The Long View with Jason Feinstein

Jason Feinstein

Independent analysis of American politics, and foreign policy. jasonmfeinstein.substack.com

Episodes

  1. The Framework for America: A Capstone

    May 31

    The Framework for America: A Capstone

    Our problems are solvable. The series' conclusion lays out the way through — and who has to carry it. The eighth episode in The Framework for America series. Chapters: 0:00 - What Made Us Great 1:48 - Our Own Doing 4:07 - A Commitment and a Method 5:28 - Whether We Will This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jasonmfeinstein.substack.com

    8 min
  2. Healing a Failing System: American Healthcare Part 2

    May 25

    Healing a Failing System: American Healthcare Part 2

    American healthcare is a train wreck and needs real reform. This is part two of a two part examination of the problem and some potential solutions. The seventh episode in The Framework for America series. Chapters: 00:00 - The Principle 2:48 - Drug Pricing 6:19 - Hospital Antitrust 8:25 - Expanding Supply 9:33 - The Middlemen and the Paperwork 12:09 - What about the Insurance Companies 14:25 - What This Saves 22:16 - Who Fights For It This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jasonmfeinstein.substack.com

    25 min
  3. Diagnosing a Failing System: American Healthcare Part 1

    May 21

    Diagnosing a Failing System: American Healthcare Part 1

    American healthcare is a train wreck and needs real reform. This is part one of a two part examination of the problem and some potential solutions. The sixth episode in The Framework for America series. Chapters: 0:00 - The $25,000 Family 3:07 - Three Times, Three Defeats 7:40 - Cost is the Master Variable 14:26 - Why It’s Expensive: A Regulated Cartel 22:15 - Why Consumer-Choice Fails 25:02 - Why Single-Payer Won’t Pass This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jasonmfeinstein.substack.com

    31 min
  4. The Closed Loop: Why Immigration, Family Formation, and Housing Are One Problem

    May 7

    The Closed Loop: Why Immigration, Family Formation, and Housing Are One Problem

    The American immigration system is broken, fertility is below replacement, and the two problems are headed straight at each other. An integrated framework for fixing both. The fifth episode in The Framework for America series. Chapters: 0:00 - Two Truths on a Collision Course 1:18 - The Integrated Response 5:29 - Japan and Korea 6:42 - The Broken System 8:56 - The Conditions-Based Alternative 14:24 - The Existing Population and Enforcement 17:27 - Family Formation 22:21 - Housing and the Closed Loop This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jasonmfeinstein.substack.com

    28 min
  5. Borrowed Time : The Pending Disaster of US Debt and Deficits

    Apr 29

    Borrowed Time : The Pending Disaster of US Debt and Deficits

    $39 trillion in debt. 127% of GDP. We now spend more on interest than on the Pentagon. The single largest long-term threat to the United States — and the one nobody wants to talk about. The fourth episode in The Framework for America series. Chapters: 00:00 - The $39 Trillion Trap: Debt vs. Defense 02:01 - How the Debt Spiral Actually Works 03:37 - Why the Next Crisis Will Be Worse 06:00 - The Two Endgames: Inflation or Default 08:08 - History’s Warning: Empires That Went Bust 11:02 - The Reserve Currency Counterargument 15:20 - The 2% Solution 17:23 - The Fraud Problem 19:00 - Hard Choices & “AI Will Save Us” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jasonmfeinstein.substack.com

    23 min
  6. The Logic of American Power: How the US Sees the World

    Apr 27

    The Logic of American Power: How the US Sees the World

    The right strategy on how the United States should engage with the world. The third episode in The Framework for America series. Chapters: 0:00 - Why we cannot retreat 3:06 - Strategic, Operational, Tactical 4:51 - Realism and Democratic Morality 7:03 - The Four Regions and the Balance of Power 10:44 - The Commons, Democracy, and the Tradition This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jasonmfeinstein.substack.com

    16 min
  7. You Aren't A Centrist : The Tradition That Built America

    Apr 27

    You Aren't A Centrist : The Tradition That Built America

    What the political center actually is. The second episode in The Framework for America series. Chapters: 00:00 — The Destruction of the Center 02:13 — The Anchor and The Method 04:52 — Washington: The Architect 06:31 — Lincoln: The Anchor Under Pressure 08:14 — Eisenhower: Practical Governance 09:13 — This Tradition is Losing 12:20 — Stepping Onto the Field This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jasonmfeinstein.substack.com

    14 min
  8. Neither Side is the Country: We Need to Take It Back

    Apr 25

    Neither Side is the Country: We Need to Take It Back

    Chapters: 0:00 - The Trap 2:05 - How We Got Here 16:42 - The Right’s Dead End 19:48 - The Left’s Dead End 23:42 - The Machine 26:22 - The Path Forward This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jasonmfeinstein.substack.com

    29 min
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