Unjerked Podcast

Unjerked E25 - Trade - Part 2

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about trade and industry.  This is Part 1 of 2 episodes.Like and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Podbean, Spotify, Amazon Music, Tunein, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Listen Notes, Podchaser, or Boomplay
 
0:52 Specialization
2:05 Higher real output
3:48 Trade freedom and GDP per capital
4:08 Rust belt and social disintegration
5:17 Price vs quality competition
10:14 Targeted education?
10:55 Can we compete on quality in industrials
13:10 Difficulty of competing on price
15:31 Modular nuclear in Appalachia?
16:12 Comparing the loss of agriculture jobs to loss of industrial jobs
19:05 Reddit/Twitter arguments
29:48 Tariffs
34:35: Neo-mercantilism & Autarky
36:06 Other solutions?

Unjerked E24 - Trade - Part 1

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about trade and industry.  This is Part 1 of 2 episodes.Like and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Podbean, Spotify, Amazon Music, Tunein, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Listen Notes, Podchaser, or Boomplay
 
1:22 Good Economics Bad Economics
8:23 Diocletian & feudalism
11:01 Mercantilism
15:10 Neoliberalism
18:16 Industrialization in the United States
22:44 Deindustrialization (2)
27:00 Politics of free trade (2) (3)

Unjerked E23 - Immigration - Part 3

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about immigration.  What kind of visas are there?  How many immigrants are arriving legally and illegally? What effects are there on the economy and home prices?  This is Part 2 of 3 episodes.Like and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Podbean, Spotify, Amazon Music, Tunein, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Listen Notes, Podchaser, or Boomplay
 
6:05 Crime rates of immigrants lower than native citizens
7:42 Crime Rates in Europe
7:57 Crime and second generation immigrants
9:04 Europe crime rates among second generation immigrants (2) (3)
10:00 Terrorism and immigration
11:39 Fentanyl
19:00 Assimilation and integration
22:51 Tolerant backgrounds integrate better
28:47 Reform ideas

Unjerked E22 - Immigration - Part 2

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about immigration.  What kind of visas are there?  How many immigrants are arriving legally and illegally? What effects are there on the economy and home prices?  This is Part 2 of 3 episodes.Like and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Podbean, Spotify, Amazon Music, Tunein, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Listen Notes, Podchaser, or Boomplay
 
1:07 points based system
1:38 family based system
3:19 visa caps (2) (3)
3:52 types of work visas
5:52 Percent of immigrants here illegallly (2)
6:26: Overstaying visas
7:08 Asylum seeker
19:20 OECD report on immigration and the economy
20:55 Wage suppression (2) (3)
28:42 Immigration and inequality
29:40 Entrepreneurship
30:15 Fiscal impacts
33:00 Housing prices (2) (3)

Unjerked E21 - Immigration - Part 1

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about immigration.  How much immigration is there?  Where are immigrants coming from? What's the difference between illegal immigration and asylum?  This is Part 1 of 3 episodes.Like and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Podbean, Spotify, Amazon Music, Tunein, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Listen Notes, Podchaser, or Boomplay
3:40 Where immigrants come from
6:43 Percent of US population which is foreign born
9:05 Requirements for entering the US in the early 20th century
12:34 Birth right citizenship
13:34 Ethnic makeup of US immigrants
14:43 Countries of origin
19:05 Asylum seekers
20:15 Countries people are claiming asylum from
24:45 Asylum outcomes
29:55 Is Latin America getting more or less violent

Unjerked E20 - Corruption - Part 3

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about corruption.  What exactly is corruption? What forms of corruption are there? How can it be prevented or mitigated?  This is Part 3 of 3 episodes.
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0:32 Auditing the fed
3:02 Rule by AI
6:04 Politicians trading stock
7:30 Corruption incentives
8:50 Income inequality and corruption
9:30 Extraction economies
10:55 Wage inequality in the public sector
12:46 Pension to prevent corruption
16:17 term limits
16:35 Level of transparency
17:50 Rule of law
19:00 Impunity
20:13 Weak Institutions
21:19 Civic culture
22:15 Corruption & economic growth (2) (3)
23:00 Political instability
23:20 Investment efficiency
24:27 Administrative performance
25:18 Increases income inequality and poverty
27:00 Transparency mechanisms
27:50 Free press
28:47 Higher government salaries (2)
30:34 Gender equality and meritocracy
30:50 Democracy & corruption
32:04 Political Institutions

Unjerked E19 - Corruption - Part 2

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about corruption.  What exactly is corruption? What forms of corruption are there? How can it be prevented or mitigated?  This is Part 2 of 3 episodes.
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44: Revolving door
7:58 Corruption of national vs local politics
8:51 Kids for cash for-profit jail controversy
12:30 amendment pay raise
13:00 term limits and corruption (1) (2) (3) (4)
15:51 Incumbency advantage
18:02 who watches the watchmen?
19:21 Corruption in historical societies
20:40 Pork barrel spending
23:40 Does corruption increase or decrease efficiency?
27:05 jailing politicians
29:19 Corruption in revolutionary societies

Unjerked E18 - Corruption - Part 1

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about corruption.  What exactly is corruption? What forms of corruption are there? How can it be prevented or mitigated?  This is Part 1 of 3 episodes.
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4:04 bribery
5:59 embezzlement
6:20 1MDB Scandal
7:18 fraud
7:30 extortion/blackmail
8:14 cronyism/nepotism
10:10 regulatory capture
13:57 campaign donations
15:33 lobbying
15:50 deferred compensation
16:52 employees not working - is this corruption?
17:24 corruption index
21:58 Citizens United
22:18 Ambassadorships (2)
24:04 Influence of elites vs average citizens
 

Unjerked E17 - Democracy Reform - Part 3

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about democracy reform.  How does separation of powers work in different systems? What forms of electoral systems exist? What are proportional and ranked choice voting?  This is Part 3 of 3 episodes.
 
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1:04 Separation of powers
1:57 Outcomes of Presidential vs Parliamentary systems
3:50 separation of head of state and head of government 
11:55 level of democracy
17:24 electoral systems
20:18 Proportional vs Majoritarian
23:37 voting systems (Ranked Choice) (approval voting) (Score Voting)
35:30 electoral college
40:42 judicial system

Unjerked E16 - Democracy Reform - Part 2

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about democracy reform.  Why is democracy a good thing, when it comes to national economic and social outcomes? What are some different electoral systems and forms of government? What are some ways to reform democracy?  This is Part 2 of 3 episodes.
 
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2:59 Proportional Voting
5:42 Independent Redistricting
6:45 mandatory elections
7:40 Election Day holiday
5:40 Voter access