EPISODE # 166
Michael Heller & James Salzman — Mine! How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives
A hidden set of rules governs who owns what — explaining everything from whether you can recline your airplane seat to why HBO lets you borrow a password illegally — and in this lively and entertaining conversation, two acclaimed law professors reveal how things become “mine.” Surprisingly, there are just six simple stories that everyone uses to claim everything. Owners choose the story that steers us to do what they want. But we can always pick a different story.
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SKEPTIC RESEARCH CENTER REPORT (CUPES-009)
Has Time Spent with Family and Friends Declined?
Ninth report in the Civil Unrest & Presidential Election Study (CUPES)
In this report, we investigated the extent to which peoples’ time spent with family and friends changed during a particular period in American history: the leadup to the 2020 Presidential election amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Given that both the 2020 presidential election and COVID-19 were significant political events embroiled in significant political disagreements, we draw from a sample of adults taken in Fall 2020 to investigate changes in peoples’ interactions with friends and family compared to the prior Fall of 2019.
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