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Macro Musings with David Beckworth
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Macro Musings with David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Hosted by David Beckworth of the Mercatus Center, Macro Musings is a podcast which pulls back the curtain on the important macroeconomic issues of the past, present, and future.
Through conversations with top thinkers in the social sciences and beyond, economist Shruti Rajagopalan explores the ideas that will propel India forward.
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Hayek Program Podcast
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Hayek Program Podcast
F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
The Hayek Program Podcast includes audio from lectures, interviews, and discussions of scholars and visitors from the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. The F. A. Hayek Program is devoted to the promotion of teaching and research on the institutional arrangements that are suitable for the support of free and prosperous societies. Implicit in this statement is the presumption that those arrangements ...
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The John Batchelor Show
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#Mars: Zhurong naps for winter. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
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Photo: Descent phases of the Chinese Mars probe Tianwen-1 #Mars: Zhurong naps for winter. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/zhurong-goes-into-hibernation/ .. Permissions Description: Abstiegsphasen der chinesischen Marssonde Tianwen-1 Date | 16. Oktober 2021 (Erstveröffentlichung) So…
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The John Batchelor Show
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#CommercialSpace: Satellite cornucopia as the PRC trash-talks Starlink. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com.
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Photo: "With high speeds and latency as low as 20ms in most locations, Starlink enables video calls, online gaming, streaming, and other high data rate activities that historically have not been possible with satellite internet. Users also have the option to take Starlink with them via the Portability feature or Starlink for RVs service." #Commerci…
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The John Batchelor Show
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2/2: #Energy: Port of Corpus Christi preps for global demand. Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, Contributing Editor, & author, Spaceport Earth. @PappalardoJoe
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Photo: Coast Guard crews respond to dredge fire in the Port of Corpus Christi Ship Channel 2/2: #Energy: Port of Corpus Christi preps for global demand. Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, Contributing Editor, & author, Spaceport Earth. @PappalardoJoe https://www.ccredc.com/index.php?src=news&srctype=detail&category=News&refno=43…
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1/2: #Energy: Port of Corpus Christi preps for global demand. Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, Contributing Editor, & author, Spaceport Earth. @PappalardoJoe
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Photo: Ship going through drawbridge entering port of Corpus Christi, Texas 1/2: #Energy: Port of Corpus Christi preps for global demand. Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, Contributing Editor, & author, Spaceport Earth. @PappalardoJoe https://www.ccredc.com/index.php?src=news&srctype=detail&category=News&refno=43…
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The John Batchelor Show
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8/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday
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Photo: Postage stamp of the USSR. 1985. Caracal 8/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday Hardcover – February 1, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Otherlands-Journeys-Earths-Extinct-Ecosystems/dp/0593132882/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_1/139-3114007-6820565?pd_rd_w=q9bMH&content-id=amzn1.sym.6b3eefea-7b16-43e9-bc45-2e332cbf99…
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The John Batchelor Show
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7/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday
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Photo: The Paleocene, or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 million years ago. It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. 7/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday Hardcover – February 1, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Otherlands-Journeys-Earths-Extinct-E…
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The John Batchelor Show
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6/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday
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Photo: "The refilling of the Mediterranean about five million years ago may have been the biggest flood in our planet’s history. By one estimate, the cascade of water that filled the cavernous basin was about 500 times larger than the flow of the Amazon River." The Mediterranean Sea's only connection to the world's oceans is through a narrow strip …
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The John Batchelor Show
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5/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday
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Photo: The Vertebrata of the Pliocene deposits of Britain. By E. T. Newton. Pub. by order of the lords commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. 5/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday Hardcover – February 1, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Otherlands-Journeys-Earths-Extinct-Ecosystems/dp/0593132882/ref=pd_bxgy_img_…
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The John Batchelor Show
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4/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday
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Photo: "The Great Barrier Reef extends for 2,000 kilometers along the northeastern coast of Australia. It is not a single reef, but a vast maze of reefs, passages, and coral cays (islands that are part of the reef)." 4/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday Hardcover – February 1, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Oth…
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The John Batchelor Show
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3/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday
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Photo: From 1922: A Short History of the World; here, Cambrian. (This image very likely has been superseded.) 3/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday Hardcover – February 1, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Otherlands-Journeys-Earths-Extinct-Ecosystems/dp/0593132882/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_1/139-3114007-6820565?pd_rd_w…
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The John Batchelor Show
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2/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday
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Photo: Eocene-- Primobucco mcgrewi (Brodkorb) from the Fossil Butte Member of the Green River Formation, collected from Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. 2/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday Hardcover – February 1, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Otherlands-Journeys-Earths-Extinct-Ecosystems/dp/0593132882/…
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The John Batchelor Show
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1/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday
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Photo: Miocene: Rhynchotherium 1/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday Hardcover – February 1, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Otherlands-Journeys-Earths-Extinct-Ecosystems/dp/0593132882/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_1/139-3114007-6820565?pd_rd_w=q9bMH&content-id=amzn1.sym.6b3eefea-7b16-43e9-bc45-2e332cbf99da&pf_rd_p=6b3eef…
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The John Batchelor Show
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#Topgun: Tom Cruise and the Skunkworks Darkstar. Tyler Rogoway, The War Zone / The Drive
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Photo: Photographer | Alan Radecki Description | Entrance plaza of the Lockheed Skunk Works, Palmdale, California Date | 25 June 2004 Source | own work | This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution 2.5 Genericlicense. #Topgun: Tom Cruise and the Skunkworks Darkstar. Tyler Rogoway, The War Zone / The Drive https://www.thedrive.com/th…
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The John Batchelor Show
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#Markets: Delayed creative destruction in a bear market; “What is spoofing?" Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barron's Magazine.
