Avoiding Fallacies

Premiere DateNov 11, 2016
Series Page Download Sponsor: AT&T
Categories Culture Politics Talk
00:00 Intro
00:27 Part 1 - Evie Adomait
04:05 Part 2 - Thinking About Taxes Differently
08:28 Part 3 - Fallacies to Avoid
12:41 Outro
12:57 Shades The Seams
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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Joe Virgillito is a staff writer and podcast producer at BTRtoday He is a graduate of Quinnipiac University with a degree in journalism. In his spare time, he enjoys reading and wandering around aimlessly, as…

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