Jeremiah recaps the best books from 2022. From those books covered on the podcast to the more obscure finds, from fiction to non-fiction, including biographies, academic works, humor, classic literature, science fiction and more, it's all here. Jeremiah covers books on immigration, housing, the history of disease, venture capital, war, election modeling and storytelling, to bring you the best things he's read this year. Links to relevant podcasts on books in this episode: Strength in Numbers - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-past-and-future-of-polling-ft-g-elliott-morris/id1390384827?i=1000569871956 Arbitrary Lines - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-arbitrary-lines-of-zoning-ft-m-nolan-gray/id1390384827?i=1000566786555 Streets of Gold - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/streets-of-gold-ft-leah-boustan-ran-abramitzky/id1390384827?i=1000563792744 Why We Fight - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-we-fight-ft-chris-blattman/id1390384827?i=1000558708278 Fixe...
How wrong were the polls really in 2016 and 2020, and can we trust them in the current election cycle? Data journalist G Elliott Morris joins the show to discuss his new book 'Strength in Numbers' and discuss the state of the polling industry. We talk about the philosophical case for why polling is important, the history of polls getting things wrong, polling misses in recent elections, and how election modelers and pollsters are trying to correct for those misses. Further reading: A Troubled Birth, Susan Herbst - https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo115836821.html https://gelliottmorris.substack.com/ To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join
Left-leaning housing activists often discuss public housing as a solution to the housing shortage, but is this a good idea? Jeremiah and public housing advocate Paul Williams debate the role public housing should play in our response to the housing crisis. Does public housing have advantages over private housing? Is public housing usually lower quality than market-rate housing, and if so who's to blame? Can we build public housing in a cost-effective way? Are subsidies for private housing preferable if we want to help low income people? We discuss all this and more! Further reading: Modern Housing for America - https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo3636758.html To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join
With tensions rising between liberal democracies and authoritarian regimes around the world, many Americans are looking to Congress to see how America can keep its technological and innovation edge. Rep. Ami Bera joins the podcast to talk about the COMPETES Act and USICA, two bills aiming to do just that. What's in these bills? Are they too bloated for their own good? Will they help the US compete with China? We discuss all this and more with Rep. Bera as COMPETES makes it way through the conference committee and into law. To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon athttps://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join
Comedy has gotten more political than ever in the last 10 years, but has politics made comedy worse? Jeff Maurer, comedian and former writer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, joins the show to discuss political comedy and why it seems to be in decline. What made Jon Stewart's Daily Show special in the early 2000s? Why haven't recent Daily Show clones been able to repeat that success? Is cancel culture a real thing that comedians actually think about? We discuss all this and much more as we try to find out what's going on with political comedy. Check out Jeff's substack - https://imightbewrong.substack.com/ Mentioned in the episode - https://imightbewrong.substack.com/p/is-there-even-the-slightest-chance https://imightbewrong.substack.com/p/why-gutfeld-is-the-highest-rated To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon athttps://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join
Almost every major city is defined by a set of zoning regulations - a map that says exactly which types of buildings can be built in which areas, and what you're allowed to use those buildings for. M Nolan Gray, a city planner and author of the new book 'Arbitrary Lines', joins the show to discuss zoning. How did our modern system of zoning develop in the 20th century? What impact does zoning have on our cities? Is zoning to blame for the housing affordability crisis? And should we reform or abolish the systems of zoning that are holding us back? Follow Nolan at https://twitter.com/mnolangray To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon athttps://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join
With the recent wave of shootings across America, what can be done to address the violence? Congressman Brad Schneider joins the podcast to talk about several ways to reduce gun violence and hate crimes. We talk first about his Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, which aims to prevent white-supremacist violence like the recent shooting in Buffalo, NY. Why is this bill needed, what will it do, and how does Rep. Schneider respond to comparisons to the Patriot Act? We also discuss the ongoing conversations happening around gun control - What types of gun regulations could actually make a difference? Can something actually make it through the Senate? All this and more as we try to unravel one of America's most heated and most pressing political questions. To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon athttps://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join
The Libertarian Party has been taken over by a white nationalist group - how did this happen? Former LNC chairman Joseph Bishop-Henchman and Andy Craig of the CATO Institute join the show to discuss what's gone wrong with the Libertarian Party. We talk about how this takeover happened, the history of racism in the libertarian movement, and what principled libertarians should do now that the alt-right has control of the nation's biggest libertarian organization. Further reading: Why libertarians should become neoliberals - https://www.liberalcurrents.com/to-reject-bigotry-libertarians-should-become-neoliberals/ Brian Doherty's "Radicals for Capitalism" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radicals_for_Capitalism Mises Caucus takes control of the Libertarian Party - https://reason.com/2022/05/29/mises-caucus-takes-control-of-libertarian-party/ To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon athttps://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join
Many economists favor climate policies like subsidizing green energy and taxing carbon, but how do we practically implement those policies? Kristin Eberhard & Shuting Pomerleau of the Niskanen Center join the podcast to talk about the complicated factors involved in climate policies like carbon taxes, carbon border adjustments, electric vehicle subsidies, and more! Further reading: Border Adjustments in a Carbon Tax - https://www.niskanencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Border-Adjustments-in-a-Carbon-Tax.pdf Electric vehicle subsidies - https://www.niskanencenter.org/electric-vehicle-subsidies-are-going-to-the-wrong-drivers-and-were-paying-for-it-in-carbon-and-cash/ To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon athttps://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join
How do immigrants to America today compare to immigrants in the past? Are immigrants really able to come over and quickly find success? Are immigrants today assimilating at a different rate than previous generations? Economists Leah Boustan and Ran Abramitzky join the show to discuss all this and more in their new book, Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success. We discuss how today's immigrants compare with the past, how the second generation differs from the first, and what the modern political discussion around immigration really needs. Recommended reading: NASEM report on immigration - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/23550/chapter/1 One Might and Irresistible Tide - https://www.amazon.com/One-Mighty-Irresistible-Tide-Immigration/dp/0393635848 To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon athttps://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join