Ep 8 | Why We Need Government

A FUNDAMENTAL GUIDE TO WHY WE NEED GOVERNMENT. KEEP HANDY WHEN RESPONDING TO CLAIMS THAT LESS GOVERNMENT IS NECESSARILY BETTER.

SHOW NOTES:

  • What Norway does with its oil [link]
  • A part that stands for a whole, or a whole that stands for a part [synecdoche definition]
  • Thalidomide caused birth defects when pregnant women took it for morning sickness [link]
  • A wonkier breakdown of the market failures [link]
  • Mitt Romney makes the case for a managed bankruptcy of Detroit [link]
  • The Minority Report [trailer]
  • Every Tom Cruise run. Ever. [video]