Each election cycle, we’re treated to politicians and their supporters crying about the disappearing middle class. So many people repeat the mantra that most of us just accept it as fact. It turns out that those people are right - the middle class is disappearing. Where they get the story wrong is that it isn’t bad news. It’s excellent news.
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Episode 282: What Happened to Health Care
Episode 281: Declared Independence
Episode 280: The End of the Experiment in Unlimited Government
Episode 279: The Pain of Drug Laws
Episode 278: Consumers' Hidden Profit
Episode 277: UNC Wilmington: Cooperation & Coercion, Pt. 2
Episode 276: UNC Wilmington: Cooperation & Coercion, Pt. 1
Episode 275: Economics Is About A Lot More Than Money
Episode 274: The CBO Predicts the Future
Episode 273: Markets With Limits, Pt. 2
Episode 272: Markets With Limits, Pt. 1
Episode 271: Our Dual Natures
Episode 270: A Conversation with Award Winning Students, Pt. 3
Episode 269: A Conversation with Award Winning Students, Pt. 2
Episode 268: A Conversation with Award Winning Students, Pt. 1
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