Practical Progress in DC | Alec Stapp & Richard Hanania
Jan 31, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Episode description
Alec Stapp is co-CEO of the Institute for Progress, a new think tank that focuses on accelerating scientific, technological, and industrial progress. He joins Richard to talk about why he started his think tank and what policymaking looks like in DC behind the scenes. They also discuss the idea of Secret Congress, the backgrounds of DC staffers, meta-science, biosecurity and immigration as policy issues, and the pros and cons of state capacity.
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Alec Stapp and Caleb Watney, “Progress Is a Policy Choice.”
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