18 August 2019
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The real villains in the medical establishment
Brink Lindsey argues that Democrats have erred by attacking health insurance companies instead of the real malefactors—doctors and hospitals.
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In this video:
- Building the ideal Democratic candidate
- Who has the best chance of beating Trump?
- Brink: On health care, Democrats have picked the wrong bad guy
- Why the Niskanen Center is pro-government and pro-market
- The kind of universal basic income that Brink would like to see
- How to defeat populism
- Why we need a non-college track in high school
Cracking jokes about Epstein
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Daniel Bessner discuss how the shock at Jeffrey Epstein’s death quickly turned into a gleeful jokefest on social media.
Privileging Western culture
Glenn Loury talks with Penn Law professor Amy Wax about the idea of giving preferential treatment to immigrants from Western nations.
Chris Christie and Tony Soprano
Aryeh Cohen-Wade speaks with Erin Schwartz, who recently wrote about viewing The Sopranos through the lens of New Jersey politics and culture.
Western philosophy and white supremacism
Philosopher Crispin Sartwell lays out his argument comparing mind-body dualism with racism.
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Jeffrey Epstein and the failures of capitalism
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Daniel Bessner debate capitalism, socialism, and hierarchy through the lens of the Epstein scandal.
Why can’t Biden get no respect?
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss how the other Democratic candidates are treating the frontrunner.
The need for a liberal nationalism
Robert Wright talks to Yael Tamir, author of the new book Why Nationalism, about how to build a new national narrative.
In defense of big business
Glenn Loury speaks with Tyler Cowen, author of the new book Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero.
The Wright Show
Jeffrey Epstein and the corruption of academia
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss Epstein’s history of giving money to academics.
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The trouble with corporate mindfulness
Robert Wright speaks with Ronald Purser, author of the new book McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality.
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Culturally Determined
Twitter’s crazy risk/reward ratio
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Nathan Allebach, the social media maven behind @steak_umm, discuss why brands keep pushing the envelope online.
Feminine Chaos
“Gross but not evil”
