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* [[419 Scam]]: Has a [https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/06/22/155581764/those-nigerian-email-scams-are-ridiculous-for-a-reason whole episode] dedicated to Nigerian Prince email scams.
* [[Command and Conquer Economy]]: Played with in Episode 404: Even with total control over the worlds economy in a model simulation, where the hosts manually alter regional economic factors to see the result, they aren’t able to correct unemployment to a desired level within four years. Amusingly in real life, the unemployment did drop below their target of 5% in 2016.
* [[Down in the Dumps]]: Jon's time working in the [[San Francisco]] dump is discussed in the episode ''[https://www.npr.org/2024/05/24/1197959130/junk-scrap-trash-economics The Junkyard Economist]''.
* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: Becky with the good yield, a junk bond for company assisting with offshore fossil fuels, is imagined as a pink dinosaur.
* [[Intimidating Revenue Service]]: Discussed in Episode 390 when the hosts set up the off short company Unbelizable. The IRS isn’t able to pressure the company directly since it’s in Belize, but it is mentioned they could get the American government to lean on the ''Government of Belize'', and ''they'' could take action.
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