Introduction

21 people were killed at an elementary school in texas this past week. School shootings really don't seem like a natural topic for an economic podcast, but we wanted to try to shine some sort of light on such a dark situation. The federal government, state governments have spent billions on improving school safety in just the last handful of year. So where exactly has that money gone? We're going to be talk about the economics of switzerland - which is where davos is and where adam is right now.