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Which drugs should be illegal?
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- Which drugs should be illegal?
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- 0:36
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Which drugs do you think people should be thrown in jail for? Reason’s Billy Binion and Jacob Sullum will debate this issue with two writers at City Journal on Tuesday, June 24 at the Howard Theater in Washington, D.C. Come join us! #debate #legalization #criminaljustice
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- Remy: Strategic Crypto Reserve?
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- 2:52
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- HODL your nose.
Watch all of Remy's Reason TV music videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL02D02B9A144182DB
Written and performed by Remy. Music tracks mastered by Ben Karlstrom.
LYRICS:
Hey scholars, it's squalor if we don't stock up the shelves
The dollar's hotter, buys Prada, but man I want something else
We must exceed the meager savings of the people we serve
That's why I'm pleading: we need a Strategic Fartcoin Reserve
What puts the ass in asset? The bs in blocks?
I'm talking Fartcoin baby, we gone stock up Fart Knox
The sky is the limit, yeah this chance can't be missed
What's this chart telling you? That mistaken people exist?
It's a valuable token. Whose use case is nothing boys
Limited supply, like the ten million other coins
Crypto-secure, it's a peak-needed asset
Who made this thing? Our founder, Yugo Nidagasex
Are you on me...
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- You won't believe this health care law
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Certificate of need laws require many new health care facilities to essentially get permission from their competitors before they can be built. They were originally passed because legislators assumed having more hospitals than needed would lead health care providers to jack up prices. Instead, they created a system that is easily abused by special interests, meaning that lots of places that need more health care options can’t get them. #healthcare #hospitals #government #law
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- Would you pay $5,000 for an airline ticket?
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The Brits and French spent a combined $10 billion in inflation-adjusted dollars to develop the Concorde, which promised a supersonic 1,350 mph flight from New York to London in under three hours. But the supersonic XB-1 "Baby Boom" is funded by investor and venture capital money—not yours. Which is why they had a real incentive to make it work. #travel #airplane #engineering #airtravel
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- California's minimum wage laws did THIS
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Last year, California increased its minimum wage for fast food workers from $16 to $20 an hour. Politicians like Gov. Gavin Newsom hailed this as a great idea that would help working-class Californians. But here's what happened to fast food jobs. #California #economics #fastfood
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- Is price gouging GOOD!?
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Governor Gavin Newsom thinks price controls will help Californians. Banning price-gouging sounds like a no-brainer, but is it? #California #economics #supplyanddemand
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- Budget expert explains why the government is borrowing so much money
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- 8:05
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Higher debt means lower wages, higher interest rates, and fewer opportunities, says Romina Boccia of the Cato Institute.
https://reason.com/video/2025/05/22/how-does-the-national-debt-affect-you-a-budget-expert-explains/
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The federal government is on track to borrow nearly $2 trillion this year. And while that budget deficit is a major concern for many Americans, the specifics of how and why the government borrows so much money can often seem confusing.
That's why Reason asked Romina Boccia, director of budget and entitlement policy at the Cato Institute, to break it down into more manageable morsels.
So why does the federal government borrow so much? Because "it's much easier for Congress to promise benefits to certain constituencies than to ask U.S. taxpayers to actually pay" for those benefits, explains Boccia, who also writes a Substack newsletter about federal fiscal issues.
The most expensive of those benefits ar...
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- Dave Smith and Alex Nowrasteh debate immigration
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- 1:39:30
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Dave Smith and Alex Nowrasteh debate the resolution, "Government restrictions on the immigration of peaceful and healthy people make sense from a libertarian standpoint, especially in present-day America."
Comedian and host of the podcast, Part of the Problem, Dave Smith defends the resolution. Taking the negative is Alex Nowrasteh, the Vice President for Economic and Social Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. He's the coauthor (with Benjamin Powell) of Wretched Refuse? The Political Economy of Immigration and Institutions.
The debate is moderated by Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein.
