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2020 was an ugly year and so far, 2021 doesn’t look any prettier. With mass lockdowns still enacted, businesses failing by the hundreds of thousands, rising suicides and drug overdoses, and a pandemic that still has yet to subside, things may seem bleak. Surprisingly, the 1984 comedy classic “Ghostbusters” can teach us a lot about the situation we’re stuck in and how we can get out of it. Hint: More government is not the answer. Support Out of Frame! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OutofFrameShow SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/outofframeshow Check out our podcast, Out of Frame: Behind the Scenes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiS5rEmhnLwo1IG9bgr19Og Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2pEel2dEsurOGqpXJrXNd3?si=CzJNWaDwT2enEqbqW4DkcQ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-frame-behind-the-scenes/id1523047493 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9vdXRvZmZyYW1lcG9kY2FzdC5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwio0bz_ytbsAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQBA ______________________________ ______________________________ LINKS: -- COVID-19 Facts -- https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/dec/09/covid-used-as-pretext-to-curtail-civil-rights-around-the-world-finds-report https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/11/18/covid-infection-fatality-rates-sex-and-age-15163 https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2020/coronavirus-deaths-older-adults.html https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2020/04/15/coronavirus-risk-90-patients-had-underlying-conditions/2962721001/ https://twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1327740997078380544 https://spectator.org/covid-19-media-fear-mongering/ https://yougov.co.uk/topics/international/articles-reports https://www.healthline.com/health-news/new-study-found-80-percent-of-covid-19-patients-were-vitamin-d-deficient https://www.kekstcnc.com/insights/covid-19-opinion-tracker-edition-4 -- Nursing Home Deaths -- https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/06/16/nursing-homes-account-for-over-40-of-us-coronavirus-deaths/?sh=70264afa300b https://covidtracking.com/data/long-term-care https://fee.org/articles/how-states-turned-nursing-homes-into-slaughter-houses-by-forcing-them-to-admit-discharged-covid-19-patients/ -- Unintended Consequences of COVID-19 -- https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/16/yelp-data-shows-60percent-of-business-closures-due-to-the-coronavirus-pandemic-are-now-permanent.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2020/12/02/many-of-the-22-million-lost-jobs-may-never-return-andeconomic-recovery-is-already-plateauing-philadelphia-fedpresident/?sh=4167bb5e4011 https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-12-03/pandemic-is-driving-us-surge-in-cardiac-arrests-tied-to-overdose https://www.wave3.com/2020/12/03/study-reveals-increase-suicide-rates/ https://www.rollcall.com/2020/08/05/pandemics-effect-on-already-rising-suicide-rates-heightens-worry/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/11/23/covid-pandemic-rise-suicides/ https://www.npr.org/2019/07/27/745017374/isolated-and-struggling-many-seniors-are-turning-to-suicide https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/us/violent-crime-soars-confidence-in-police-takes-hit/index.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2020/08/04/major-american-cities-see-sharp-spike-in-murders-in-2020-infographic/?sh=fd1deb75af20 https://fee.org/articles/vandalism-is-violence-destructive-riots-are-not-just-property-damage/ -- Food Insecurity -- https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/01/business/food-supply-chains-coronavirus/index.html https://www.npr.org/2020/09/27/912486921/food-insecurity-in-the-u-s-by-the-numbers https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/07/global-hunger-rising-food-agriculture-organization-report/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaynaharris/2020/07/09/more-people-may-die-from-hunger-than-from-the-coronavirus-this-year-says-aid-group-oxfam/?sh=10c2108a68f4 https://www.globalhungerindex.org/ranking.html -- Great Depression/New Deal -- https://fee.org/resources/great-myths-of-the-great-depression/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123353276749137485 https://fee.org/articles/fdrs-folly-how-roosevelt-and-his-new-deal-prolonged-the-great-depression/ https://fee.org/articles/what-caused-the-great-depression https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/thomas-sowell-the-myth-of-how-the-great-depression-was-resolved/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_Adjustment_Act https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-obamacare-health-care-employers-20170224-story.html https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blame-fdr-for-our-healthcare-disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_agencies https://c4ss.org/content/38538 https://fee.org/articles/how-the-federal-government-created-the-subprime-mortgage-crisis/

