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The Political Orphanage

May 28, 2025

How does American housing stack up compared to other countries, specifically in terms of full-blown housing communism or free market Japanese housing Nirvana?

In this episode we take a look at what makes housing cheap, what makes housing expensive, and lessons we can steal from foreigners.

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May 22, 2025

Conventional wisdom is brimming with economic myths: the Industrial Revolution impoverished the masses; bobber barons were the scourge of the Gilded Age; the Great Recession was caused by irresponsible deregulation.

Senator Phil Gramm and economist Don Boudreaux attempt to set the record straight in their new book,...


May 15, 2025

Donald Trump is threatening to levy tariffs on films shot elsewhere, and actor John Voight is petitioning the federal government for taxpayer subsidies to protect Hollywood from foreign competition.

Screenwriter C. Robert Cargill joins to discuss.

 

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May 7, 2025

Rebecca Allensworth is the Associate Dean of Research at Vanderbilt Law, where she focuses on anti-trust and licensing.
She is the author of "The Licensing Racket: How We Decide Who Is Allowed to Work, and Why It Goes Wrong."
 
She joins to discuss licensing, and alternatives.
 
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May 1, 2025

Marc Beckman is a Senior Fellow of Emerging Technology at NYU, adjunct professor Stern, and the author of "Some Future Day: how AI is going to Change Everything." He joins to discuss practical implications of the unfolding AI Revolution.