Why is car culture so entrenched in so many places, and what can we do about it? And do we need a 'War on Cars' to try to make our cities less car dependent? Urbanist and activist Aaron Naparstek joins the podcast to discuss car culture, urbanism and why it's so important to push back against car culture.   Recommended Reading: https://thewaroncars.org/   https://www.streetsblog.org/   http://www.streetfilms.org/   Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast?  Send them to mailbag@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject https://cnliberalism.org/   Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/

How did Silicon Valley Bank collapse, and what does it mean for the tech sector and the economy?  Founder of apricitas.io Joseph Politano returns to the show to help Jeremiah explain what happened over the last week. How did the largest bank collapse of the last decade happen? What were the technical factors and social factors leading to the bank run? How did the tech industry respond, and how did regulators stop the run?  And what comes next? We discuss all this and more! Further reading: Apricitas - https://www.apricitas.io/p/the-death-of-silicon-valley-bank Apricitas - https://www.apricitas.io/p/the-feds-plan-to-rescue-the-banking Money Stuff by Matt Levine - https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/authors/ARbTQlRLRjE/matthew-s-levine Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast?  Send them to mailbag@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject https://cnliberalism.org/   Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/

Why is everyone so excited about prediction markets? Stephen Grugett, founder of Manifold Markets, joins the show to discuss all things prediction markets. We talk about why prediction markets are useful, the strange ways in which they might be used in the future, whether or not they're actually as accurate as they claim to be, the ethical considerations in putting everything into a market, and much more. Check out Manifold Markets - https://manifold.markets/ To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalpodcast. 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@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject https://cnliberalism.org/   Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/

The internet as we know it depends on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. But if it's so crucial, why do so many people seem to want to change it or kill it entirely? PPI's Malena Dailey and R Street's Shoshana Weissmann join the show to discuss Section 230. What exactly does Section 230 say? Why is it so important for the internet to function? What would happen if it was changed?  And who specifically is so mad at 230 and why? Recommended Reading: PPI's Crash Course on Section 230 - https://www.progressivepolicy.org/blogs/a-crash-course-on-section-230-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters/ Malena Dailey on 230 - https://www.progressivepolicy.org/blogs/the-internet-as-we-know-it-relies-on-section-230/ Mike Masnick on 230 - https://www.techdirt.com/2020/06/23/hello-youve-been-referred-here-because-youre-wrong-about-section-230-communications-decency-act/ To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalpodcast. 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@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject https://cnliberalism.org/   Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/

Noah Smith joins the podcast for a whirlwind discussion of all things East Asia.  Why did Japan industrialize faster than its neighbors? Why was China so slow to do so? How are current trade tensions affecting China, and what are they doing about it? Should the US do more 'friend-shoring' with allies like Japan, South Korea and Taiwan? And what does the future hold for economies in East Asia? We discuss all this and more! To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalpodcast. 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@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject   Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/

Will Marshall is the president and founder of PPI, and he joins the show this week to discuss immigration policy.  We discuss how we approach immigration from different angles, and try to find how sensible liberals can find common ground to make immigration reform happen.  To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalpodcast. 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@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject   Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/

The holy grail of monetary policy is the 'soft landing' - being able to bring down high inflation without causing a recession. Joseph Politano, author of the substack Apricitas, joins the podcast to discuss whether or not we'll see a soft landing in 2023.  We talk about the Fed's history of trying to control inflation, the causes of inflation after the COVID economic shock, and break down exactly what is needed in order for a soft landing to be a possibility. Check out Apricitas - https://www.apricitas.io/ Follow Joey on Twitter - https://twitter.com/JosephPolitano   To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalpodcast. 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@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject   Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/

Almost one year into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, what is the current state of the war?  And where is the conflict happen?  Oz Katerji is a war correspondent and joins the show to discuss his experiences in Ukraine.  We talk about what he saw on the ground there, why so many people got the invasion wrong, how OSINT is revolutionizing journalism, and what the future holds for Ukraine. Follow Oz:  https://twitter.com/OzKaterji To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalpodcast. 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@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject   Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/

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, political science, science fiction and more, it's all here as we recap the best books of the year.   Recommended listening:   Best Books of 2022, Part One - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ESEBmWWlyUhI7d4SgyEaw   Interview with Francis Fukuyama - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-end-of-history-ft-francis-fukuyama/id1390384827?i=1000590281758   Interview with Richard Reeves - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whats-gone-wrong-with-boys-and-men-ft-richard-reeves/id1390384827?i=1000583029300   Interview with Brad DeLong - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slouching-towards-utopia-ft-brad-delong/id1390384827?i=1000578720797   To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalpodcast. 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@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject   Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/

How successful was China's 'Zero COVID' policy really?  And what does it mean that the Chinese Communist Party has now abandoned it and COVID is spreading throughout the country?  James Palmer of Foreign Policy joins the podcast to discuss COVID in China, the CCP's response, and what this means for more than one billion Chinese people. We talk about how zero COVID worked, why people eventually began to protest it nationwide, how bad things really are in China right now, and how this impacts Xi Jinping's future. Recommended resources: China Brief - https://foreignpolicy.com/category/china-brief/ Sinocism - https://sinocism.com/ China Media Project - https://chinamediaproject.org/ Sixth Tone - https://www.sixthtone.com/ To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalpodcast. 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@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject   Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/