Garett Jones — Immigration, national IQ, & less democracy
Garett Jones is an economist at George Mason University and he is the author of The Cultural Transplant, Hive Mind, and 10% Less Democracy. This episode was fun and interesting throughout! He explains:
* How migrants bring their values to their new countries,
* Why national IQ matters,
* How the Chinese people are an unstoppable global force for free markets,
* Why we should have less democracy
𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒
* Transcript: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/garett-jones
* Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3j3av8m
* Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3wvO1zK
* Follow Garett on Twitter: https://t…
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Chapters (18)
9:15
Impact of Immigrants on Markets & Corruption
12:02
50% Open Borders?
16:54
Chinese are Unstoppable Capitalists
21:39
Innovation & Immigrants
24:53
Open Borders for Migrants Equivalent to Americans?
28:54
Let's Ignore Side Effects?
30:25
Are Poor Countries Stuck?
32:26
How Can Effective Altruists Increase National IQ
39:13
Clone a million John von Neumann?
44:39
Genetic Selection for IQ
47:02
Democracy, Fed, FDA, & Presidential Power
49:42
EU is a force for good?
55:12
Why is America More Libertarian Than Median Voter?
56:19
Is Ethnic Conflict a Short Run Problem?
59:38
Bond Holder Democracy
1:04:57
Mormonism
1:08:52
Garett Jones's Immigration System
1:10:12
Interviewing SBF
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