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Planet Money is an American blog and podcast produced by NPR. The Planet Money multimedia team covers the global economy and began around the same time as the financial crisis.
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How to save 10,000 fingers
Long time listener first time caller.
As a long time carpenter Steve is completely full of doodoo.
Especially at the end when he mentioned he was blamed to be a patent lawyer. He literally sued Bosch because they made a system that was different but similar enough.
He held the industry back from his “amazing invention” while also hitting up congress(or whoever) to make it a law that his patent should have to be used. He wanted to run the industry.
I’ve used a sawstop and they are a nice saw, I’ll agree with that, well made, all the power needed. But Steve tried to shut down all other manufacturers from making/selling saws while his patent was active.
Take that into comparison to Volvo who R&D’d the 3 point seat belt and gave away their drawings for the good of the customer to EVERYONE.
I’ll never buy a sawstop because Steve is a type of guy I wouldn’t have a beer with because of his actions.
NPR put him in a pretty angel like persona.
(There are 4 major rules of gun safety, there are only 3 on a tablesaw. Don’t put your finger in the blade, don’t stand behind what you are cutting, wear eye protection)
More injuries from tablesaws are from kick back because of improper use. You are more likely to get hit in the abdominal that a finger on the blade if you are using it correctly.
End of my rant.
21:46 UTC
What was that episode? … animal kingdom economics
I vaguely recall hearing an episode years ago about example of economics in the animal kingdom. There was something about a fish that allows other sea creatures to feed of the gunk that accumulates on its scales... or something like that.
Does this ring a bell?
20:50 UTC
PM+ bonus episode "Ask an Economist: What is the real Price of Gas?"
I recently listened to this episode from October 7 and I was surprised by guest Beia Spiller's take on the environmental impact of driving an electric vehicle.
Beia Spiller is an environmental economist and I was surprised by her assertion that charging an EV from an electric grid powered by coal is worse for the environment than a driving a gas vehicle. I thought she did a good job of weighing different factors but I was under the impression that even under a coal powered grid EVs are more environmentally friendly. Is my understanding wrong? Do I misunderstand what she is saying regarding marginal energy production?
Edit: they talk about this around the 14-17 minute marks
14:02 UTC