00:00 Welcome
01:13 Dave Smith's Opening Statement
16:30 Alex Nowrasteh's Opening Statement
32:45 Smith's Rebuttal
38:07 Nowrasteh's Rebuttal
43:20 Q&A
1:28:00 Smith's Summary Statement
1:33:35 Nowrasteh's Summary Statement
1:38:24 Voting Results (local announcements were trimmed from the stream)
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- James Comey’s tweet is free speech
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- 0:14
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Former FBI Director, James Comey, made reference to "86"-ing a politician, spurring a debate about the meaning of the term and whether or not it is protected speech. #freespeech #FirstAmendment #socialmedia
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- Why is the middle class shrinking?
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The middle class is getting smaller because so many people are joining the upper class, not because they’re falling into poverty. In fact, more than 1 in 3 American households bring in six-figure incomes or higher, and that portion is growing. #middleclass #income #wealth #poverty
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- How government created a 'scientific-technological elite'
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- 12:53
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Trump administration's plans to slash science funding could end up liberating researchers from the corrupting influence Dwight Eisenhower warned about.
https://reason.com/video/2025/05/19/eisenhower-warned-us-about-the-scientific-elite/
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In his iconic 1961 farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower famously warned Americans about the military-industrial complex—but that wasn’t all. He also cautioned against a growing "scientific, technological elite" dominating national policy through federal funding.
What happens when science becomes politicized? When peer review rewards conformity, not discovery? And when government grants replace private innovation?
This video dives into the hidden costs of federally funded science—and explores how private labs, bold inventors, and decentralized innovation have historically led to the biggest breakthroughs, from Edison and the Wright Brothers to Silicon Valley and AI labs...
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- The D.C. monument you’ve probably never heard of
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- 1:13
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism commemorates two sets of events that happened during World War II.
One part of the memorial recognizes the 800-plus Japanese Americans who died while serving in the US military during the war.
The other half includes the names of 10 internment camps where more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned by the U.S. government without due process — even though they were legal residents of the United States who had done nothing wrong.
#WorldWarII #history #historyfacts
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- What Happens to Your Kids if they Abolish the Department of Education?
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- 4:53
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The DOE doesn’t handle teaching, curriculum, or teacher salaries.
Trump and others in the GOP are seeking to abolish the Department of Education. If they succeed, what would that actually mean? Andrew Heaton explains.
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- Why does rent keep going up?
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Why do rents keep going up in San Francisco, but are actually going down in Austin? The answer is simpler than you think. #sanfrancisco #austin #housing #rent
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- Philadelphia police BOMBED a neighborhood
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- 1:05
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Why did Philadelphia police bomb a neighborhood which set fire to two city blocks and killed 11 people? Today marks the 40th anniversary of the MOVE bombing, so Reason’s Eric Boehm breaks down this dark history. #history #Philadelphia #police #historyfacts
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- Star Wars Andor vs. Star Trek
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- When it comes to science fiction, no franchises loom larger than Star Wars and Star Trek. While both offer visions of far-off galaxies, future societies, and the occasional knife fight, only one understands how government really works. #StarWars #StarTrek #government #comedy
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- Boarding houses still exist!?
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- 1:32
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Thompson-Markward Hall is one of the last remaining boarding houses in America. With rent at around $1,300 a month, living here is a steal, especially considering that it’s across the street from a Senate office building and just a few minutes from the Capitol. So if places like this are such a great housing option for young people moving to a new city, why aren’t there more of them? #housing #affordablehousing #zoning #government
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- Why do other countries have tariffs?
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- 1:05
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- How come other countries use tariffs all the time then if they're so bad and inefficient? Reason's Eric Boehm shares more. #tariffs #trade #economics
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- Why hire private firefighters?
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- 137,000 people think private firefighters means there’s no hope for the future. But they’re just not right. #firefighter #fire #losangeles #california
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- Andor v. Star Trek: How Star Wars gets government right
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- 8:51
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- When it comes to science fiction, no franchises loom larger than Star Wars and Star Trek. While both offer visions of far-off galaxies, future societies, and the occasional knife fight, only one understands how government really works.
While Star Wars: Andor shows a government we can actually recognize—full of ambition, fear, incompetence, and petty power plays—Star Trek paints an unrealistic future where public servants are heroically selfless and competent.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HeWcY5GVlQ
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgRlzFIgm1E
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- Should libertarians prioritize localism?
