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Summertime, and the livin' is emphatically not easy, particularly if you're trying to travel anywhere in the foreseeable future.
Travel and vacations were never exactly cheap, but right now they seem particularly challenging to the pocketbook, especially for families. If only there were a way to peek under the hood of all that and have it explained by, say, a comedian and an economist in a way that makes sense.
Good news! That's exactly what you'll get with this week's episode of Happy Hour Econ, which is now available wherever you get your podcasts or on our website!
https://happyhourecon.org/
06/01/2026
People seem to think that philanthropy is the opposite of profit. That the first is good and the latter is bad. Philanthropy is the apology owed for the crime of being successful.
But profit isn't evil, and you can't have philanthropy without it. The latest installment in our capitalism series examines just how much money Americans give away (spoiler: it's a whole lot) and what makes that kind of generosity possible. Read more here: https://blog.freetochoosenetwork.org/2026/06/philanthropy-is-one-of-capitalisms-products/
Join Lou and Phil for this week's Happy Hour Econ to hear the guys make the wild suggestion, "Hey, maybe instead of taxing more, the government, I don't know, spends less."
From the archives: Walter Williams
How much does someone need to create or build or give away before those who don't are satisfied?
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