Unjerked Podcast

Unjerked E8 - Crime - Part 1

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about crime.  What causes crime rates to go up?  Are crime rates at historic highs right now? What are the best ways to reduce crime rates?  This is Part 1 of 2 episodes.
 
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5:00 International View of Crime
7:51 Divergence of crime rates between US and Europe
10:12 The better angels of our nature
11:19 Drop in crime over time
12:53 Even longer term drop in crime
14:50 Drop in murder rate
15:00 Drop in property crime (link 2)
16:40 Most common crimes
20:15 Social isolation as a cause
20:50 Correlation with education level 
21:25 Demographics of crime
22:18 Age and crime
22:35 Demographics of victims
24:19 Personality traits and crime
24:32 Mental health and crime (link 2)
27:08 Substance abuse and crime
29:28 Brain injury
30:27 Childhood trauma and crime (link 2)
31:01 Family connection and crime
33:08 Crime after war (link 2)
35:28 Unemployment and crime
35:47 Inequality and crime (link 2)
38:00 Inequality and income by zip code vs state and crime
38:44 Education and crime
38:55 Family structure and crime
39:28 Impunity

Unjerked E7 - Housing - Part 3

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about housing costs and zoning.  Why is the cost of housing continuing to rise?  Is it because of investors buying up all the housing? Or are there bigger issues involved?  What policies would help fix the problem?  This is Part 3 of 3 episodes.
 
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0:57 jabde.com armadillo article
2:07 rezoning to fix the homelessness problem
2:27 crime and zoning
3:58 public hearings
5:53 condos and coops
7;51 incremental rezoning
8:53 fiscal cost of zoning
10:24 land value tax
12:30 vacancy tax
13:01 remote work (2nd link)
15:01 technology solutions
18:44 effect of banning investor ownership (2nd link)
20:17 public housing (2nd link) (3rd link)
21:06 converting office buildings to apartments
23:55 rent control
26:28 rent control and mobility
29:29 rent control increases price of non-controlled apartments 
31:59 DIW paper on rent control effects
34:16 frankensteining

Unjerked E6 - Housing - Part 2

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about housing costs and zoning.  Why is the cost of housing continuing to rise?  Is it because of investors buying up all the housing? Or are there bigger issues involved?  What policies would help fix the problem?  This is Part 2 of 3 episodes.
 
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1:17 airbnb and rent price increases
7:12 ban of airbnbs in NYC
10:03 less construction after ’08 collapse
11:30 lower interest rates increasing prices
12:07 stagnating home prices in bad local economies
13:15 remote work migration patterns
15:22 immigration
16:28 onion futures
26:19 lot minimums
29:00 two stair requirement (link 2)
30:43 zoning and CO2 emissions (2nd link)
31:42 single family home less efficient energy
32;37 density zoning income segregation
32:51 redlining and zoning (link 2)
34:33 expenditure of public services
36:44 social capital built environment
38:56 Zoning in Houston
40:05 Texas home prices
40:38 Why rents are not going up much in Minneapolis

Unjerked E5 - Housing - Part 1

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about housing costs and zoning.  Why is the cost of housing continuing to rise?  Is it because of investors buying up all the housing? Or are there bigger issues involved?  What policies would help fix the problem?  This is Part 1 of 3 episodes.
 
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3:49 International housing affordability comparison
4:15 OECD housing affordability comparison
6:39 International home ownership (Please check notes & references section of wikipedia page)
7:56 70 year leases in China
11:19 Price to income ratio
12:11 Inflation, square footage
13:26 Household wages income adjusted
15:39 Home ownership by generation
17:27 Millennials more savings
19:10 History of zoning codes
22:26 Increase in investor ownership
23:15 Corporate ownership
28:07 Rental vacancy rates
30:23 Why many new build apartments are luxury apartments
31:26 Luxury apartments help lower overall rents in a city (Link 2) (Link 3)
36:07 Strong towns
36:55 Upzoning increases housing supply
37:16 Parking minimums
39:49 Effect of lot size minimums
40:17 Density regulations and housing prices
40:50 Lot minimum size and number of new building permits
41:40 30 year mortgage

Unjerked E4 - Research and Development

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about Research and Development.  Who funds it, and who does R&D? How do different countries approach it differently? Does it have any benefits for the greater economy? What about issues like corporate influence, P-hacking, and manipulated results?
 
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3:58 Global R&D by region
6:04 R&D as percent of GDP by country
10:35 funding vs performing entites by country
14:53 NIH definition of basic research
22:35 Percent of government spending by category by country
27:22 Academic research source of funds by Country
30:30 History of R&D funding in USA
34:03 US funding performer categories
36:44 US funding source categories
37:30 US R&D by industry
37:57 R&D intensity by industry
39:00 Basic vs applied vs development trends
40:45 Agencies within the federal government
42:18 Subjects funded by the government
43:40 National endowments of arts and humanities
55:55 DARPA created the internet
56:01 NASA spinoffs
58:35 Correlation between R&D and growth
1:00:15 Negative result bias
1:01:34 Tobacco industry funding research
1:01:40 Sugar industry funding research
1:03:23 Alzheimer’s research fraud
1:0543 Journal article paywalls
1:08:34 History of peer review
1:10:17 Accuracy peer review vs preprint
1:10:53 Public peer review
1:13:04 Stanford fired
1:18:14 Extent of p-hacking
1:24:11 Amazon 2022 expenses

Unjerked E3 - Homelessness

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about homelessness. What causes this problem, and why is it such an issue even in wealthy countries? How can it be mitigated?
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2:49 world perspective on homelessness
6:30 US homeless history
9:37 1980s deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill
11:35 housing affordability, appreciation
12:31 homeless worse off than in the 1950s
13:08 demographics of the homeless (2nd link) (3rd link)
14:53 acute causes of homelessness (2nd link) (3rd link) (4th link)
19:55 dificulty in climbing out of homelessness (2nd link)
22:10 Rates of homelessness by state
25:00 right to shelter in New York and Massachusetts (2nd link)
28:20 influence of housing costs vs inequality vs per capita GDP on homelessness (2nd link) (3rd link) (4th link)
29:33 local inequality
36:00 lack of alternative cheaper housing options (2nd link) (3rd link)
41:00 Tokyo housing
43:10 parking minimums (2nd link)
44:10 higher price points more profitable
49:20 housing vs treatment first (2nd link) (3rd link)
54:05 supervised consumption (2nd link)
58:35 bussing in homeless
1:00:43 cheaper to help homeless (2nd link)
 
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Unjerked E2 - National Debt

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about the US National Debt. Why is it so high, and what do we spend the money on? What are the most realistic ways to reduce the national debt?
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3:03 US spend on healthcare
9:30 treasuries as safe assets
11:49 spending history
12:20 tax history
15:20 stable tax rate across all categories?
15:50 deficit history
17:54 national budget categories (2nd link)
22:40 who owns our debt?
27:30 source of revenue (2nd link)
32:14 social security tax cap
32:58 medicare source of revenue
39:17 drug price negotiations
42:00 CBO DoD reduction (2nd link)
42:40 Defense as % of GDP over time
44:24 Ukraine spending
45:31 Iraq/Afghanistan
46:10 Ukraine aid by category?

Unjerked E1 - Introduction

William Henderson and B McGraw talk about their new podcast - affiliated with jabde.com