As we enter peak holiday season, most people have their shopping done by now, but as always, many are scrambling last-minute for their purchases. And if you aren’t one of those early-birds fortunate enough to procure a PS5 or Xbox Series X, you can guarantee that you won’t be able to find one unless you’re willing to pay $1,200 to a scalper. Many are understandably frustrated. How is it fair for people to buy up the consoles at $500 and sell for nearly double or triple the cost? “There ought to be a law” against that kind of thing—right? Well, in short, there’s nothing wrong with scalping—and a few economic lessons will help explain why. Scarcity is real and so is time-preference. Scalpers (and even bots) show that demand for some goods is so high that people are willing to pay several times the list price—which could provide a lot of information to Sony and Microsoft on how many consoles to produce and in what parts of the world. They could factor that information into the future, so there would be less problems with availability, but most retailers make this information exchange impossible. Check out our podcast, Out of Frame: Behind the Scenes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiS5rEmhnLwo1IG9bgr19Og ______________________________ CREDITS: Produced by Sean W. Malone Written by Jen Maffessanti & Sean W. Malone Edited by Paul Nelson Asst. Edited by Jason Reinhardt ______________________________ LINKS: -- PS5/XBSX Scalping -- https://screenrant.com/ps5-xbox-series-x-scalpers-sales-profit-launch/ https://www.gamesradar.com/ps5-and-xbox-series-x-scalpers-resold-over-60000-consoles-last-month/ https://consumerist.com/2014/03/15/the-competition-is-as-fake-as-the-blood-why-new-video-games-are-always-the-same-price/ https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/playstation-5-scalping-is-frustrating-millions-could-the-law-end-scalping/ https://www.pocket-lint.com/games/news/playstation/154820-ps5-playstation-5-reseller-scalper-interview -- Economics -- https://fee.org/articles/if-you-hate-empty-store-shelves-you-should-love-price-gouging/ https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/scalping.asp https://mises.org/library/ticket-scalpers-are-hidden-heroes https://mises.org/wire/sellers-scarce-goods https://fee.org/articles/in-defense-of-scalping/ https://theconversation.com/the-economics-of-ticket-scalping-83434 https://www.reed.edu/economics/parker/f10/201/cases/scalpers.html https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/ticket-scalping-musicians-vs-economists/

Check out our podcast, Out of Frame: Behind the Scenes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiS5rEmhnLwo1IG9bgr19Og Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-frame-behind-the-scenes/id1523047493 Google/Android: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9vdXRvZmZyYW1lcG9kY2FzdC5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw Watch our other shows and podcasts: https://fee.org/shows There’s something problematic we need to address… the very nature of things being “problematic” and how manufactured controversy is used to market otherwise mediocre cinema. Nowhere is this more perfectly expressed than the recent HBO Max movie, ‘The Witches.’ In the film, a dark fantasy comedy based on a Roald Dahl novel, Anne Hathaway plays a witch with claw-hands and a few missing fingers. A few angry tweeters were angered that Hathaway’s character bears some resemblance to people with split-hand syndrome (yes, really). Here’s the kicker, that film would have gotten very little attention if it weren’t for the “controversial” Hathaway hands. It’s unbearably boring, the characters are terrible, and the effects are garbage. By being outraged at something minute like this, we’re giving media and filmmakers undeserved attention. But this isn’t to say we shouldn’t be sensitive or seek to correct historically racist and grotesque depictions of minorities and underrepresented backgrounds, like Mickey Rooney’s Japanese landlord character in ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s.’ It is only to say that we shouldn’t be upset at actors playing characters with different backgrounds in an artistic way, which is what acting is all about! Marketers will only respond to what’s working, and if we continue to be perpetually aggrieved at the slightest things, we’ll be creating a system and incentive structure that might make the problem worse. Sometimes the best (and easiest) thing to do is to change the channel or not consume something we dislike. Instead of being outraged, we should simply choose not to take the bait. ______________________________ CREDITS: Produced by Sean W. Malone Written by Jen Maffessanti & Sean W. Malone Edited by Paul Nelson Asst. Edited by Jason Reinhardt ______________________________ LINKS: --The Witches ‘Controversy’-- https://variety.com/2020/film/news/the-witches-backlash-warner-bros-apologizes-1234823081/ https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/anne-hathaway-apologizes-amid-the-witches-controversy/ --Other ‘Controversies’-- https://time.com/4714367/ghost-in-the-shell-controversy-scarlett-johansson/ https://forward.com/culture/456292/gal-gadots-cleopatra-casting-has-people-mad-for-the-wrong-reasons/ https://centerforinquiry.org/blog/birds-of-prey-misogyny-when-clickbait-harms-women/ https://deadline.com/2019/09/nike-dream-crazy-best-commercial-emmy-1202735455/ --Actors Playing Different Backgrounds-- https://cherwell.org/2015/01/23/debate-should-actors-play-characters-of-a-different-race/ https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/jan/14/gay-roles-actors-assassination-gianni-versace-bohemian-rhapsody https://www.glamour.com/story/should-cisgender-actors-be-allowed-to-play-transgender-characters

