Why does every Free-Rider Friday just FLY BY! This was a great show with LOTS of topics covered. Click play above to listen and use the show notes below to help guide you along.

Ed’s Topics For Free-Rider Friday

“Leave and take your flags with you”: Furious EU parliament chair CUTS OFF Nigel Farage during his triumphant last speech to Brussels after 21 years—for waving the Union Flag.
“The Economist as Scapegoat,” Russ Roberts, January 30, 2020, Medium.
“Return,” a poem by Russ Roberts, January 22, 2020, Medium.
“GDP and the Subscription Economy,” Tien Tzuo, January 24, 2020.
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Clayton Christensen, RIP. See his views on the classroom of the future here. We will do a Memorable Mentor show February 7, 2020 on Clayton’s work.

Ron’s Topics For Free-Rider Friday

“Kobe Bryant’s ‘Letter to My Younger Self’ Holds a Lesson for Us All,” FEE, John Miltimore, January 31, 2020.
Russ Robert’s EconTalk episode on Honest Income, with Daniel Klein.
“Don’t Complain—Do!,” Rabbi Daniel Lapin, January 28, 2020, Thought Tools.
“UK offers $130K for software that can trace Bitcoin, Ethereum, and (hopefully) Monero,” Hardfork, David Canellis, January 20, 2020 [Hat tip: Robert Wood].
“Goodwill Sparks Deep Division, at Least on Balance Sheets,” Jean Eaglesham, January 21, 2020, The Wall Street Journal. [Hat tip: Hector Garcia].

Bonus Content is Available As Well

Did you know that each week after our live show, Ron and Ed take to the microphone for a bonus show? Typically, this bonus show is an extension of the live show topic (sometimes even with the same guest) and a few other pieces of news, current events, or things that have caught our attention.

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Here are some of the links Ron and Ed discussed during the bonus episode this past week: