The Week in Policymaker Ignorance

Scott discusses the part that policymaker ignorance played in the tragic events in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, in early August. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

Scott discusses the part that policymaker ignorance played in the Paris peacemakers' treatment of Germany and Japan. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

Scott lays out the major actors and a timeline of significant events at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

Scott discusses the state of play at the beginning of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points," and goes off on a rant about how much he hates Wilson. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

Scott considers the implicit assumptions underlying various responses to two recent news items, the Supreme Court's decision in the affirmative action cases and the injunction against the Biden Administration's internet censorship program. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

In this last part of a three-part series, Scott analyzes the role that policymaker ignorance played in a number of crucial events in the lead up to the beginning of World War One. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

In the second part of a multi-part series on policymaker ignorance and the start of World War One, Scott discusses the pre-history of the Great War. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

The first part of a multi-part series on the role of policymaker ignorance in the decision to go to war in 1914. In this episode, Scott lays out the cast of characters, describes some narratives, and explores some themes to feature in subsequent parts of the series. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymaker...

Scott discusses some prior co-authored work on policymaker ignorance and the history of nutrition policy in the United States. Here's a link to a preprint version of the paper discussed in the episode: Social and Scientific Disorder as Epistemic Phenomena, or The Consequences of Government Dietary Guidelines Co-authored with William Butos and Thomas McQuade. Butos and McQuade's recent (and relevan...

Scott discusses the wisdom (or lack thereof) of the EPA's new proposed greenhouse-gas emissions standards. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

Scott considers the Durham Report in the light of the problem of policymaker ignorance. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

Do policymakers know enough to slow the rise of the oceans and heal our planet? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

Scott revisits several topics discussed in prior episodes that have once again been in the news recently and looks forward to a future episode on policymaker ignorance and environmental policymaking. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

Scott discusses Canada's Online Streaming Act and the RESTRICT Act currently making its way through the American Congress. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

In this week's episode of the WIPMI podcast, Scott discusses the role that policymaker ignorance played in the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan in 2021, and offers some updates on stories discussed in recent episodes. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

Scott analyzes the decision to invade Iraq in March 2003 through the lens of the problem of policymaker ignorance. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

Scott discusses the new multi-part series on the general problem of ignorance in decision-making just started on the Problem of Policymaker Ignorance Substack page and offers some brief remarks on the latest news regarding bailouts, and the ongoing protests in Israel and France. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visi...

Scott discusses Federal Reserve policy over the last fifteen years or so through the lens of Christopher Leonard's book, The Lords of Easy Money , and its significance for the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, the subsequent bailout, etc. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

Scott discusses this week's additions to the Problem of Policymaker Ignorance Substack Page, plus the so-called "Lockdown Files" and how not to revive America's semiconductor industry. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

Scott considers the Great Chinese Balloon Race Across America and the Not-So-Great Norfolk Southern Ohio Train Derailment in the light of the problem of policymaker ignorance. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

Scott reviews some recent instances of policymaker ignorance and discusses the political-epistemological implications of Leo Tolstoy's philosophy of history in War and Peace . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policymakerignorance.substack.com