Digital currencies are all over the place these days, from Bitcoin to the Linden Dollars in Second Life. Veronica Rueckert and Rob Ferrett talk to a professor about the relationship between these currencies to government-run money systems and how these virtual dollars are affecting the economy. They also learn how to tell fact from fiction on the Internet and discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to side with Hobby Lobby in its challenge of government-mandated birth control coverage.
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Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Hobby Lobby In Birth Control Coverage Case
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of craft business Hobby Lobby in a case challenging the mandate in the Affordable Care Act that employers have to cover bith control. An expert on law and bioethics explains the greater implications of this ruling.
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How To Tell Fact From Fiction Online
In a new digitally connected world, anyone can disseminate information. How can we tell what’s truth and what’s fiction?
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How Virtual Money Is Transforming The Economy
Private and digital currencies are popping up all over the place these days, from Bitcoin to Second Life’s Linden Dollars. A professor discusses the relationship these currencies have to government-run systems of money, and how virtual currencies could shape the economy in the years to come.
Episode Credits
- Rob Ferrett Host
- Veronica Rueckert Host
- Amanda Magnus Producer
- Marika Suval Producer
- Chris Malina Producer
- R. Alta Charo Guest
- Charles Seife Guest
- Edward Castronova Guest
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