As fans of Out of Frame may already know, Hollywood isn’t really the biggest advocate of free-market capitalism (“It’s just business!”). But this sentiment isn’t limited to hardline dramas like ‘Wall Street’ or ‘The Godfather’—it’s also prevalent in MANY horror movies, such as John Carpenter’s 80s sci-fi horror flick, ‘They Live.’ (MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD) In the movie, we’re presented with a drifter who slowly realizes the world around him is a false reality. As it turns out, there’s a class of aliens who have infiltrated society as bankers, politicians, rulers, and wealthy socialites. Through their scheming to get rich and control the world, they’ve turned ordinary folk into a horde of mindless consumers who do nothing but obey the commands they’re given. (Obey! Consume! Conform! Submit!) The connection is made explicitly clear toward the end of the movie as one alien admits, “It’s business! That’s all it is!” Yet again, the free market is scapegoated as what’s wrong with the world. But what the movie misses—as do many others—is that the problems of the world aren’t caused by a single person, a single group, or a single force—they’re caused by us. That is, each individual has agency and personal responsibility for the outcomes they experience in life. Rather than project blame unto the other, the world is made better by those who decide that it’s up to them. Are there any movies you can think of that get this right? Let us know in the comments. Support Out of Frame on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OutofFrameShow Watch our newest video, “Wonder Woman Got It Wrong. Did You?” https://youtu.be/otSip1l20I0 Check out our podcast, Out of Frame: Behind the Scenes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiS5rEmhnLwo1IG9bgr19Og ______________________________ CREDITS: Produced by Sean W. Malone Written by Jen Maffessanti & Sean W. Malone Edited by Paul Nelson Asst. Edited by Jason Reinhardt ______________________________ LINKS: https://youtu.be/QRVgsn59WSs https://fee.org/articles/anti-capitalism-trendy-but-wrong/ https://fee.org/articles/4-common-capitalism-myths-debunked/ https://fee.org/articles/anti-capitalism-through-the-ages/ https://fee.org/articles/norman-vincent-peale-s-timeless-advice-take-charge-of-your-own-life-first/ https://fee.org/articles/to-change-the-world-change-yourself/

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Brutality. Protests. Riots. #DefundThePolice. #NotAllCops. “If you don’t break the law, you don’t need to fear the police.” Regardless of what you think about what’s happening now in cities across the entire country, I want to talk about the perceptions people have of law enforcement and how the most popular genre in television shapes the way we think about criminal justice. Love them or hate them, the police procedural has shaped the perspective the general public holds of the police for generations. And probably not for the betterment of society. Let’s talk about why. ______________________________ CREDITS: Produced by Sean W. Malone Written by Jen Maffessanti & Sean W. Malone Edited by Paul Nelson Asst. Edited by Jason Reinhardt ______________________________ LINKS: -- Protests and Police -- https://summit.news/2020/05/29/black-business-owner-who-invested-life-savings-into-looted-bar-i-dont-know-what-im-gonna-do/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/21/officer-who-shot-philando-castile-said-smell-of-marijuana-made-him-fear-for-his-life/ https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/us/in-tamir-rice-shooting-in-cleveland-many-errors-by-police-then-a-fatal-one.html https://www.ajc.com/news/ferguson-brown-faq/ https://qz.com/870601/police-killing-dogs-is-an-epidemic-according-to-the-justice-department/ https://www.thecut.com/2020/05/breonna-taylor-louisville-shooting-police-what-we-know.html https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/unarmed-black-man-shot-death-backyard-article-1.3886562 -- Law -- https://twitter.com/CrimeADay https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/05/30/police-george-floyd-qualified-immunity-supreme-court-column/5283349002/ https://fee.org/articles/to-curtail-police-impunity-rep-justin-amash-announces-legislation-to-end-qualified-immunity/ https://mises.org/wire/why-abusive-cops-so-often-keep-their-jobs -- Stories and TV -- https://www.tckpublishing.com/stories-matter/ https://ew.com/tv/dick-wolf-fires-law-and-order-spinoff-writer-threats-looters/ https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IDidWhatIHadToDo

