Introduction and Episode Preview0:50 The Ig Nobel Prize: Are Rich People More Selfish?5:13 Rising Oil Prices and the Real Cost of Policy Decisions7:20 Trump’s $5,000 Checks and the Inflation Problem10:22 The Lindsay Clancy Trial and a Bizarre Jury Split12:22 Foolishness of the Week: A Five-Year-Old, a Pond, and CPS15:32 Foolishness of the Week: Punished for Stopping a Mass Shooter18:17 The Affordability Crisis and Government Intervention19:58 The Ratchet Effect: Why Government Power Never Shrinks21:15 From the Great Depression to COVID: A Century of Expanding Government24:14 The 2030s: Social Security and the Coming Wealth Tax25:50 The 2040s: The Debt Crisis and a Digital Dollar32:27 The 2050s: Population Decline and Universal Basic Income34:11 How Temporary Government Powers Become Permanent35:27 Socialism, the Berlin Wall, and North vs. South Korea40:11 Social Security Insolvency and America’s Growing Debt42:11 Property Taxes, Ownership, and the Erosion of Economic Freedom47:01 How Young People Can Prepare for Social Security’s Future50:21 Retirement Savings and the Coming AI Bubble54:32 AI Regulation, Government Protection, and the Ratchet Effect