

The Answer Is Transaction Costs
Michael Munger
"The real price of everything is the toil and trouble of acquiring it."  -Adam Smith (WoN, Bk I, Chapter 5)In which the Knower of Important Things shows how transaction costs explain literally everything. Plus TWEJ,  and answers to letters.If YOU have questions, submit them to our email at taitc.email@gmail.com There are two kinds of episodes here: 1. For the most part, episodes June-August are weekly, short (<20 mins), and address a few topics. 2. Episodes September-May are longer (1 hour), and monthly, with an interview with a guest.Finally, a quick note:  This podcast is NOT for Stacy Hockett. He wanted you to know that.....
Top mentioned books
 Here are the most frequently recommended books on The Answer Is Transaction Costs podcast: 

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The Wealth of Nations

 #2  Mentioned in 3 episodes 
The theory of moral sentiments

 #3  Mentioned in 2 episodes 
The road to serfdom

 #4  Mentioned in 2 episodes 
The Fable of the Bees
 or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits 
 #5  Mentioned in 2 episodes 
Political Capitalism

 #6  Mentioned in 2 episodes 
The Infidel and the Professor
 David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought 

 #7  Mentioned in 2 episodes 
The Brass Ring

 #8  Mentioned in 2 episodes 
Lectures on jurisprudence

 #9  Mentioned in 2 episodes 
The Socialist Calculation Debate
 Theory, History, and Contemporary Relevance 

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The Mythical Man-Month
 Essays on Software Engineering 
 #11  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
Politics As a Peculiar Business

 #12  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
A Culture of Growth
 The Origins of the Modern Economy 

 #13  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
Shattered
 Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign 

 #14  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
The Rise and Decline of Nations
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Expressive Voting

 #16  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
A treatise of human nature

 #17  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
Abortion, Baseball, and Weed
 Economic Issues of Our Times 
 #18  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
Alienation and the Soviet economy
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The Man Who Invented Conservatism
 The Unlikely Life of Frank Meyer 

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