Words & Numbers
Words & Numbers is one of the highest-rated economics podcasts in the world. Each episode, Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan dig into economics, political science, and current events to explain what’s actually happening and why it matters.
Episodes
What's the deal with bonds and interest rates? Find out on Words & Numbers, where we will use both words and numbers to get to the bottom of things.
0:00 Introduction and Episode Preview
0:42 Free Speech and the First Amendment
7:45 Rutgers Dean Caught Recording Students
09:55 Renaming the Great Lakes “Lake America”
11:41 Foolishness of the Week: George Santos Gets Banned From Kalshi
14:27 Is the Government Running Out of...
A priest shows up. Antony doesn’t confess, James doesn’t convert, but they all talk about human dignity.
Checkout Fr. James Martin, SJ 's book, 'Work in Progress.'
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0:00 Introduction and Overview
0:29 The Ultimate Quiet Quitting Story
4:32 Scott Bessent’s $950 Billion Bond Buyback Plan
8:05 Is the Treasury Conducting Its Own Monetary Policy?
12:14 Foolishness of the Week: American Airl...
When government statistics are under question, it gets pretty hard to know what the hell is actually going on.
00:00 Introduction and Episode Preview
00:32 Civil Disobedience, Crime, and Flock Cameras
06:17 License Plate Tracking and the Surveillance State
10:52 Rising Treasury Yields and Federal Borrowing
12:20 Surge Pricing, Markets, and Government Intervention
15:48 Monopolies, Standard Oil, and De Beers
20:01 Foolishness of the Week: ...
Clark Neily joins us once again, this time to discuss the thorny matter of constitutional interpretation.
00:00 Introduction and Overview
00:26 TSA Phone Searches and the Right to Privacy
06:26 The University of Michigan Abandons Traditional Grades
10:31 Foolishness of the Week: Transgender Athletes and the WNBA
18:48 Clark Neily on How to Read the Constitution
21:54 Originalism vs. Textualism
27:02 Applying the Constitution to Modern Tec...
This week Ant and James seem not to have much of a point, but that's never stopped them before, and it sure didn't stop them this week.
00:00 Introduction and Episode Preview
00:24 Caleb Hammer, Personal Finance, and Economic Hypocrisy
05:13 Thomas Jefferson, Hypocrisy, and Judging Ideas vs. People
10:00 Political Tribalism and Why People Stop Thinking Critically
14:46 Government Ownership of Corporations and Modern Socialism
20:51 Gas P...
All foolishness all the time, with the connoisseur of foolishness himself, Wes Westmoreland.
00:00 Introduction
00:43 American Airlines Travel Horror Stories
06:25 Is the GOP Becoming Socialist?
12:34 Goldfish Rights, Animal Rights, and Ethical Contradictions
17:03 Tim Walz’s “Gender Dolls” for Children
20:32 Crossbow Mishap at the County Fair
22:07 Zohran Mamdani, Grocery Stores, and Reparations
24:16 Democrats, Republic...
The adult entertainment industry has been sounding the alarm about the erosion of our rights for years. Adult actress London River joins us to explain.
00:00 Introduction and Episode Preview
00:43 Zohran Mamdani’s Housing Proposal and Rent Control
03:44 Foolishness of the Week: Do Goldfish Have Rights?
07:51 Introducing London River
09:55 The SAVE Act and Online Age Verification
11:35 Why Adult Websites Oppose ID Verification
13:26 ...
What do population growth rates and movement among the states have to do with one another? More than you might think.
00:00 Introduction and Episode Preview
00:56 Thomas Massie on Congress and Presidential Power
03:34 A Promising New Alzheimer’s Treatment
07:03 Foolishness of the Week: California’s Town Council Refuses to Leave Office
08:40 America’s Population Slowdown and Why It Matters
11:03 Immigration, Social Secur...
Is birth enough to determine who should be a citizen? We (and the
Supreme Court) weigh in.
00:00 Introduction and Disclaimer
00:39 Disclosure Day, Spielberg, and Hollywood’s Creativity Problem
05:26 Foolishness of the Week: Air Conditioning and Energy Politics
13:58 Trump’s Meme Stock and Cryptocurrency Profits
23:39 Birthright Citizenship and the 14th Amendment
26:28 What Does “Subject to the Jurisdiction” Mean?
30...
Was July 4, 1776 the actual day of our independence from Great Britain as most Americans believe? While James is indisposed, historian Rob McDonald joins me to discuss the actual facts of America’s founding.
