Source: Reason
“Economist Emily Eisner and former New York State Assemblyman Kenny Burgos debate the resolution, ‘Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s housing policies will make housing more affordable for most New York City residents.'” (10/09/26)
https://reason.com/podcast/2026/10/09/will-mamdani-make-housing-more-affordable/
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Marta Roels
“At the turn of the century, Italy was a G7 industrial power, admired for its fashion, automobiles, machinery, food, and design. Since then, a rigid labor market, complex taxation, slow courts, small family firms, heavy public debt, demographic decline, and the constraints of the euro have combined to undermine growth. Italy has not dramatically collapsed; it has lost time. Between 2000 and 2022, Italian labor productivity fell by roughly 4%, while the EU average rose around 20%.” (10/09/26)
Source: Liberal Currents
by Katherine Alejandra Cross
“Like the man himself, Francis Fukuyama’s new memoir ‘In the Realm of the Last Man’ combines startling insight and baffling contradiction.” (10/09/26)
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
“Violent Populism.” (10/10/26)
Source: The UnPopulist
by Paul Crider
“I think of Sarah Longwell as a kind of political sin-eater. The founder and publisher of The Bulwark sprinkles quotes like the above throughout her new book, a New York Times bestseller, How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time. They are a small sampling of her regular focus groups of American voters. She listens to the most infuriating inanities from the world’s most irresponsible voters because the rest of us would be driven to madness from the Lovecraftian horror that is American public opinion. Longwell uses her vast trove of qualitative voter data and her long experience in Republican communications to end the electoral dominance of her former side and enact reforms long and deep enough to decisively resolve the authoritarian crisis.” (10/09/26)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/a-former-right-wingers-guide-on-how
Source: Politico
“The government of Turkey on Saturday formally banned access to social media platform for children under the age of 15. The law was published today following the Turkish Parliament’s adoption of the bill last April. The ban will come into force on Nov. 1. … Turkey joins a growing group of states, including Australia and Indonesia, that are introducing or exploring tougher age restrictions on social media access.” (10/10/26)
https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-bans-social-media-for-kids-under-15
Source: The Moynihan Report
“The Confidence Man: Alex Gibney Vs. Elon Musk.” (10/09/26)
https://www.themoynihan.report/p/the-confidence-man-alex-gibney-vs
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Meryl Nass
“Councils of Government (COGs) and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) are a form of non-democratic authority that are taking over functions from duly elected state and local governments, funded by grants from state and federal governments. This project has been expanding in power and funding since the 1960s. It involves creating new organizations with appointed members for which there is no direct citizen oversight.” (10/09/26)
Source: The Daily Economy
by Paul Mueller
“Washington responded to two crises with extraordinary monetary and fiscal interventions. Why did COVID-era stimulus produce soaring inflation when the response to the 2008 financial crisis did not?” (10/09/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/why-didnt-bank-bailouts-produce-covid-level-inflation/
Source: Washington Post
“The overlooked businesses making Americans rich.” (10/09/26)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/impromptu/the-overlooked-businesses-making-americans-rich/