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    Explore "resource scarcity" with insightful episodes like "Could An Economy On Mars Ever Be Viable?" and "263: Let's Get Alex Epstein on Bill Maher" from podcasts like ""Economics Explained" and "The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe"" and more!

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    Could An Economy On Mars Ever Be Viable?

    Could An Economy On Mars Ever Be Viable?
    With billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos setting their sights on space exploration and development, there must be some commercially viable industries in space and on Mars, right? Well, it's a little more complicated than just mining the asteroids that contain trillions of dollars of value, or building heavy things in micro-gravity, and certainly a base on Mars might cost more than it's worth. Making Mars a viable economy might not even be possible.

    263: Let's Get Alex Epstein on Bill Maher

    263: Let's Get Alex Epstein on Bill Maher
    Earth nearing its eight billionth resident has Bill Maher very concerned. More people means more CO2 and that means catastrophe.  Unconcerned is Alex Epstein, author of the book Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less. Alex thinks we should carefully consider the advantages and disadvantages while deciding what to do with fossil fuels. He believes the widespread idea that rising CO2 will make the Earth unlivable is literally impossible and he would like to tell Bill why.  Instead, he tells us.