)
Why we're polarized (Ezra Klein)
The genetic lottery (Kathryn Paige Harden)
How to reason about COVID, and other hard things (Kelsey Piper)
How to be a data detective (Tim Harford)
Are Uber and Lyft drivers being exploited?
Unfair laws / Why judges should be originalists (William Baude)
Intellectual honesty, cryptocurrency, & more (Vitalik Buterin)
Understanding moral disagreements (Jonathan Haidt)
The case for one billion Americans, & more (Matt Yglesias)
What’s wrong with tech companies banning people? (Julian Sanchez)
The case for racial colorblindness (Coleman Hughes)
Are Democrats being irrational? (David Shor)
The moral limits of markets / The problem with meritocracy (Michael Sandel)
Deaths of despair / Effective altruism (Angus Deaton)
Are Boomers to blame for Millennials' struggles?
Rationally Speaking #244 - Stephanie Lepp and Buster Benson on "Seeing other perspectives, with compassion"
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