Unjerked Podcast

Unjerked E28 Are We Worse Off Part 1

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about whether we are worse off now than we were in the past.  This is Part 1 of 2 episodes.
 
4:03 Crime
4:42 War and Conflict (2) (3)
8:21 Health 
9:02 Infectious disease
11:05 Cancer deaths
12:24 Metabolic disease
16:38 Addictive food 
17:59 Global health development
20:26 Health insurance coverage
21:00 Real median household income
24:26 Real disposable per capital personal income
25:00 Food as percent of budget
26:19 Debt servicing as percent of household budget
27:42 Financial obligations ratio
28:37 Household debt to GDP
29:23 Transportation as percent of spending
30:17 Level of education
30:57 Global real GDP per capital
31:50 Minority rights
32:40 Regulation
32:51 Lifestyle: travel
33:45 Technology
35:00 Nuclear war
37:00 US Inequality
39:41 Global inequality 
41:35 Consumer debt service payments as percent of disposable personal income
42:17 Democracy
43:38 Misinformation
45:16 Happiness and sense of purpose 

Unjerked E27 Local Vs National Politics Part 2

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about local vs national politics.  This is Part 2 of 2 episodes.
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2:31 Local vs federal incarceration
4:53 Public housing spending
5:43 Social insurance
6:21 Law enforcement
8:45 National security budget
11:07 Fiscal responsibility of federal vs local
13:36 Taxes (2) (3)
19:46 Federal transfers (2)
21:00 Drop in local news
25:00 Local politics is not interesting
25:53 Transience of younger people (2)
28:50 Accelerationist argument
32:40 Supremacy clause in practice
36:23 Social issues at the national vs local level
 

Unjerked E26 Local Vs National Politics Part 1

 
William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about local vs national politics.  This is Part 1 of 2 episodes.
We first discuss our thesis on why local politics matters - it has more control over our lives than we think, and it's the pipeline into running for national office. We discuss the massive number of uncontested elections in the United States, and the low participation rate in local elections. Specifically, we discuss how the Presidential election has the highest participation rate, followed by other federal elections, then state elections, then local elections. We then discuss the constitutional basis for state vs federal political power. Specifically, we discuss the role of the 10th amendment as well as the supremacy clause. Then we discuss the concepts of home rule and Dillon's rule, the role of states and municipalities in incarceration, the number of government employees at each level of government, and the budget size of each level of government.
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0:52 Thesis on local politics
6:16 Voter participation rate
11:35 Uncontested elections
13:50 Participation in elections depends on size of municipality
16:02 Pipeline into federal politics
19:26 Constitutional basis for state vs federal (2)
22:25 Dillons and home rule (2)
25:48 Prison population
33:44 Number of government employees (2)
36:15 Budgets
 
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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