In this week The Reason Roundtable discussionMatt Welch and Katherine Mangu-Ward welcome Nick Gillespie and Peter Suderman back to the show. The editors examine New York City’s unfolding migrant crisis before denouncing the city’s new law restricting Airbnb and other short-term rentals.
1:56: Migrant crisis in major cities
24:16: NYC kneecaps Airbnb
34:27: Weekly listener question
48:55: Memorable moments from the political gerontocracy
Mentioned in this podcast:
“New York’s migrant crisis is caused by a combination of federal work restrictions and local zoning policies,” by Ilya Somin
“With a decline of 136,000 students in just four years, New York’s public schools manage to spend billions more,” by Matt Welch
“Make asylum-seeking migrants work,” by Ilya Somin
‘A Free and Humane Solution to the Border Crisis’, by Shikha Dalmia
“How Immigrants Make America Great Again (And Again and Again),” by Nick Gillespie, with Alex Nowrasteh and Benjamin Powell
“Don’t Blame Airbnb for New York City’s High Rents,” by Allie Howell and Jared Meyer
“Airbnb and Its Enemies: Who’s Afraid of a $10 a Night Couch?” by Jim Epstein
“The Government Is a Hitman: Uber, Tesla and Airbnb Are in the Crosshairs,” by Nick Gillespie
“Libertarians have won the culture wars, even as universities are ‘clogged and numbed,’” by Nick Gillespie
“Santa Monica Evicts Airbnb: The War on Home Sharing,” by Zach Weissmueller
“Does NYC Just Kneecap Airbnb?” by Liz Wolfe
“Country that took 50 years to approve new subdivision bans new Airbnbs,” by Christian Britschgi
“Silk Road Trial: Read Ross Ulbricht’s Terrifying Condemnation Letter to the Judge,” by Nick Gillespie
“Robert Lipsyte on ESPN, Muhammad Ali and Billie Jean King,” by Nick Gillespie
“Chobani and GoFundMe wipe out lunch debt in school districts that wanted to ‘lunch’ students,” by Billy Binion
“Some critics of the ruling against Biden’s proxy censorship take issue with the First Amendment itself,” by Jacob Sullum
“Elite Journalists Love Big Brother,” by JD Tuccille
“Journalists outraged that a judge would dare limit Biden’s censorship powers,” by Robby Soave
“Social Security, Snoopy Snoopy Poop Dog and Alan Simpson: Ultimate Enema Man Remix”, by Nick Gillespie and Austin Bragg
Send your questions to roundtable@reason.com. Make sure to include your social media account and the correct pronunciation of your name.
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Audio production by Ian Keyser; aassistant production by Hunt Beaty.
Music: ‘Angeline’ by The Brothers Steve