Support Out of Frame on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OutofFrameShow Check out FEE's newest Out of Frame video, "American Cop Shows Are Brainwashing You": https://youtu.be/V-RKVsqGY9U 'Trolls World Tour' surprised everyone with its astonishing success as a premium video-on-demand rental, pulling in a tidy sum for its parent studio Universal since its April 10th release. But not everyone is happy with the positive results of Universal's premium VOD experiment. After hearing that Universal is seriously considering continuing to offer VOD rentals in addition to theatrical releases once film exhibitors open back up, movie theater giant AMC declared it wouldn't play ANY Universal films if that happens. It's no secret that fewer and fewer people have been going to the movies in recent years, and film exhibitors were struggling even before COVID-19 and the policy responses to it shut down vast swathes of the economy. But will the success of this innocuous animated musical really be the straw that breaks the camel's back? ______________________________ CREDITS: Produced by Sean W. Malone Written by Jen Maffessanti & Sean W. Malone Edited by Paul Nelson Asst. Edited by Jason Reinhardt ______________________________ LINKS: -Universal/AMC Drama- https://www.thewrap.com/movies-suspended-delayed-coronavirus/ https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2495242/how-much-money-trolls-world-tour-has-made-since-being-released-on-demand https://www.wsj.com/articles/trolls-world-tour-breaks-digital-records-and-charts-a-new-path-for-hollywood-11588066202 https://deadline.com/2020/04/amc-fires-off-note-to-universal-in-wake-of-jeff-shell-wsj-statements-on-windows-trolls-world-tour-exhib-wont-license-studios-movies-1202920415/ https://twitter.com/RegalMovies/status/1255919590300962818 https://deadline.com/2020/05/shares-amc-entertainment-surge-report-amazon-interest-1202931102/ -Movie Theater Psychology- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/you-illuminated/201106/why-sharing-stories-brings-people-together https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2785035/Sharing-experiences-makes-INTENSE-Carrying-tasks-group-amplifies-make-feel.html https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/news/2017/nov/audience-members-hearts-beat-together-theatre https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/press/news/2018/cirque-du-soleil-the-mysteries-of-awe -Creative Destruction- https://fee.org/articles/to-survive-covid-19-movie-theaters-will-have-to-change/ https://youtu.be/yfjBUeF1avk https://youtu.be/zOOBZwMdDmY https://fee.org/articles/creative-destruction/ https://fee.org/articles/comparing-1955s-fortune-500-to-2019s-fortune-500/ https://fee.org/articles/entrepreneurs-can-solve-our-biggest-challenges-if-government-gets-out-of-the-way/

Support Out of Frame on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OutofFrameShow Check out FEE's newest Out of Frame video, "American Cop Shows Are Brainwashing You": https://youtu.be/V-RKVsqGY9U "Tiger King" on Netflix has taken America by storm, and it's the story of terrible people. But as awful as Joe Exotic might be, he is right about one thing. ______________________________ CREDITS: Produced by Sean W. Malone Written by Jennifer Maffessanti & Sean W. Malone Edited by Paul Nelson & Sean W. Malone Asst. Edited by Jason Reinhardt ______________________________ LINKS: https://www.livescience.com/62863-more-tigers-pets-than-wild-worldwide.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/captive-tigers-america/ https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/nov/10/the-tiger-next-door-americas-backyard-big-cats https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44444016 https://www.perc.org/2019/06/19/a-lesson-from-africa/ https://www.perc.org/2019/10/10/hunting-for-wildlife-recovery/ https://fee.org/articles/6-things-we-learned-from-prohibition/ https://www.starnewsonline.com/article/NC/20070715/News/605112770/WM https://www.saveourspecies.org/news/turtles/poachers-turn-protectors-bassa-point-community https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/game-wardens-helped-poachers-kill-the-last-of-mozambiques-rhinos-49471099/ https://www.perc.org/2018/12/14/the-return-of-the-king/ https://fee.org/articles/is-netflixs-tiger-king-really-an-indictment-of-the-private-ownership-of-animals/

