Garett Jones — Immigration, national IQ, & less democracy

Garett Jones is an economist at George Mason University and he is the author of The Cultural Transplant, Hive Mind, and 10% Less Democracy. This episode was fun and interesting throughout! He explains: * How migrants bring their values to their new countries, * Why national IQ matters, * How the Chinese people are an unstoppable global force for free markets, * Why we should have less democracy 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 * Transcript: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/garett-jones * Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3j3av8m * Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3wvO1zK * Follow Garett on Twitter: https://twitter.com/garettjones * Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 00:00:00) - Intro 00:01:08) - Migrants Change Countries with Culture or Votes? 00:09:15 - Impact of Immigrants on Markets & Corruption 00:12:02 - 50% Open Borders? 00:16:54 - Chinese are Unstoppable Capitalists 00:21:39 - Innovation & Immigrants 00:24:53 - Open Borders for Migrants Equivalent to Americans? 00:28:54 - Let's Ignore Side Effects? 00:30:25 - Are Poor Countries Stuck? 00:32:26 - How Can Effective Altruists Increase National IQ 00:39:13 - Clone a million John von Neumann? 00:44:39 - Genetic Selection for IQ 00:47:02 - Democracy, Fed, FDA, & Presidential Power 00:49:42 - EU is a force for good? 00:55:12 - Why is America More Libertarian Than Median Voter? 00:56:19 - Is Ethnic Conflict a Short Run Problem? 00:59:38 - Bond Holder Democracy 01:04:57 - Mormonism 01:08:52 - Garett Jones's Immigration System 01:10:12 - Interviewing SBF

Garett JonesguestDwarkesh Patelhost

Jan 24, 20231h 14mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: January 24, 2023
Duration: 1h 14m
Channel: Dwarkesh Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Garett Jones is an economist at George Mason University and he is the author of The Cultural Transplant, Hive Mind, and 10% Less Democracy. This episode was fun and interesting throughout! He explains:
How migrants bring their values to their new countries,
Why national IQ matters,
How the Chinese people are an unstoppable global force for free markets,
Why we should have less democracy
𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒
Transcript: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/garett-jones
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3j3av8m
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3wvO1zK
Follow Garett on Twitter: https://twitter.com/garettjones
Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp
𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 00:00:00) - Intro 00:01:08) - Migrants Change Countries with Culture or Votes? 00:09:15 - Impact of Immigrants on Markets & Corruption 00:12:02 - 50% Open Borders? 00:16:54 - Chinese are Unstoppable Capitalists 00:21:39 - Innovation & Immigrants 00:24:53 - Open Borders for Migrants Equivalent to Americans? 00:28:54 - Let's Ignore Side Effects? 00:30:25 - Are Poor Countries Stuck? 00:32:26 - How Can Effective Altruists Increase National IQ 00:39:13 - Clone a million John von Neumann? 00:44:39 - Genetic Selection for IQ 00:47:02 - Democracy, Fed, FDA, & Presidential Power 00:49:42 - EU is a force for good? 00:55:12 - Why is America More Libertarian Than Median Voter? 00:56:19 - Is Ethnic Conflict a Short Run Problem? 00:59:38 - Bond Holder Democracy 01:04:57 - Mormonism 01:08:52 - Garett Jones's Immigration System 01:10:12 - Interviewing SBF

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Dwarkesh Patel
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Dwarkesh Podcast, featuring Garett Jones and Dwarkesh Patel, Garett Jones — Immigration, national IQ, & less democracy explores garrett Jones links migration, IQ, and democracy’s long-run tradeoffs Economist Garrett Jones discusses how national IQ, culture, and migration shape institutions, productivity, and innovation over decades rather than just in the short run.

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