Foolishness of the Week: 05:13
Main episode: 12:18

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https://www.investopedia.com/nearly-1-in-4-generation-x-workers-say-they-wont-retire-survey-shows-8666276

Foolishness of the Week

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/rcna158268

https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/4684714-louisiana-wants-the-ten-commandments-in-schools-but-which-version/

Topic of the Week

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Many of our listeners, and at least one of our hosts, are avid gamers, so it's natural that we'd come around to this topic eventually. Gaming companies are known to employ economists (often game theorists) to help design games because economists understand how to think about how people behave when their unlimited desires collide with their limited abilities. Games are nothing more than artificial environments in which these very real behaviors play out.

Foolishness of the Week: 10:06
Main episode: 17:27

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https://www.axios.com/2024/06/15/double-haters-biden-trump-favorability

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4723719-lara-trump-vows-to-prosecute-anyone-who-cheats-in-an-election-we-will-track-you-down/

Foolishness of the Week

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewleahey/2024/06/14/can-trump-eliminate-the-income-tax/

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Canada’s central bank cut its interest rate. The European central bank cut its interest rate. But the Fed continues to hold its interest rate high. This will create a cascade of effects - some good, some bad, depending on who you are.

Foolishness of the Week: 09:43
Main episode: 13:11

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https://dnyuz.com/2024/06/09/is-your-driving-being-secretly-scored/

Foolishness of the Week

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brit-hume-stupid-lara-trump_n_665e73a6e4b022af97dd51cf

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