I'm a Voter, and I'd Like to Know, What Direction Will This Policy Take?

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When you, as a voter, judge policies, what normative or philosophical standard do you use? Well, i think all of us have some notions about self interest and the well being of those around us. If everybody thought this was the right thing to do, then we would actually all be better off in some objective sense. So those, those issues weigh heavily in my thinking about policies....

Paul Romer makes his second appearance to discuss the failings of economics, how his mass testing plan for COVID-19 would work, what aspects of epidemiology concern him, how the FDA is slowing a better response, his ideas for reopening schools and Major League Baseball, where he agrees with Weyl’s test plan, why charter cities need a new name, what went wrong with Honduras, the development trajectory for sub-Saharan Africa, how he’d reform the World Bank, the underrated benefits of a culture of science, his heartening takeaway about human nature from his experience at Burning Man, and more.

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Recorded May 13th, 2020 Other ways to connect

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