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- 1:12:28
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Eric Brakey and Andrew Heaton debate whether libertarians should prioritize building local liberty-focused societies like the Free State Project or focus on reforming the federal government. The resolution: "Libertarians should focus on building liberty-for-real societies like the Free State Project, rather than reforming an ever-expanding, uncontrollable federal government."
https://reason.com/podcast/2025/05/02/should-libertarians-prioritize-their-own-communities/
In this Soho Forum debate on April 26, 2025, Eric Brakey, executive director of the Free State Project and former Maine state senator, argued that libertarians should prioritize building local liberty-focused societies like the Free State Project, citing the effectiveness of state-level nullification and local action, as exemplified by New Hampshire’s resistance to federal overreach and the global impact of Bitcoin. Comedian and author Andrew Heaton countered that the federal government remains t...
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- Is air travel about to get worse?
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The TSA is rolling out a new way to verify your identity and it’s coming to 430 airports nationwide. So do you have to comply? #travel #airport #tech #technology #privacy
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- Government can’t be trusted to fix any problems | John Arnold | The Reason Interview
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- 51:02
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- John Arnold argues that private markets solve problems better than government or philanthropy, and that real reform comes from decentralization, incentives, and evidence—not top-down control.
Subscribe to the new @TheReasonInterview youtube channel!
https://reason.com/podcast/2025/04/30/john-arnold-government-cant-be-trusted-to-fix-any-problems/
0:00— Introduction
1:15— Private sector vs. government vs. philanthropy
6:05— Education reform
10:31— Pension reform
17:21— Health care reform
22:21— Criminal justice reform
25:45— Gun violence studies
28:24— Commitment to research with integrity over ideology
33:10— There's no evidence for "college for all"
36:40— Being a billionaire
37:42— Arnold's experience at Enron
42:45— Markets vs regulations
46:31— Is Arnold optimistic?
48:00— Why Arnold is still betting on America
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Today's gue...
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- Does legalizing sex work increase human trafficking?
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- 5:34
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- A go-to study for advocates of restricting sex work used a flawed economic model and abysmal data.
https://reason.com/video/2025/04/25/does-legalizing-sex-work-increase-human-trafficking/
One of the most influential social science papers of the 21st century argued that when countries legalize prostitution between consenting adults, it causes more people to be coerced into sex work.
The study, published in 2013 in the journal World Development, has been used to stop legalization initiatives around the world and to justify harsh new laws that turn customers of voluntary sex work into criminals, often in the name of stopping human trafficking.
Unfortunately, the authors of the study used a flawed economic model and abysmal data to reach their conclusion. When crucial information was missing, they guessed and filled it in. Then, when the analysis didn't yield what seemed to be the authors' desired finding, they threw out the data. The...
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- Is THIS constitutional? Here's how due process works
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- 3:04
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Due process is really having a moment, and the Founders are rolling in their graves.
https://reason.com/video/2025/04/24/is-this-constitutional-heres-how-due-process-works/
The basic legal principle—that people have the right to challenge the evidence against them before the government takes away their liberty—is central to the Constitution. And yet, it has come under fire recently, after President Donald Trump's administration deported hundreds of immigrants it alleges are gang members to a prison in El Salvador.
It appears that many people are now eager to dispense with due process, or simply do not understand what it is or why it exists.
"The entire American media and left wing industrial complex has decided the most important issue today," said Vice President J.D. Vance last week, "is that the Trump admin deported an MS-13 gang member (and illegal alien)."
Vance was referring to Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the Trum...
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- It's time to get government out of health care | Jeffrey Singer | The Reason Interview
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- 52:05
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Longtime surgeon and Cato Institute fellow Jeffrey Singer argues that government overreach in health care undermines patient autonomy.
Subscribe to the new YouTube channel for @TheReasonInterview!
0:00— Introduction
0:50— Singer's medical career
3:55— Your Body, Your Health Care
8:40— Government interference in your health care
14:23— CON laws
20:00— Licensing and credentialing rackets
29:48— The FDA's drug approval monopoly
31:30— The thalidomide scandal
34:11— Off-label drug prescriptions
37:00— FDA approval for naloxone and Plan B
40:20— The American Medical Association's push for licensing
43:00— RFK Jr.: reformer or madman?
