最高の Why We Cant Have Nice Things ポッドキャスト (2024)

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Vol. 1 Num. 02 1:44:36

5M ago1:44:36

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Boxes, check. Packing tape, check. U-Haul, check. In this edition, Josh tells us all the reasons he has to move and the series of unfortunate events that have occurred since moving to Toledo. Josh and AK also discuss feeling sentimentally attached to property, not necessarily their location. You’ll also hear Josh’s 2015 astrological reading from Ja…

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Vol. 1 Num. 01 1:14:50

6M ago1:14:50

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In this edition, Josh Kelly and AK Dash discuss how he recently turned his in-law’s family reunion into a family feud (and not the kind hosted by Steve Harvey). Josh also shares a story from when he was 10-years-old and how his Dad tried to hook up with his own cousin. Needless to say, it wasn’t Coeburn, Virginia’s finest moment. This Is Why We Can…

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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Can You Afford Tariffs on Tin Cans? 23:43

8M ago23:43

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You probably don't think much about tin cans, even when you're buying one. It's the product inside the can—soup, beans, maybe hairspray or sunscreen—that seems to matter. But the humble tin can is both a crucial component of modern, globe-spanning supply chains and a product of them: About half of the metal used to make tin cans in the U.S. is impo…

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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The 'Chicken Tax' That Makes Pickup Trucks More Expensive 24:24

8M ago24:24

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The brief trade war between the U.S. and Europe in the early 1960s might seem hardly worth remembering—and it pales in comparison to the political and cultural upheaval that defined that decade. But any American who has bought a pickup truck in the past 50 years has been collateral damage in that conflict—a conflict that started because European fa…

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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Bootleggers, Baptists, and Ballots 25:53

9M ago25:53

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Arkansas has some of the strangest liquor laws in the country—or at least the most politically contentious. Unlike a lot of other places, the state allows counties to hold referendums to decide whether they will allow the retail sale of alcohol. That is, whether they will be "wet" or "dry." And when those elections take place, it's often existing l…

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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Jones Act Traffic Jam 26:36

9M ago26:36

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From his second-floor office overlooking the harbor in Norwalk, Connecticut, Bob Kunkel can see Long Island looming over the horizon to the south. It's only about 10 miles away, straight across the blue waters of the Long Island Sound. But shipping anything from Connecticut to Long Island—or back again—likely means loading a truck, sending it down …

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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The Ghosts of Protectionism Past 23:27

9M ago23:27

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It's now been nearly 100 years since Congress overhauled the United States' general tariff system—a system that is by now "quite antiquated and designed for a different time and a different economy," says Ed Gresser. And that's not all, says Gresser, a former assistant U.S. trade representative who now serves as vice president for the Progressive P…

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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The Great Baby Formula Shortage of 2022 21:47

9M ago21:47

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"When you walk into the store and there you don't see that packaging…you start to panic," says Kenzie Jaicomo, a new mom whose child was just a few months old when a sudden shortage of baby formula hit the United States last year. "What am I going to feed my baby?" she remembers thinking, staring at an empty shelf in a neighborhood grocery store. I…

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Trailer: Why We Can't Have Nice Things 1:37

10M ago1:37

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Trade crossed with politics equals protectionism. That's the formula for Why We Can't Have Nice Things, a new limited-run podcast series from Reason launching on August 3. Join host Eric Boehm over the next six weeks as he examines how markets could deliver the goods for consumers—if only the government didn't keep getting in the way. The show will…