Feb. 13, 2025

Rudy Havenstein — How to Fix America’s Accountability Crisis (EP.255)

Rudy Havenstein is a writer and satirist known for his sharp critiques of America’s sprawling institutions and the elites who run them. He joins the show to discuss the accountability crisis in America — how it manifests across political life and,...

Rudy Havenstein is a writer and satirist known for his sharp critiques of America’s sprawling institutions and the elites who run them.

He joins the show to discuss the accountability crisis in America — how it manifests across political life and, most importantly, what we can do to fix it.

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Show Notes:

  • Why we should fear hyperinflation
  • “The Fed is Congress’ drug dealer”
  • The Great Financial Crash & America’s accountability crisis
  • How to disagree agreeably
  • How democracy REALLY works
  • Why we should bring back Glass-Steagall
  • The problem of cluelessness
  • Solutions to the accountability crisis
  • What has happened to investigative journalism?
  • Why partisanship is overstated
  • Rudy as World Emperor
  • MORE!

Books Mentioned:

  • Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval; by Jon Hilsenrath
  • Deterring Democracy; by Noam Chomsky
  • The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government; by Philip K. Howard