Why We Can't Have Nice Things

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A six-part Reason magazine podcast series about the frustrating and foolish aspects of American trade policy that make everyday items more expensive. From last year's sudden shortages of baby formula to the Jones Act and President Lyndon Johnson's infamous "Chicken War," host Eric Boehm sits down with industry experts and libertarian policy wonks to explore how these counterproductive rules got made – and explain why they can be so difficult to undo.

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Interesting but too quiet

Oct 26

Rokuduguni

Really interesting content but the audio volume is quite low. Please increase the volume.
Spot on. Love their podcasts.

Sep 3

Strutzr

Big fan of reason and the common sense approach to basic problems. Example after example of how government intervention in the free market messes almost everything up.
So promising

Sep 20

GatsbyNYC

Season one was great, but this season is so boring.
Make more like this!!!

Apr 4

max_n_tucker

Very informative, well produced and all around enjoyable. Please, please, please make more like this.

A six-part Reason magazine podcast series about the frustrating and foolish aspects of American trade policy that make everyday items more expensive. From last year's sudden shortages of baby formula to the Jones Act and President Lyndon Johnson's infamous "Chicken War," host Eric Boehm sits down with industry experts and libertarian policy wonks to explore how these counterproductive rules got made – and explain why they can be so difficult to undo.