Check out FEE's newest Out of Frame video, "American Cop Shows Are Brainwashing You": https://youtu.be/V-RKVsqGY9U We're STILL waiting to be allowed to share our full-length episode on Captain America: Winter Soldier (we promise we didn't forget about you). But in the meantime, we have a short episode for you! The US government has really dropped the ball on handling COVID-19. FDA regulations and red tape have hobbled the response to the virus and our ability to test, treat, and prevent its spread, leading to unnecessary infections and death. Unfortunately, this isn't a new phenomenon. History, and the movie Dallas Buyers Club, shows us how. ______________________________ CREDITS: Produced by Sean W. Malone Written by Jennifer Maffessanti & Sean W. Malone Edited by Paul Nelson & Sean W. Malone Asst. Edited by Jason Reinhardt ______________________________ LINKS: --Testing Failures-- https://apnews.com/c335958b1f8f6a37b19b421bc7759722 https://thedispatch.com/p/timeline-the-regulationsand-regulatorsthat https://news.yahoo.com/seattle-lab-uncovered-washingtons-coronavirus-053628224.html https://fee.org/articles/a-government-monopoly-led-to-botched-covid-19-test-kits-but-private-labs-are-now-saving-the-day/ https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/23/updated-fda-covid-19-testing-guidelines-specifically-disallows-at-home-sample-colllection/ --FDA and Other Restrictions and Regulations-- https://www.axios.com/fda-ventilator-production-859ef8d4-e251-49b0-b56e-845770e0adca.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2017/10/16/the-cost-of-developing-drugs-is-insane-a-paper-that-argued-otherwise-was-insanely-bad/#27eeac52d459 https://www.denverpost.com/2016/08/28/what-is-marijuana-patent-6630507/ https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/press-releases/new-findings-confirm-predictions-physician-shortage https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/16/cdc-who-coronavirus-tests/ https://reason.com/2020/03/24/america-needs-billions-of-new-masks-to-combat-coronavirus-federal-regulators-say-itll-take-months-to-approve-new-mask-making-facilities/ https://reason.com/2011/05/16/raw-milk-raid-on-amish-farmer/ https://fee.org/articles/a-litany-of-useless-laws-have-been-exposed-by-the-coronavirus/ http://www.thetribunepapers.com/2020/03/15/north-carolina-temporarily-lifts-restrictions-on-hospital-beds/ https://fee.org/articles/the-fda-is-still-undermining-coronavirus-response-efforts/ --Entrepreneurship-- https://fee.org/articles/entrepreneurs-can-solve-our-biggest-challenges-if-government-gets-out-of-the-way/

Check out FEE's newest Out of Frame video, "American Cop Shows Are Brainwashing You": https://youtu.be/V-RKVsqGY9U Pixar has one of the most incredible entrepreneurial journeys of any modern company, and while control of the business has changed several times and been in the hands of some incredible titans of the entertainment business, its leadership has always been directed by Edwin Catmull. Catmull, now recently retired, ended his career as President of Disney Animation and Pixar Studios - the company he co-founded in the late 1970s. Pixar's story is incredible, and with the new release of their 22nd feature film, "Onward", we felt it was high time to tell it on this Short edition of Out of Frame. ______________________________ CREDITS: Produced by Sean W. Malone Written by Jennifer Maffessanti & Sean W. Malone Edited by Paul Nelson & Sean W. Malone Asst. Edited by Jason Reinhardt ______________________________ LINKS: --More about Ed Catmull-- https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Inc-Overcoming-Unseen-Inspiration/dp/0812993012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffixfwt654I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2h2lvhzMDc --FEE videos featuring Pixar & Disney-- https://youtu.be/Ca5irWTpEl0 https://youtu.be/y2AS3PYRGUw https://youtu.be/eS2c0UG6NNk https://youtu.be/iV18Xx5EkaE https://youtu.be/sz9LqxjBgGk https://youtu.be/vU6sPzdNWmg https://youtu.be/jBxYpsNTctQ https://youtu.be/LJO-PkPk4W4 --FEE articles-- https://fee.org/articles/pixar-vanquishes-the-monsters-of-modern-creativity/ https://fee.org/articles/lightning-mcqueen-and-the-brutal-effects-of-government-interventions/ https://fee.org/success-center/revolution-of-one/get-angry/your-emotions-are-your-friends/

