22: Richard Hanania - Foreign Policy, Fertility, Democracy, and Big Tech

<p>Richard Hanania is the President of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology and the author of Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy: How Generals, Weapons Manufacturers, and Foreign Governments Shape American Foreign Policy.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QyWs-XomCk0</p> <p><br></p> <p>But the book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09L9Y2W7S</p> <p>Follow Richard on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RichardHanania</p> <p>Read Richard's Substack: https://richardhanania.substack.com/</p> <p><br></p> <p>Timestamps:</p> <p>0:00:00 Intro</p> <p>0:04:35 Did war prevent sclerosis?</p> <p>0:06:05 China vs America's grand strategy</p> <p>0:10:00 Does the president have more power over foreign policy?</p> <p>0:11:30 How to deter bad actors?</p> <p>0:15:39 Do some countries have a coherent foreign policy?</p> <p>0:16:55 Why does self-interest matter in foreign but not domestic policy?&nbsp;</p> <p>0:21:05 Should we limit money in politics?</p> <p>0:23:47 Should we credit expertise for nuclear detante and global prosperity?</p> <p>0:28:45 Have international alliances made us safer?</p> <p>0:31:57 Why does academic bueracracy work in some fields?</p> <p>0:36:26 Did academia suck even before diversity?</p> <p>0:39:34 How do we get expertise in social sciences?</p> <p>0:42:19 Why are things more liberal?</p> <p>0:43:55 Why is big tech so liberal?</p> <p>0:47:53 Authoritarian populism vs libertarianism</p> <p>0:51:40 Can authoritarian governments increase fertility?</p> <p>0:54:54 Will increasing fertility be dysgenic?</p> <p>0:56:43 Will not having kids become cool?</p> <p>0:59:22 Advice for libertarians?</p>