45:05— The food pyramid and other government follies
45:57— Intersex infants and trans health care
50:09— Right to die and patient autonomy
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Jeffrey Singer, a Cato Institute fellow and longtime surgeon, argue...
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- Remy: Fluid (Cupid Tariff Parody)
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Love hurts (and so does protectionism)
Parody of Fifty Fifty's "Cupid," written and performed by Remy. Mastering and background vocals by Ben Karlstrom.
LYRICS:
A wine maker from an early age,
They call me the Chris Brown of grapes.
James Suckling thinks I'm just OK. (I hate this white, so 95.)
I'm feeling homely.
Why's their wine industry thriving? Ours is lonely.
Sir, we're an island inhabited by penguins.
So skeptical, huh? Well it's more than skepticism—
It's time we ask for more, more, more.
I put a tariff on this fluid.
Because that other country's stupid.
It feels good to be helping our wine industry.
Their fluid is so dumb.
A maple producer as you see,
I staple trunks like Roker's MD.
We're exporting less than we get!
It's better to give more to get it?
That's what I am trying to say!
But the benefit is...
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- The world’s WORST solar project!?
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- 1:53
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- This is Ivanpah, a solar power facility in the Mojave Desert. Fifteen years ago they got a $1.6 billion loan from the Department of Energy. Now 11 years later, the facility is closing. So, is this the worst solar project ever? #greenenergy #climatechange #california #solar #solarenergy
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- Why do other countries have tariffs?
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Daniel Hannan argues that protectionism never works, but that's a lesson that politicians and voters seemingly have to relearn repeatedly. #economics #tariffs #trade
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- Here’s how the SEC silences Americans
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- If the government accused you of a crime, you’d think the First Amendment would at least protect your right to defend yourself. And you'd be right! But the Securities and Exchange Commission plays by its own set of rules. #freespeech #FirstAmendment
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- Why everyone is wrong about the economy | Jason Furman | The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie
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- 53:24
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Former Obama administration economic adviser Jason Furman explains why both major parties have abandoned economic reality in favor of political fantasy.
https://reason.com/podcast/2025/04/16/jason-furman-why-everyone-is-wrong-about-the-economy/
The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie is moving to a new channel soon, be sure to check it out: @TheReasonInterview
0:00— Introduction
0:48— Failure of Bidenomics & the 'neoliberal delusion'
6:00— The neoliberal coalition breakdown
9:37— Trump's post-neoliberal economics
13:08— Biden's biggest economic failures
16:25— Why 'free money' is a bad thing
18:28— The Age of No Accountability
20:19— Why tariffs make no sense
23:52— How Furman 'zigzagged' on debt
29:42— How to get politicians to take the debt seriously
36:32— How to fix social security and Medicare
39:58— Has Furman changed his mind about Keynesian economic...
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- Can you fly after May 7?
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Starting May 7, if you want to board federally regulated planes, access certain facilities, or enter nuclear plants, you must have a REAL ID or your passport. But if terrorism is such a threat, why would the government take 20 years to roll this out? #travel #traveling #airport #airtravel
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- What Happens When The Debt Hits The Fan?
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- 11:20
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The national debt is at an all time high. Again. As if that isn't bad enough, for the last two decades our debt has grown faster than our economy.
So should you worry?
Yes. Yes, you definitely should.
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- Why does government housing cost so much?
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- When the government gives developers money, it makes them follow certain rules as a condition for getting the money. These rules are things like only using union labor, or abiding by environmental efficiency standards, or going through a more time-consuming permitting process. These extra steps and regulations make construction more expensive. #housing #homes #building
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- Free trade expert takes down the best arguments for tariffs
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- 15:21
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Daniel Hannan argues that protectionism never works, but that's a lesson that politicians and voters seemingly have to relearn repeatedly.
https://reason.com/video/2025/04/11/free-trade-expert-takes-down-the-best-arguments-for-tariffs/
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Can you avoid the cost of tariffs by buying only American-made products? Will tariffs promote domestic manufacturing while filling federal tax coffers? Is free trade killing jobs?
No, no, and certainly not, explains Daniel Hannan, a conservative member of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom and president of the Institute for Free Trade.
