#262 — The Future of American Democracy

Sam Harris speaks with Andrew Yang about the state of American
democracy. They discuss Andrew’s run for the Presidency, the
humiliations of campaigning, the manipulation of politics by the
media, Andrew's run for the mayor's office in NYC, the power of
bad incentives, open primaries, rank-choice voting, the Forward
Party, the weakness of a two-party system, inequality, the child
tax credit, enhanced unemployment, UBI, worries about inflation,
and other topics.


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