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Photo: In Hinduism, the god Shiva is simultaneously destroyer and creator, portrayed as Shiva Nataraja (Lord of the Dance), which is proposed as the source of the Western notion of "creative destruction." Creative destruction (German: schöpferische Zerstörung) is a concept in economics which since the 1950s is most readily identified with the Austr…
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The John Batchelor Show
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#PacificWatch: Drought settles on Southern California. @JCBliss
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Photo: Stranded in southern California. Belongings of Oklahoma drought refugees camped alongside the road #PacificWatch: Drought settles on Southern California. @JCBliss https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-05-24/california-bans-watering-of-non-functional-grassBy John Batchelor
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The John Batchelor Show
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#Markets: Biden Administration advocates a "transition" in a time of fossil fuel want. Dan Henninger, @WSJOpinion. WSJ editorial board and Wonder Land columnist
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Photo: Transition from wind-powered to coal-powered shipping; here: 1882 #Markets: Biden Administration advocates a "transition" in a time of fossil fuel want. Dan Henninger, @WSJOpinion. WSJ editorial board and Wonder Land columnist https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-asia-trip-tokyo-economy-inflation-stagflation-recession-tax-increase-2022-mid…
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The John Batchelor Show
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#California: $23,000.00 surplus per household; & What is to be done? Lee Ohanian. Hoover Institution
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Photo: Homeless person on Church Street in San Francisco. #California: $23,000.00 surplus per household; & What is to be done? Lee Ohanian. Hoover Institution https://www.hoover.org/research/despite-spending-11-billion-san-francisco-sees-its-homelessness-problems-spiral-out-controlBy John Batchelor
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The John Batchelor Show
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#HotelMars: Starliner succeeds glitchily. Douglas Messier is Managing Editor of ParabolicArc.com, a daily blog that covers commercial space and more. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com
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Photo: Boeing's Starliner CST-100. Engineers work with the solar array for Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft at Spectrolab in Sylmar, California. The solar arrays will power the Starliner as it flies through space and while it is docked to the International Space Station. Photo credit: Boeing #HotelMars: Starliner succeeds glitchily. Douglas Me…
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The John Batchelor Show
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#Canada: Pierre Poilievre is leading. Conrad Black, National Post
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Photo: Poilievre argues that large budget deficits are the reason for inflation. Poilievre proposes implementing a pay-as-you-go law, requiring the government to offset any new spending with a cut elsewhere. Here: Structural (blue) and cyclical (green) components are summed to give the headline deficit/surplus (red) for a hypothetical economy #Cana…
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The John Batchelor Show
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#Markets: The recession will be painful. Veronique de Rugy, @veroderugy, @GeorgeMasonU, @Mercatus Center, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University & NRO Online.
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Photo: World map showing GDP real growth rates for 2009. CIA world factbook estimates as of April 2010. #Markets: The recession will be painful. Veronique de Rugy, @veroderugy, @GeorgeMasonU, @Mercatus Center, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University & NRO Online. https://www.creators.com/read/veronique-de-rugy/05/22/spread-…
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The John Batchelor Show
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#PRC: Blue Pacific at risk. Dr. Lawrence A. Franklin, former USAF Reserve Colonel Military Attaché to the U.S. Embassy in Israel. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
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Photo: View of the Pacific Ocean taken from the open ramp of an MC-130. Combat Shadow aircraft at 3,500 feet #PRC: Blue Pacific at risk. Dr. Lawrence A. Franklin, former USAF Reserve Colonel Military Attaché to the U.S. Embassy in Israel. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/23/asia/the-quad-tokyo-summit-explainer-…
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The John Batchelor Show
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#Iran: Food security in the Shia crescent in Iran. David Schenker, Taube Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Program on Arab Politics. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 ...
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Photo: The Shia Crescent. The numbers shows the percent of Shia in the population #Iran: Food security in the Shia crescent in Iran. David Schenker, Taube Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Program on Arab Politics. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/lebanon-election-new-faces…
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The John Batchelor Show
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#Israel: Jerusalem Day Risk. Elad Strohmayer is Spokesperson of the Embassy of Israel to the United States in Washington, D.C. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
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Photo: Jerusalem Day parade (Flags dance) - Jaffa Road, 44 (Khalifa Shoes), at the corner with Ha-Rav Kook street, 2007 #Israel: Jerusalem Day Risk. Elad Strohmayer is Spokesperson of the Embassy of Israel to the United States in Washington, D.C. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://www.timesofisrael.com/lapid-and-visiting-turkish-fm-…
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The John Batchelor Show
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#Turkey: One thousand one hundred fifty rooms in the Sultan's palace; & What is to be done? Cliff May, FDD. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
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Photo: For comparative e purposes: Yıldız Palace in 1909. Yıldız Palace is a vast complex of former imperial Ottoman pavilions and villas in Istanbul, Turkey, built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was used as a residence by the Sultan and his court in the late 19th century. #Turkey: One thousand one hundred fifty rooms in the Sultan's pala…
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The John Batchelor Show
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#Chile: Constitutional incoherence. Mary Anastasia O'Grady. WSJOpinion
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Photo: Lautaro, toqui and hero of the Arauco war #Chile: Constitutional incoherence. Mary Anastasia O'Grady. WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/chile-constitutional-convention-rewrite-new-entitlement-private-school-voucher-authoritarian-11653247004By John Batchelor
