What happens when there is just TOO MUCH news to talk about. We free-ride off of the best, most timely topics.
Let’s start off with Ed’s topics:
Don Boudreaux’s Bonus Quotation of the Day from February 25, 2020. It’s from Thomas Sowell’s 1980 book, Knowledge and Decisions: “Ideas are everywhere, but knowledge is rare.”
From Reason, “Michigan Lawmakers Overturn a Bad Regulation Restricting Access to Cancer Treatments,” November 18, 2019. “Certificate of Need” are con laws and should be scrapped.
From the Los Angeles Times, “The new burger chef makes $3 an hour and never goes home (it’s a robot),” February 27, 2020.
And relatedly, from Willamette Week, “Oregon Labor Union Wants Voters to Limit Grocers to Two Sell Checkout Stations Per Store,” September 4, 2019. The Neo-Luddites are at it again!
Tom Peters tweeted: “Every team in the world is very diverse. Think of symphonies or sports teams or classrooms. The good conductors/coaches/teachers treat every member differently every day.”
Here are Ron’s topics:
Hat tip to Paul Dunn, our VeraSage colleague, for sending me these two new subscription offerings.
First up, “Panera debuts $9/month unlimited coffee and tea subscription,” from Fast Company, February 27, 2020.
And this: “Compost your baby’s diapers through this subscription service,” Fast Company, February 27, 2020.
From The Economist, February 15, 2020, “The real-estate racket.”
Hat tip to Robert Wood, “Bob Iger steps down as Disney CEO. Bob Chapek replaces him,” CNN, February 26, 2020.
Deirdre McCloskey (Episode #6) in Reason, “Steal This Intellectual Property,” from the March 2020 issue.
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Did you know that each week after our live show, Ron and Ed take to the microphone for a bonus show? Typically, this bonus show is an extension of the live show topic (sometimes even with the same guest) and a few other pieces of news, current events, or things that have caught our attention.
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Here are some of the topics and links Ron and Ed discussed during the bonus episode this past week: