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Latest episodes

• What's really behind Korea's massive defense export boom | HB Hong

  October 8, 2026 · 44 min

  In just a couple of years, South Korea turned from one of the world's largest defense importers to exports. In this interview, Korean expert HG Hong (Platoon Magazine) explains why.

• Are monopolies really taking over the economy? | Brian Albrecht

  October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

  Big Tech has never been bigger. Google, Amazon and Metaserve more customers and earn bigger profits every year, and AI companies are claiming a growing share of the stock market. For many, that's a warning sign: the bigger these firms get…

• How governments can increase fertility rates | Lyman Stone

  September 24, 2026 · 50 min

  Why have fertility rates collapsed in the past decades? Is there anything governments can do to reverse this situation? In this episode, we review the leading explanations for long-run demographic change, the role of smartphones, and the…

• Economist defends rent controls | prof. Frank Braconi

  September 17, 2026 · 60 min

  Frank Braconi is one of the few economists willing to argue that rent control, properly designed, can work. But what does "properly designed" mean? When should it be used, where, and how? We discuss San Francisco's decontrol-recontrol…

• What Chinese rule will actually look like | Dr. Dave Kang

  September 10, 2026 · 47 min

  As China's star rises, people like Ray Dalio think we may see the emergence of a new tribute system. In this podcast, I discuss with tribute system expert Dr. Dave Kang what the tribute system actually was and whether or not we can…

• Can a land value tax fix housing? | Lars Doucet

  September 3, 2026 · 54 min

  Prime downtown land sits empty while cities run out of housing. Tax buildings and you punish building; tax land and you punish sitting on it. In this episode, Lars Doucet, author of Land is a Big Deal, discusses the history and relevance…

• What over 100 studies reveal about rent controls? | Prof. Konstantin Kholodilin

  August 27, 2026 · 46 min

  What does sixty years of evidence actually say about rent control? Konstantin Kholodilin (DIW Berlin) read 112 empirical studies to find out. We go through the results.

• Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once | John Burn-Murdoch

  August 20, 2026 · 48 min

  Fertility rates are falling in the Europe and the US, but also in places China, Tunisia and Colombia. What can explain this global trend, and what are the political and economic consequences of low birth rates societies? In this episode…