Ezra Klein Show
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1:17:28The Ezra Klein Show
0825
Administrative Humiliation Is Why the Poor Hate Government: Applying for Benefits Is a Time Tax
Administrative burden in government benefit programs is not an efficiency problem but an instrument of social control: it punishes the poor with humiliation and paperwork, turns progressive policy into a funnel that screens out all but a few, and ends by making recipients hate the government.
8 Points
6 Quotes
Welfare stateAdministrative burden
1:05:30The Ezra Klein Show
0821
China Shock 2.0: Not Cheap Goods, but Subsidies Crushing Global Industry
Unlike 1.0, China Shock 2.0 is state capital turning to frontier manufacturing after the property crash, squeezing the world with subsidies and capacity — and AI may be the next battleground.
8 Points
8 Quotes
Trade WarIndustrial Policy