Avoiding Fallacies

Premiere DateNov 11, 2016
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Categories Culture Politics Talk
00:00 Intro
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00:27 Part 1 - Evie Adomait
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04:05 Part 2 - Thinking About Taxes Differently
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08:28 Part 3 - Fallacies to Avoid
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12:41 Outro
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12:57 Shades The Seams
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15:26 Finish
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This week on the Daily Beat: We speak with Evie Adomait, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada about discussing economics with friends and family, making it digestible for students and readers, and some basic economic lessons.

Evie Adomait is the co-author of “Cocktail Party Economics: The Big Ideas and Scintillating Small Talk about Markets” and “Dinner Party Economics: The Big Ideas and Intense Conversations about the Economy.”

Today on the Daily Beat, Friday, November 11, 2016: Evie Adomait discusses common fallacies to avoid in economics arguments and offers up a different way to think about taxes.

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