What The Heckonomics? : An Economics Podcast for the Rest of Us

Actor/Filmmaker/Comedian Jake Lloyd Bacon knows nothing about economics. His best friend Brian is an entrepreneur and economics enthusiast who has set out to fill Jake's brain with as much of his economics knowledge as he can cram into it. In each edition of What The Heckonomics Brian dives into a different topic and the two discuss, in simple terms that Jake can understand, the ins, outs, and all arounds. A casual economics podcast for the lay man filled with facts, bad metaphors, and every now and then an informed opinion. A part of the Dragon Wagon Radio podcast...

Latest episodes

1. 5th Edition : Inflation/Deflation

   14 Nov 2020

   Holy Hell it's What the Heckonomics! This episode was recorded over TWO YEARS AGO! May 2018 to be exact and was lost, but was also found! So better late than never, right? Brian, t…

   1 h 03 ▶

2. 4th Edition : Tariffs & Trade Wars

   19 Mar 2018

   The armchair economists are back for another edition of What The Heckonomics and this week Brian is learning Jake a lil' something about Tariffs and Trade Wars! Talking all about T…

   1 h 10 ▶

3. 3rd Edition : Trickle Down Economics

   21 Feb 2018

   We're back and today we're talking about an economic concept that is called many things including Reaganomics and Supply-side Economics - but is most commonly known as Trickle Down…

   48 min ▶

4. 2nd Edition : Net Neutrality/Rent-Seeking

   23 Dec 2017

   On the second edition of What the Heckonomics, the duo dives into Net Neutrality and Rent-Seeking and the dangers of not having one, but having a lot of the other. There are kings…

   56 min ▶

5. 1st Edition : Externality

   04 Dec 2017

   Welcome to What the Heckonomics?! An Economics Podcast for the rest of us. After a brief introduction and some necessary disclaimers, Brian and Jake dive into explaining the thorn…

   49 min ▶