About What The Heckonomics? : An Economics Podcast for the Rest of Us
Actor/Filmmaker/Comedian Jake Lloyd Bacon knows nothing about economics. His best friend Brian is an entrepreneur and economics enthusiast who has set out to fill Jake's brain with as much of his economics knowledge as he can cram into it. In each edition of What The Heckonomics Brian dives into a different topic and the two discuss, in simple terms that Jake can understand, the ins, outs, and all arounds. A casual economics podcast for the lay man filled with facts, bad metaphors, and every now and then an informed opinion.
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Holy Hell it's What the Heckonomics!
This episode was recorded over TWO YEARS AGO! May 2018 to be exact and was lost, but was also found! So better late than never, right?
Brian, the armchair economist, is learnin Jake all about Inflation and Deflation. Did you know not all inflation is a bad thing? Jake didn't. As usual the duo list off a litany of bad metaphors to make it all make sense including chat about movie ticket prices, cars vs horses and buggies and candles vs light bulbs, and why they would or wouldn't make the must have game-of-the-year contender "What the Heckonomics" video game!
What the Heckonomics is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Check out http://www.dragonwagonradio.com for official merchandise and more!
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19 Mar 2018TRANSCRIPT
4th Edition : Tariffs & Trade Wars
The armchair economists are back for another edition of What The Heckonomics and this week Brian is learning Jake a lil' something about Tariffs and Trade Wars! Talking all about Trumps plans and his sentiment that "they are good and easy to win." Also Jakelandia & Brianlund go to war over shoes and chairs and the Star Wars prequels find relevance! There's also some Star Trek & Wakanda comparisons because NERDS, and the two find themselves discussing how there's a lot more humanity involved in economics than it may seem and if its possible to find the balance between the obligation to care of our fellow countrymen while accepting economic creative destruction.
All that and Brian makes it a WHOLE HOUR before saying something mean about libertarians.
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What the Heckonomics Theme courtesy of Russell Henson. Follow him www.twitter.com/rustyfawkes
21 Feb 2018TRANSCRIPT
3rd Edition : Trickle Down Economics
We're back and today we're talking about an economic concept that is called many things including Reaganomics and Supply-side Economics - but is most commonly known as Trickle Down Economics. The TOTALLY AWESOME theory that if you give the rich job creators more money, that they'll distribute that wealth to the working class and give a boost to the economy in its entirety. You'll have to listen to find out whether or not it works! Also Jake is returning from being stranded on a desert island, giving away a million dollars and claiming his lifetime supply of Five Guys Burgers and Fries! It's a fun one.
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"What the Heckonomics" theme by Russell Henson @RustyFawkes
23 Dec 2017
2nd Edition : Net Neutrality/Rent-Seeking
On the second edition of What the Heckonomics, the duo dives into Net Neutrality and Rent-Seeking and the dangers of not having one, but having a lot of the other. There are kings and knights and mobsters and taxi cabs and broken analogies and more!
What the Heckonomics is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio podcast network www.dragonwagonradio.com on social media @ItsDragonWagon
Theme song by Russell Henson @RustyFawkes
4 Dec 2017
1st Edition : Externality
Welcome to What the Heckonomics?! An Economics Podcast for the rest of us.
After a brief introduction and some necessary disclaimers, Brian and Jake dive into explaining the thorn in the free market's side, Externality!
What the Heckonomics is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio podcast network www.dragonwagonradio.com on social media @ItsDragonWagon
Theme song by Russell Henson @RustyFawkes
Inside a recent episode
5th Edition : Inflation/Deflation
Published 14 Nov 2020 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And deflation, the expectation that prices will go down is a very rational, or that response is a very rational response to deflation on an individual level. And it's fine on an individual level, like it's the rational thing for an individual to do. But collectively, it creates a very bad outcome for everybody. […]
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