"Tariffs will push up the cost not only of the imported stuff obviously with the tariff but also that the domestic industries will raise their prices as well because they no longer have the competition," Hannan tells Reason. "And what does that mean? It means that every American has less disposable income. They've all got to spend more money to live at the same l...
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- How do tariffs actually work?
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Everyone’s talking about tariffs, but how do they actually work? Here's one way to visualize it. #tariffs #economics #trade #freetrade
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- A political prisoner fights for free speech in China | Mark Clifford | Reason Interview
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- 58:21
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The former editor in chief of the South China Morning Post discusses his book on Jimmy Lai, who is currently on trial in Hong Kong for having the audacity to stand up to the government.
1:01—Who is Jimmy Lai?
2:14—Lai’s dramatic journey to Hong Kong
4:50— Lai’s astounding business success in Hong Kong
5:15— Lai’s turn towards politics after June 4, 1989
6:06— The Lai family during the Cultural Revolution in China
8:40— Lai’s difficult relationship with his father
10:37— Lai’s gradual political awakening
14:47— Lai’s foray into publishing
18:42— Lai’s newspaper and magazine promoted free speech & democracy
20:51— How the Chinese government tried to intimidate Lai
25:00— Lai’s political activism & The Umbrella Movement
28:12— Mass protests and CCP crackdowns in Hong Kong
32:28— How meeting with Pence, Bolton, and Pompeo got Lai arrested
35:10— Lai’s gri...
- Title
- Why did Baltimore smell like natural gas?
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- 0:35
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- In 1987, Baltimore wanted to educate residents about natural gas leaks. So they put scratch and sniff stickers on energy bills to help people identify the smell. Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong? #history #historyfacts #historyshorts #government
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- Milton Friedman's warning to DOGE
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- 15:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Nobel Prize-winning economist says the Iron Triangle of Politics must be defeated to cut down the government for good.
https://reason.com/video/2025/04/08/milton-friedmans-warning-to-doge/
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"Wise words," wrote Elon Musk about this 1999 viral clip described as "Milton Friedman casually giving the blueprint for DOGE [the Department of Government Efficiency]" as he ticks off a list of federal government agencies he'd be comfortable eliminating.
Musk is right. Friedman, a Nobel Prize–winning libertarian economist, did offer a solid blueprint for creating a smaller, less intrusive government. At the peak of his fame, he seemed poised to influence an American president to finally slash the federal bureaucracy.
But those efforts ended in disappointment because they were blocked by what Friedman called the Iron Triangle of Politics.
Slashing government waste and making the federal bureaucracy more accountable are incred...
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- What does the Department of Education do?
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- What would happen to schools if we got rid of the Department of Education? Not much, as it turns out. Reason's Emma Camp explains more. #education #school #schools #schoollife
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- Why trade is good and tariffs are bad
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- What happens if economic policy incentivizes the Scottish to produce more wine and fewer sheep? Everyone gets less wine, less haggis, and higher prices. Andrew Heaton explains. #comedy #tariffs #economics
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- Did wokeness and Trump kill literary satire? | Leigh Stein and Julius Taranto | The Reason Interview
- Runtime
- 52:57
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Satire is a powerful force for political and cultural change. But is it even possible in a world that outstrips our imagination on a daily—or even hourly—basis?
https://reason.com/podcast/2025/04/02/leigh-stein-and-julius-taranto-did-wokeness-and-trump-kill-literary-satire/
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Today's guests are two young novelists who are redefining satire in the 21st century. Leigh Stein is the author of Self Care, which is set at a women's wellness startup where things go very wrong. Her next novel, If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You, takes place at a social media hype house and comes out in August. Julius Taranto is the author of How I Won a Nobel Prize, which is set at a secretive university funded by a reclusive billionaire and staffed exclusively by faculty who have been canceled elsewhere. His reviews and essays have been published in The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and elsewhere.
...
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- How will tariffs impact alcohol?
