Alex Epstein joins us again to discuss his excellent new book, Fossil Future, which makes a powerful case for why fossil fuels are essential for human flourishing, and why restricting them is the real crisis facing humanity. Alex explains how overhyped the supposed ‘alternatives’ to fossil fuels are, and how fossil fuels remain completely essential for our m ... Show More
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325. Principles of Economics Lecture 14: Credit and Banking
Fourteenth lecture of Principles of Economics explores credit and banking as the institutions that channel savings into investment, how commodity credit emerges from real savings, while circulation credit comes from money creation, why interest rates reflect time preference, and ... Show More
1h 17m
Apr 28
323. Principles of Economics Lecture 13: Time Preference
Thirteenth lecture of Principles of Economics explores time preference as the rate at which individuals discount the future, how property rights and hard money reduce uncertainty and lower time preference, enabling saving and investment, and why the progressive lowering of time p ... Show More
42m 9s
Aug 2022
263: Let's Get Alex Epstein on Bill Maher
Earth nearing its eight billionth resident has Bill Maher very concerned. More people means more CO2 and that means catastrophe. Unconcerned is Alex Epstein, author of the book Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less. Alex thi ... Show More
1h 38m
Dec 2022
How can we escape soaring energy bills? Stop using fossil fuels | Tessa Khan
As oil and gas companies continue to make record profits off of the same forces driving climate chaos, war and soaring energy bills, it's become clear that boom times for the fossil fuel industry are bad times for the rest of us, says climate change lawyer Tessa Khan. She asks us ... Show More
6m 38s
Nov 2022
Comment débarrasser la France des énergies fossiles ?
<p>Le Parlement a voté, en 2019, un objectif de neutralité carbone en 2050 : concrètement, cela implique de cesser progressivement d'utiliser du pétrole, du gaz, du charbon, dont la combustion cause le changement climatique. Passer des intentions à la pratique est pourtant loin d ... Show More
46m 32s