The Long View with Jason Feinstein

Our problems are solvable. The series' conclusion lays out the way through — and who has to carry it. The eighth episode in The Framework for America series. Chapters:0:00 - What Made Us Great1:48 - Our Own Doing4:07 - A Commitment and a Method5:28 - Whether We Will This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jasonmfeinstein.substack.com

American healthcare is a train wreck and needs real reform. This is part two of a two part examination of the problem and some potential solutions. The seventh episode in The Framework for America series.Chapters:00:00 - The Principle2:48 - Drug Pricing6:19 - Hospital Antitrust8:25 - Expanding Supply9:33 - The Middlemen and the Paperwork12:09 - What about the Insurance Companies14:25 - What This Saves22:16 - Who Fights For It This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jasonmfeinstein.substack.com

American healthcare is a train wreck and needs real reform. This is part one of a two part examination of the problem and some potential solutions. The sixth episode in The Framework for America series.Chapters:0:00 - The $25,000 Family3:07 - Three Times, Three Defeats7:40 - Cost is the Master Variable14:26 - Why It’s Expensive: A Regulated Cartel22:15 - Why Consumer-Choice Fails25:02 - Why Single-Payer Won’t Pass This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jasonmfeinstein.substack.com

The American immigration system is broken, fertility is below replacement, and the two problems are headed straight at each other. An integrated framework for fixing both. The fifth episode in The Framework for America series.Chapters:0:00 - Two Truths on a Collision Course1:18 - The Integrated Response5:29 - Japan and Korea6:42 - The Broken System8:56 - The Conditions-Based Alternative14:24 - The Existing Population and Enforcement17:27 - Family Formation22:21 - Housing and the Closed Loop This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jasonmfeinstein.substack.com

$39 trillion in debt. 127% of GDP. We now spend more on interest than on the Pentagon. The single largest long-term threat to the United States — and the one nobody wants to talk about. The fourth episode in The Framework for America series.Chapters:00:00 - The $39 Trillion Trap: Debt vs. Defense02:01 - How the Debt Spiral Actually Works03:37 - Why the Next Crisis Will Be Worse06:00 - The Two Endgames: Inflation or Default08:08 - History’s Warning: Empires That Went Bust11:02 - The Reserve Currency Counterargument15:20 - The 2% Solution17:23 - The Fraud Problem19:00 - Hard Choices & “AI Will Save Us” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jasonmfeinstein.substack.com

The right strategy on how the United States should engage with the world. The third episode in The Framework for America series.Chapters:0:00 - Why we cannot retreat3:06 - Strategic, Operational, Tactical4:51 - Realism and Democratic Morality7:03 - The Four Regions and the Balance of Power10:44 - The Commons, Democracy, and the Tradition This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jasonmfeinstein.substack.com

What the political center actually is. The second episode in The Framework for America series.Chapters:00:00 — The Destruction of the Center02:13 — The Anchor and The Method04:52 — Washington: The Architect 06:31 — Lincoln: The Anchor Under Pressure 08:14 — Eisenhower: Practical Governance 09:13 — This Tradition is Losing 12:20 — Stepping Onto the Field This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jasonmfeinstein.substack.com

Chapters:0:00 - The Trap2:05 - How We Got Here16:42 - The Right’s Dead End19:48 - The Left’s Dead End23:42 - The Machine26:22 - The Path Forward This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jasonmfeinstein.substack.com