About this episode
On the new Remnant, Jonah talks with James Pethokoukis, a fellow at AEI, about how markets are reacting to coronavirus and what the recovery might look like. (V-shaped? U-shaped? Nike swoosh-shaped?) As a result of their isolation-based hallucinations, they also get particularly animated in the rank punditry and pop culture portions - so don’t miss out on their hottest Star Trek takes, or Jim’s shocking defense of the finales of Lost and Battlestar Galactica . Show Notes: - Jim’s podcast, Political Economy - Suicide of the West (now out in paperback!) - AOC’s late-stage capitalism tweet - Trump’s “Opening Our Country Council” - “Assume a can opener” - Bill Bennett saying that coronavirus isn’t a pandemic - Some craziness from Claremont - James’ column: is this really a black swan? - Pale Rider, about the 1918 flu - Star Trek’s transporter is a copy-kill-paste machine - DonorsTrust.org/dingo - Bound by Oath, a podcast by the Institute for Justice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices