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The Boiling Frog

By: Seth Rosenblatt and Mark Olbert
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  • Reflections on the intersection of economics, history, politics, psychology, and science
    copyright 2022 Seth Rosenblatt and Mark Olbert
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Episodes
  • Jimmy Hoppa

    Jimmy Hoppa
    Apr 17 2023

    This podcast is all about labor unions – why they exist, their history in the U.S., a brief comparison with unions in other countries, the pros and cons of unions, and the larger political implications of their existence.


    This is a controversial topic in U.S. politics, with many voters (and most elected officials) falling squarely into the “pro-union” or “anti-union” camp. But as with most issues, the truth is much more nuanced and complicated. Labor unions in the U.S. formed – and largely still exist – because of failures in market capitalism. As discussed in our very first podcast, capitalism is based on a number of principles to ensure resources are most efficiently allocated, but in real life those principles are rarely met. This is particularly pronounced in the labor market, which is fraught with friction and often monopsony employers.
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    37 mins
  • Jump for Joy

    Jump for Joy
    Feb 17 2023

    Building off the prior podcast on learning from the past, this discussion is all about success and failure. We all know the common wisdom that we all learn more from failure than from success, but of course we don’t strive to fail all of the time!
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    29 mins
  • The Toad Not Taken

    The Toad Not Taken
    Dec 31 2022
    We all spend a lot of time thinking about the past, often when we're trying to make a decision in the present. Sometimes that reflection ends up complicating our decision-making. Why is that? And if we want to avoid repeating past mistakes while also not preventing ourselves from taking new paths, what's the proper way to use our knowledge of the past?
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    34 mins
World Political Science
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