Mike & Jay open the show with a discussion of the post Roe landscape, given the near certainty of the Supreme Court finding that there is no constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy. They look at some data on pregnancy and abortion, discuss the recent efforts of Democrats to codify Roe’s protections into law, how states are likely to act, and whether a future Republican chamber might pass a national abortion restriction.
Next they turn to Donald Trump’s success as a primary endorser and what it means for Trump’s control over the GOP, followed by the latest on Ukraine – including Finland & Sweden applying for NATO membership and a $40 billion Ukraine package.
After that it’s inflation: the latest downturn (sort of), what the Fed has been and likely will do in the future, how markets have reacted, how big of a role the American Rescue Plan has played in fueling inflation, and whether US tariffs against China should be rolled back.
They close the show with Mike’s announcement that he and his wife are thinking about retiring to either Uruguay, Chile, or Portugal in the next few years. Mike explains why, brings up some data on how those countries compare to the US in terms of freedom and corruption, and he and Jay discuss the tension between American nationalism and Stoic cosmopolitanism.
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Sanders Out, Wisconsin Votes, Trump Removes Michael Atkinson and Glenn Fine
Stay-At-Home Extended, Encouraging Numbers?, SBA Loan Program, Resource Fights, Masks
Coronavirus Stimulus, Defense Production Act, Restarting the Economy
Reasons to be Rationally Optimistic About The Coronavirus Pandemic
Coronavirus, Ohio's Primary That Wasn't, Social Media in an Emergency
Thomas Philippon on How America Gave Up on Free Markets
Coronavirus Pandemic Response & How Moderate is Joe Biden, Anyway?
Super Tuesday, Biden Rising, Bloomberg & ‘Buying an Election’, Warren & Sexism, Coronavirus Response
Presidential Electability, Constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Patterson v. Walgreens
Trump’s Pardons, Mike Bloomberg, What to Look for in a Presidential Candidate
Justice Department Independence, NH Primary, Bernie and a Democratic Socialist President
Allan Lichtman on Repeal The Second Amendment
Impeachment, Iowa Apps, Barr’s Memo, SOTU
Trump's Acquittal, FISA, Progressive Prospects, Political Principles, Christians for Trump, News Sources
An Impeachment Trial Without Witnesses, Iowa Caucuses, The ‘Stop Bernie’ Movement
Purity, Socialism, Supporting the Troops, Polarization, Education, Parties, Bernie v Trump, the Judiciary
Trump’s Trial, Religious Funding, Faithless Electors
Economist Bryan Caplan on Open Borders
Senate Trial, Lev Parnas, USMCA, Warren v Sanders, iPhone Hacking
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