Name: Why Social Issues Dominate
Uploaded: 2022-05-06T18:48:35+00:00
Duration: 37 min 46 s
Description: Jeff is solo this week and hosts Tom Woods to ask a simple question: Why do social issues dominate our attention, to the detriment of economics and fiscal reality? Read Jeff's article "Why Social Issu

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Jeff is solo this week and hosts Tom Woods to ask a simple question: Why do social issues dominate our attention, to the detriment of economics and fiscal reality?

Read Jeff's article "Why Social Issues Dominate" https://Mises.org/Dominate

00:00 Introduction
00:41 The Fiscal Gap
06:30 Social Issues vs. Economic Issues
10:57 The 14th Amendment
16:35 Decentralization and Federal Power
24:06 Monetary Policy is Boring
29:09 Will Things Change After the Next Political Cycle?
31:20 How Politics is Degrading Us
34:03 Why Social Issues Dominate