Episode description

Rudy Havenstein is a writer and satirist known for his sharp critiques of America’s sprawling institutions and the elites who run them.

He joins the show to discuss the accountability crisis in America — how it manifests across political life and, most importantly, what we can do to fix it.

Important Links:

• Rudy’s Twitter
• Rudy’s Substack

Show Notes:

• Why we should fear hyperinflation
• “The Fed is Congress’ drug dealer”
• The Great Financial Crash & America’s accountability crisis
• How to disagree agreeably
• How democracy REALLY works
• Why we should bring back Glass-Steagall
• The problem of cluelessness
• Solutions to the accountability crisis
• What has happened to investigative journalism?
• Why partisanship is overstated
• Rudy as World Emperor
• MORE!

Books Mentioned:

• Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval; by Jon Hilsenrath
• Deterring Democracy; by Noam Chomsky
• The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government; by Philip K. Howard