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Bryan Caplan - Nurturing Orphaned Ideas, Education, and UBI

Bryan Caplan is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a New York Times Bestselling author. His most famous works include The Myth of the Rational Voter, The Case Against Education, and Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration. For the inaugural episode of The Lunar Society, Bryan Caplan talks with me about open borders, the idea trap, UBI, appeasement, China, the education system, and Bryan Caplan's next two books on poverty and housing regulation. Episode Website: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/bryan-caplan Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3TqzW16 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3QZlLOV Follow Bryan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bryan_caplan Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp

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May 22, 202057mWatch on YouTube ↗

CHAPTERS

  1. 0:00 – 0:34

    What are you criticizing most

  2. 0:34 – 2:38

    numeracy and literacy if not for school

  3. 2:38 – 4:35

    the idea trap

  4. 4:35 – 6:49

    closing borders

  5. 6:49 – 8:51

    how policies change

  6. 8:51 – 11:46

    how ideas get into the mainstream

  7. 11:46 – 13:06

    discrimination

  8. 13:06 – 15:12

    citizenship

  9. 15:12 – 19:24

    interference

  10. 19:24 – 20:55

    redistribution

  11. 20:55 – 23:48

    education

  12. 23:48 – 25:23

    open borders

  13. 25:23 – 27:05

    primaries

  14. 27:05 – 27:58

    Charisma

  15. 27:58 – 29:53

    Bryans 20s

  16. 29:53 – 32:53

    Disagreeable People

  17. 32:53 – 33:27

    Trump

  18. 33:27 – 38:36

    Biggest Decision Failure

  19. 38:36 – 39:48

    The Next Hitler

  20. 39:48 – 44:45

    Economic Integration

  21. 44:45 – 44:55

    Midtier Colleges

  22. 44:55 – 45:30

    Will it make a difference

  23. 45:30 – 46:10

    Small unselected private schools

  24. 46:10 – 50:05

    Poverty who to blame

  25. 50:05 – 53:25

    Individual responsibility

  26. 53:25 – 56:05

    Housing regulation

  27. 56:05 – 57:12

    Outro

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