Ep 31 Our 'OG Neoliberal' Friend - Lockdowns and the Importance of Kindness ft. Sam Bowman

In this week's supersized surprise, to kick off a series of COVID economics-specific episodes the guys were honored to be joined by Sam Bowman. Together they discuss lockdowns, libertarianism, and why Sam was the first out and proud neoliberal. Sam is the Director of Competition Policy at the International Center for Law & Economics, a Senior Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute, and one of the co-authors of COVIDFAQs - a website that thoroughly debunks the worst COVID skeptic takes. You can find him and his excellent thoughts on Twitter @s8mb. 4:04 - 'Coming out' as neoliberal, and leaving libertarianism 44:24 - Lockdowns, pandemic policies, and Covid (Twitter) virality 1:32:59 - Overrated/Underrated Links https://www.covidfaq.co/ https://s8mb.medium.com/im-a-neoliberal-maybe-you-are-too-b809a2a588d6 https://laowyatt.net/i-love-you-grandpa/ https://www.reddit.com/r/badeconomics/comments/mt15q2/michigan_a_case_study_of_pandemic_badeconomics/ https://nobodydismal.com/ https://www.malariaconsortium.org/