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Champagne is made in France, so when the importer brings it to the U.S., they’d get slapped with a 200 percent charge just for bringing it into the United States. And because it’s alcohol, it would face a bunch of other state and local taxes on top of the tariff. #alcohol #champagne #cocktails #drinks
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- Jakarta tried THIS to reduce traffic
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- In 2003, Jakarta wanted to reduce traffic so they implemented a 3-in-1 rule which requires private vehicles carry three people in order to drive on main roads. Turns out, people like driving and money which led to professional passengers known as car jockeys. #Indonesia #history #historyfacts #cars #car
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- Can Congress stop Trump's tariffs?
- Runtime
- 6:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- You've probably heard that President Donald Trump is prepared to slap some huge tariffs on nearly all imports from Canada and Mexico this week.
But you might also be wondering: How is it that the president can unilaterally decide what tariffs get charged on which imports? And if he's determined to make everything from Canadian whisky to Mexican avocados more expensive, can anyone stop him?
https://reason.com/video/2025/03/31/the-hidden-politics-of-whiskey-prices/
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"It absolutely should not be one person making these decisions," Rep. Suzan DelBene (D–Wash.) tells Reason. She's sponsored a bill that would require Trump—and any other future president—to get permission from Congress before using emergency economic powers to levy new tariffs on American consumers.
To understand why that matters, it might help to first know a bit about how tariffs work.
Say you want to buy a bottle of whisky from a distillery in ...
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- The problem with war plans on Signal
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Why did politicians send war plans on Signal? They didn’t. Those were W.A.R schematics which are different. 🤪 #politics #comedy #satire
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- Psychedelics legalization will continue no matter who is president | James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber
- Runtime
- 58:49
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Authors James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber discuss their new book "Microdosing for Health, Healing, and Enhanced Performance".
reason.com/podcasts
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You've probably heard about microdosing, which involves taking a small, "sub-perceptual" dose of psychedelics like LSD or psilocybin on a regular basis to ward off depression, anxiety, and chronic pain—or to optimize focus and boost energy.
Today's guests are James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber, authors of the new book Microdosing for Health, Healing, and Enhanced Performance. Fadiman, a Stanford-trained research psychologist who has been working with psychedelics since the early 1960s, popularized the concept of microdosing over a decade ago. They talk with Reason's Nick Gillespie about the mechanics of and theory behind microdosing, its promise and limits, and how it fits into the larger psychedelic renaissance that has been flowering for most of the 21st century. And they discuss the prospects for...
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- This mouse has two biological dads?!
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- 3:08
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- In a lab in Japan, scientists transformed cells from the tails of male mice into eggs. They fertilized the eggs with ordinary mouse sperm and implanted them in surrogate mouse moms. The experiment was repeated 630 times. Although most of the pregnancies failed, seven healthy mice were born.
Each of those seven baby mice had two biological dads.
https://reason.com/video/2025/03/25/this-mouse-has-two-biological-dads/
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The experiment has staggering implications for the future of human reproduction. Biologist Katsuhiko Hayashi, who led the project, predicts that within a decade, a human skin cell could be used to create a viable human egg. The biotech companies Conception Bio and Gameto are already working on this technology.
This would allow same-sex couples to have natural offspring. Perhaps even solo reproduction will be possible, with one man generating both the sperm and the egg.
Some conservatives are alarmed....
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- Are the Palestinians systematically oppressed?
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- 1:27:38
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- City University of New York professor Peter Beinart and AEI's Michael Rubin debate Israel and Palestine.
https://reason.com/podcasts/the-soho-forum-debates/
Jewish Currents' editor-at-large Peter Beinart and American Enterprise Institute senior fellow Michael Rubin debate the resolution, "The oppression of Palestinians in non-democratic Israel has been systematic and profound."
Arguing for the affirmative is Beinart, a professor of journalism and political science at the Newmark School of Journalism at the City University of New York. He's a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, editor-at-large for Jewish Currents, and a political commentator for MSNBC. Beinart has authored several books, including Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning, which was released in January of this year.
Arguing for the negative is Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he specializes in the Middle E...
- Title
- New York’s gun buyback misfire
- Runtime
- 0:37
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- In 2022, there were too many guns on the streets of Utica, New York. So the city held an anonymous gun buyback program with a premium paid for unregistered ghost guns that don't have serial numbers.
Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions! What could possibly go wrong? #guns #secondamendment #guncontrol #newyork
