In this week The Reason Round table discussioneditors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman assess the latest round of tough responses to the Israeli-Hamas war, discuss Janet Yellen’s sloppy wartime “girl math” and look at the strange economy under President Joe Biden.
1:25: Poignant reactions to the war between Israel and Hamas
24:17: Biden’s strange economy
34:24: Weekly listener question
43:47: Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) is the new Speaker of the House of Representatives
50:36: This week’s cultural recommendations
Mentioned in this podcast:
“Should pro-Hamas students be blacklisted?” by Nick Gillespie
‘The decolonization narrative is dangerous and false’, by Simon Sebag Montefiore
“What Should Israel Do Now?” by Ian Bbraker
“Three Myths About American Decline,” by Nick Gillespie
“Feeling good about the future after an ugly election,” by Nick Gillespie
“Joe Biden’s Endless River of Debt and Regulation,” by Nick Gillespie
“The Debt Crisis Is Getting Real,” by Eric Boehm
“’Bidenomics’ is failing ordinary Americans,” by Veronique de Rugy
“Inflation Jump Highlights Biden’s Energy Vulnerability,” by JD Tuccille
“New Chairman Mike Johnson’s First Good Idea: A Debt Commission,” by Eric Boehm
“Mike Johnson Is the Unlikely New Speaker of the House of Representatives,” by Eric Boehm
“Salman Khan: The Education Visionary,” by Nick Gillespie
“Micro-schools could be the next big thing in education,” by Nick Gillespie and Ian Keyser
“Saturday evening live Fires New Cast Member Shane Gillis for Using Offensive Language,” by Robby Soave
“In French thriller Anatomy of a fallthe law is no one’s friend,” by Peter Suderman
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Music: ‘Angeline’ by The Brothers Steve