Check out FEE's newest Out of Frame video, "American Cop Shows Are Brainwashing You": https://youtu.be/V-RKVsqGY9U It's no secret that the Sonic the Hedgehog movie got all the gold rings while Tom Hooper's adaptation of Cats exhausted its final life, despite having similar fan reactions to their first trailers. What's the lesson we can learn from Sonic's impressive level-up? ______________________________ CREDITS: Produced by Sean W. Malone Written by Jennifer Maffessanti & Sean W. Malone Edited by Paul Nelson & Sean W. Malone ______________________________ LINKS: https://fee.org/articles/consumer-sovereignty-when-customers-have-the-power/ https://variety.com/2020/film/news/sonic-box-office-win-character-redesign-1203505411/ https://variety.com/2019/film/box-office/cats-box-office-losses-flop-1203453171/ https://fee.org/articles/consumers-should-be-voting-every-day-with-their-wallets/ https://fee.org/articles/the-deeper-calling-of-innovation/ https://fee.org/articles/capitalism-encapsulated-mises-in-four-easy-pieces/

Check out FEE's newest Out of Frame video, "American Cop Shows Are Brainwashing You": https://youtu.be/V-RKVsqGY9U In 2017, only 10 of the top 100 new movies were actually made in California. According to the Hollywood Reporter, more films were shot in the UK, Canada, and the state of Georgia. When Hollywood first got started, it was a free and open market... but now, it's one of the most restricted places to do business in America. What happened? ______________________________ CREDITS: Produced by Sean W. Malone Written by Jennifer Maffessanti & Sean W. Malone Edited by Paul Nelson & Sean W. Malone Asst. Edited by Jason Reinhardt ______________________________ LINKS: https://fee.org/articles/why-the-movie-industry-is-fleeing-california/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/10-2017s-top-100-box-office-hits-were-made-california-1133097 https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-hollywood-unions-20170509-story.html https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/how-did-hollywood-end-up-in-hollywood https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2010/09/thomas-edisons-plot-to-destroy-the-movies/ https://www.history.com/news/the-renegade-roots-of-hollywood-studios https://www.dailynews.com/2018/08/08/10-of-last-years-top-100-movies-were-filmed-in-california-study-finds/ https://mises.org/library/no-tax-breaks-are-not-subsidies https://www.dailynews.com/2018/06/01/is-going-hollywood-good-for-california-the-state-legislature-thinks-so-heres-why/ https://laist.com/2019/12/31/ab5_california_gig_economy_workers_uber_lyft_freelance_writers_musicians_dynamex_lorena_gonzalez.php https://fee.org/articles/incentives-101/

Check out FEE's newest Out of Frame video, "American Cop Shows Are Brainwashing You": https://youtu.be/V-RKVsqGY9U "The Mandalorian" on Disney+ is built on a ton of classic Western movie tropes. Mando is frequently seen as the lone rider who comes to town, discovers a problem and solves it by being a superior gunslinger -- like Clint Eastwood in "A Fistful of Dollars". And that's what most of us think about when we imagine the "Wild West", but are those tropes even real? Was the old West as "wild" as we think? Find out in this first edition of Out of Frame Shorts. ______________________________ CREDITS: Produced by Sean W. Malone Written by Sean W. Malone, Paul Nelson, and Jennifer Maffessanti Edited by Paul Nelson & Sean W. Malone ______________________________ LINKS: https://fee.org/articles/the-little-known-history-of-the-wild-west-is-the-ultimate-mandalorian-easter-egg/ https://mises.org/library/not-so-wild-wild-west https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/ridiculous-history-the-wild-wild-west-was-really-the-mild-mild-west.htm https://www.researchgate.net/publication/24100888_Raid_or_Trade_An_Economic_Model_of_Indian-White_Relations