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Why We Can't Have Nice Things Reason
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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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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Can You Afford Tariffs on Tin Cans?
You probably don't think much about tin cans, even when you're buying one. It's the product inside the can—soup, beans,…
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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The 'Chicken Tax' That Makes Pickup Trucks More Expensive
The brief trade war between the U.S. and Europe in the early 1960s might seem hardly worth remembering—and it pales…
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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Bootleggers, Baptists, and Ballots
Arkansas has some of the strangest liquor laws in the country—or at least the most politically contentious. Unlike a lot…
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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Jones Act Traffic Jam
From his second-floor office overlooking the harbor in Norwalk, Connecticut, Bob Kunkel can see Long Island looming over the horizon…
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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The Ghosts of Protectionism Past
It's now been nearly 100 years since Congress overhauled the United States' general tariff system—a system that is by now…
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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The Great Baby Formula Shortage of 2022
"When you walk into the store and there you don't see that packaging…you start to panic," says Kenzie Jaicomo, a…
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Great Podcast
All episodes are good, but I enjoyed the one on the Jones Act the best!
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