This week saw thousands of Australians breaking social distancing laws protesting racism. As more people vote with their feet and ignore lockdown laws, is the pandemic effectively over and what does this mean for lockdown laws? (2:15-16:29) The protestors in the United States are now advocating for the police force to be defunded. What is the place for the police in our society and what would reasonable reform entail? (16:29-30:45) At the New York Times a staff revolt forced an editor to resign just for publishing an opinion piece by a Republican Senator. Has campus woke culture taken over newspapers and is there still a place for legitimate debate in news outlets? (30:45-46:40) Your hosts Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg are joined by the IPA’s Director of Policy, Gideon Rozner, to answer these questions as well as share their culture picks. This week’s picks include the Netflix series Space Force, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson’s Narrow Corridor and Ian Kershaw’s To Hell and Back. (46:40-1:02:41)
Show Notes
How Pandemics End; Gina Kolata
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/health/coronavirus-plague-pandemic-history.html
NSW Police Minister Says Protests Larger than 10 People will be Deemed Illegal; Lisa Visentin and Dana McCauley
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/nsw-police-minister-says-protests-larger-than-10-people-will-be-deemed-illegal-20200608-p550kr.html
Calls to Cut Funding for Police Grow in Wake of Protests; Eliza Collins
https://www.wsj.com/articles/calls-for-defunding-police-grow-in-wake-of-protests-11591663621?emailToken=4a15ee00fe662b2e33fb3cb14cc28622XAYX0AVtf0LjeZOVLBxGjGm8Jhg6o9i2JLxm42WdLJtzg4nn+t6M1Gpi2DoEKeGROWFeiUbm8vgwc8cq1oSk5VE99vuQfsWgpGzVplwEumg%3D&reflink=article_copyURL_share
Why Are the Police in Charge of Road Safety?; Alex Tabarrok
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/06/why-are-the-police-in-charge-of-road-safety.html
When Journalists Stop Believing in Debate; Damon Linker
https://theweek.com/articles/918140/when-journalists-stop-believing-debate
Culture Picks
Space Force (TV Series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Force_(TV_series)
The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty; Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
https://www.amazon.com.au/Narrow-Corridor-States-Societies-Liberty-ebook/dp/B07MCRLV2K
To Hell and Back: Europe 1914 - 1945; Ian Kershaw
https://www.amazon.com.au/Hell-Back-Europe-1914-1949/dp/0143109928
Ep 16: Vote Early and Vote Often
Ep 15: Zero Inflation And Our Failing Institutions
Ep 14: The Lasting Effects Of The Peter Ridd Case
Ep 13: What would a liberal vision for Australia look like?
Ep 12: Vegans And The Tsunami Of Rights And Justice
Ep 11: Trump and French on Campus Free Speech
Ep 10: What Will Conservatism Look Like After Trump?
Ep 9: How Should We Regulate Social Media, If At All?
Ep 8: Was Federation A Mistake?
Ep 7: Is Limited Government Finished?
Ep 6: Is Socialism Making A Comeback?
Ep 5: Will We Regret Trump's National Emergency?
Special Episode - Postmodernism with Dr Stephen Hicks
Ep 4: Elites v Democracy, Who Wins?
Special Episode - Churchill: Walking With Destiny
Episode 3 - 6 February 2019
Episode 2 - 30 January 2019
Episode 1 - 23 January 2019
Looking Forward - Pilot Episode
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