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Eugene Gagliardi, inventor of Steak-Umm
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Episode 399: Can You Patent A Steak?
A garbage truck at the Harrisburg, Pa., incinerator.
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Inside America's Most Indebted City
A astronaut cover signed by Neil Armstrong.
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What The Apollo Astronauts Did For Life Insurance
In 1975, Friedrich Von Hayek met the press.
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Episode 398: Obama, Ryan And Two Dead Economists
Thomas Peterffy, shown here in 2010
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A Father Of High-Speed Trading Thinks We Should Slow Down
Former Harrisburg receiver, David Unkovic, in the wilderness.
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Episode 397: Why The Hero Of Harrisburg Couldn't Save The City
Eugene Gagliardi
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In The Kitchen With The Inventor Of Steak-Umm
Grandpa Traub — corn former and millionaire.
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Why Do Taxpayers Subsidize Farmers' Insurance?
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