Episode 260: Shortages at Home, Starvation Elsewhere

Words & Numbers

English - February 02, 2022 15:30 - 34 minutes - 29.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 336 ratings
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Americans are so used to having goods available to them at low prices, in expansive variety, and in apparently limitless quantities that sporadic shortages are shaking up our lives. Yet, what we experience as an inconvenience, others in the world experience as starvation. Humans’ default condition is not one of plenty, but one of poverty. What stands athwart any society and poverty is good governance and a free economy.

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Quick Hits

https://www.artforum.com/news/ireland-to-launch-universal-basic-income-program-for-artists-87612

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/europe/ireland-fishermen-russia-navy-intl/index.html

Foolishness of the Week

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/he-e2-80-99s-declining-a-coronavirus-vaccine-at-the-expense-of-a-lifesaving-transplant-e2-80-98i-was-born-free-i-e2-80-99ll-die-free-e2-80-99/ar-AATkeOa

Topic of the Week

https://www.unitlife.org/impact-of-covid-19-on-malnutrition

https://www.statista.com/statistics/269924/countries-most-affected-by-hunger-in-the-world-according-to-world-hunger-index/