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The Week in Policymaker Ignorance — 54 episodes

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1

The War in Iran

2

DOGE and the Epistemic Burdens of Liberalism and Liberalization

3

Maduro, Minnesota, and Policymaker Ignorance

4

Policymaker Ignorance and the Vietnam War, Part 6: The Fall of Saigon and Series Overview

5

Policymaker Ignorance and the Vietnam War, Part 5: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Never-ending Endgame

6

Policymaker Ignorance and the Vietnam War, Part 4: LBJ Cries "Uncle"

7

Policymaker Ignorance and the Vietnam War, Part 3: Escalation Obfuscation

8

Trump Tower (of Babel?): DOGE, Tariffs, and Policymaker Ignorance

9

Policymaker Ignorance and the Vietnam War, Part 2: The Kennedy Years

10

Policymaker Ignorance and the Vietnam War, Part 1: The First Indochina War, Điện Biên Phủ, and All That

11

Policymaker Ignorance and the Los Angeles Fires

12

Policymaker Ignorance and the 2024 Presidential Election

13

Consensus, Censorship, and the Problem of Policymaker Ignorance

14

Making Democracy Effective in a World of Policymaker Ignorance

15

Democracy, Popular Sovereignty, and Policymaker Ignorance

16

Price Controls, Industrial Policy, and Policymaker Ignorance

17

An Update on Some Previously Discussed Topics

18

WIPMI Book Club - James C. Scott's Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

19

...And we're back

20

Policymaker Ignorance and the Obama-Biden Iran Appeasement Strategy

21

The Problem of Policymaker Ignorance and the Hamas Terrorist Attacks on Israel

22

An Upbeat Episode (for a Change)

23

That Time a Nazi Received a Standing Ovation on the Floor of the Canadian House of Commons

24

A Rant about the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

25

Lord Dark Helmet's (Louche and Very) Limited Hangout

26

Policymaker Ignorance and the Tragedy in Lahaina

27

Policymaker Ignorance and the End of World War I, Part 3

28

Policymaker Ignorance and the End of World War I, Part 2

29

Policymaker Ignorance and the End of World War I, Part 1

30

Some People Believe That Policymakers are Gods

31

Policymaker Ignorance and the Beginning of World War I, Part 3

32

Policymaker Ignorance and the Beginning of World War I, Part 2

33

Policymaker Ignorance and the Beginning of World War I, Part 1

34

Policymaker Ignorance and Nutrition Policy

35

Policymaker Ignorance and the EPA

36

When Policymakers Hold False Beliefs...

37

WIPMI Book Club: NOT Zero by Ross Clark

38

Review and Preview

39

Policymaker Ignorance and the UK Online Safety Bill

40

Policymaker Ignorance and Internet Censorship

41

Policymaker Ignorance and the Withdrawal from Afghanistan

42

Policymaker Ignorance and the Decision to Invade Iraq

43

Stray Thoughts on Ignorance and Ignorant Policymakers

44

WIPMI Book Club: The Lords of Easy Money by Christopher Leonard

45

Why Do Policymakers Double-Down on Failed Policies?

46

Turning CHIPS into Cow Chips

47

Up in the Air, Down in the Water

48

How are Policymakers Ignorant?

49

Tolstoy's Theory of Social Causation

50

Putin's Folly

51

Policymaker Ignorance and U.S. Immigration Policy

52

Lockdowns and Policymaker Ignorance

53

Policymaker ignorance is not stupidity or lack of education

54

Introduction to the Week in Policymaker Ignorance