Why We Can't Have Nice Things

About Why We Can't Have Nice Things

A Reason magazine podcast series about the frustrating and foolish policies that drive up prices and limit the availability of vital goods and services. From the regulations that caused a baby formula shortage to the laws that make prescription drugs more expensive, host Eric Boehm explains how these counterproductive policies get made—and why they can be so difficult to undo.

Publisher

Why We Can't Have Nice Things

Category

government · news · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Jul 2023

Latest episode

10 Oct 2024

Latest episodes

14 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Oct 2024

   Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The War on Drugs

   In many cases, the government's attempts at regulating health care markets are complex, convoluted operations—and seeing the consequences of those…

2. 

   3 Oct 2024

   Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Dial 'T' for Terrible Telehealth Laws

   When Mike Abell's young son was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer, a phone call proved to be…

3. 

   26 Sept 2024

   Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The Case of the 17,000 Missing Kidneys

   There are more than 100,000 Americans on the waiting lists to receive an organ transplant, and many of them will…

4. 

   19 Sept 2024

   Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Permission Slips for Innovation

   Dr. Jay Singleton remembers the moment when he realized that Certificate of Need laws were serious business. "He stood up…

5. 

   12 Sept 2024

   Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Who Decides What Health Care Is 'Needed'?

   In a functioning market, entrepreneurs feel encouraged to bring new products and services to consumers—and get rewarded when those efforts…

6. 

   5 Sept 2024

   Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Can Mark Cuban Make Prescriptions Affordable Again?

   Why are prescription drugs so expensive in the United States? "Drug prices in this country are so high because there…

7. 

   30 Aug 2024

   Trailer: Why We Can't Have Nice Things Season 2

   What's wrong with American health care? That's the question that drives the new season of Why We Can't Have Nice…

8. 

   7 Sept 2023

   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,…

9. 

   31 Aug 2023

   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…

10. 

    24 Aug 2023

    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…

11. 

    17 Aug 2023

    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…

12. 

    10 Aug 2023

    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…

13. 

    3 Aug 2023

    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…

14. 

    28 Jul 2023

    Trailer: Why We Can't Have Nice Things Season 1

    Trade crossed with politics equals protectionism. That's the formula for Why We Can't Have Nice Things, a new limited-run podcast series…

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

132 ratings

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