The Answer Is Transaction Costs

By Michael Munger

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Episodes: 17


 Jun 19, 2023

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The real price of everything is the toil and trouble of acquiring it."  -Adam Smith (WoN, Bk I, Chapter 5)

In which the Knower of Important Things shows how transaction costs explain literally everything. Plus TWEJ,  and answers to letters.

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Episode Date
Motives and Morals of Taxes, and an Homage to Bob Barker
Aug 29, 2023
All You Can Eat, or By the Ounce?
Aug 22, 2023
The Devil Went Down to Grievance: Tuh, Taxes, and HOAs
Aug 15, 2023
The Red Dots Three, Parsley, and Counting Sheep
Aug 08, 2023
Packing Out Your Trash, Brown M&Ms, and $100 Bills on the Sidewalk
Aug 01, 2023
Academic Publishing, Talking Frogs, and Nailing Your Head to the Floor
Jul 25, 2023
Faith and Loyalty through the TC Lens
Jul 18, 2023
Lettuce Again, and Lumber
Jul 11, 2023
Conventional Wisdom, Chesterton Fences, and "Excuse me"
Jul 04, 2023
Dollar Hot Dogs, Coupons, and Bidding for Wallets
Jun 27, 2023
Women in Prison, and ALL Costs are Transaction Costs
Jun 20, 2023
Dating, Marriage, and the Costs of Search
Jun 13, 2023
Roads, Public Goods, and Focal Points
Jun 06, 2023
Middlemen: From Mancgere to Amazon
May 30, 2023
Propriety, Norms, and Traffic Congestion: Episode 3
May 23, 2023
Exchange Takes "Place," and the Strange Case of Lettuce
May 16, 2023
TAITC: Episode 1
May 09, 2023