Memes are apparently unavoidable, and most of them suck. Here we talk about some of the suckiest ones.
00:00 Introduction and Disclaimer
00:51 Japan’s Food Tax and Why Groceries Shouldn’t Be Taxed
02:38 State Sales Taxes on Food Across America
05:04 Flat Taxes, Tax Complexity, and Scotland’s Simplicity
06:18 Remembering Historian Gordon Wood
07:37 AI Corporations and the Future of Legal Personhood
13:30 Foolishness of th...
You should absolutely care about Juneteenth. Tom Krannawitter joins us to talk about why.
00:00 Introduction and Overview
00:20 Two Dan Sullivans Running in Alaska
02:57 Lawyers Using AI in Federal Court
04:10 Foolishness of the Week: Switzerland’s Population Cap
10:12 Fear of Declining Living Standards
12:03 Juneteenth with Thomas Krannawitter
13:13 The Origins of Juneteenth
16:03 Why the 13th Amendment Completed the American Foundi...
Ant and James change things up a bit this week by talking about a great idea from Bernie Sanders.
Most of that is true. Ant and James do, in fact, talk about an idea Bernie Sanders has.
00:00 Introduction and Disclaimer
01:19 IRS Tax Forms, Privacy, and Dual Citizenship
05:29 Public Opinion Polls and Political Popularity
09:17 Foolishness of the Week: Jill Biden and Joe Biden’s Debate Performance
15:02 Virginia’s New Electri...
Why look for a girlfriend when you can just build one yourself?
00:00 Introduction and Disclaimer
00:38 China Influence Operations and Free Speech
05:07 Pope Leo’s Slavery Apology
12:53 Kash Patel Website Hacked by Malware
15:44 The Growing Trend of AI Girlfriends
20:15 Why Young Men Trust AI Companions
24:19 Is AI Becoming Sentient?
29:06 The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
33:04 AI Romance and Falling Birth Rates
39:40 Will AI Repl...
Should insider trading be allowed? It seems like a straightforward question, so how did we end up also talking about sports betting and Polymarket?
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The inimitable Matt Kibbe, of Kibbe on Liberty joins us to spill the beans. Which beans? You’ll have to listen or watch to find out.
00:00 Introduction and Overview
00:24 Brazil’s Failing Medical Education System
04:59 Older Americans Turn to Marijuana Instead of Doctors
07:11 Kari Lake, Ambassadorships, and Political Loyalty
11:16 Trump, Obama, Third Terms, and Autocracy
14:40 Introduction: Matt Kibbe Joins the Show
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What the hell is wrong with young men, and is there anything we can do to help? Max Borders joins us to diagnose the problem and offer a possible solution. Disclaimer: Max and James are starting a new project together.
00:00 Introduction and Overview
00:24 The 25th Amendment and Presidential Incapacity
04:05 Biden, Kamala Harris, and Political Responsibility
06:25 Gerald Ford, Nixon, and Presidential Stability
08:36 Gas Prices and...
How did all the Post-Liberals get on the Goulash Train? And what are Post-Liberals? And what is (or more to the point, was) the Goulash Train? With guest Phil Magness.
00:00 Introduction and Disclaimer
01:44 Fast-Track Degrees and Credential Culture
03:53 Online Learning and Gaming the System
05:11 AI, Universities, and Lecture Ownership
08:04 AI Replacing Professors and Higher Ed Decline
09:55 The Collapse of Higher Education
11:...
Privileges and/or Immunities, Necessary and/or Proper, and Cruel and/or Unusual, with guest Clark Neily.
00:00 Introduction and Disclaimer
00:37 Congress Approval Ratings Hit 10%
02:08 King Charles on Checks and Balances
03:17 Is Congress Failing Its Constitutional Role?
04:19 Jimmy Kimmel Controversy and Media Fallout
06:05 Foolishness of the Week: Trump Passport Idea
08:13 Clark Neily Joins the Show
09:28 Comey Indictment and &l...
Is the American Dream dead? A lot of people seem to think so, and perception is reality in politics. But what do the words and numbers actually say?
00:00 Introduction and Disclaimer
01:10 NYC Government Grocery Stores and “Fair Prices”
05:26 Why Socialist Grocery Models Break Down
09:27 Money, Markets, and Why the System Works
11:36 Prediction: Empty Shelves and Taxpayer Subsidies
13:29 UK Smoking Ban and Black Marke...
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