# Policy Choice

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Alec Stapp — Progress is a Policy Choice (EP. 202)

Alec Stapp is the co-founder of the Institute for Progress, a non-partisan innovation policy think tank aiming to "accelerate scientific, technological and industrial progress while safeguarding humanity's future." He joins the show to discuss how to achieve change in the age of lobbying, why bipar…

Poverty Is A Policy Choice

How do we make it easier for more Americans to reliably put food (in particular, hot food) on the table? That's today’s big question, and my guest is Salaam Bhatti. Salaam is the SNAP Director at the Food Research and Action Center, a 501c3 that uses advocacy and strategic partnerships to …

Public policy making and the impact of policy choice and direction

Clement is joined by Principal at the National School of Government, Prof Busani Ngcaweni discussing the importance of public policy making and ways to improve the quality of public policy decisions.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is Hunger in America Really Our Policy Choice?

Twenty-five billion dollars in additional public spending is all it would take to close the remaining gaps in the food system. So why don't we do it? Bradley talks about how politics and the crazy spending whims of the rich get in the way of the most basic societal goals. Plus, why states should ge…

Poverty is a policy choice

According to the Productivity Commission, wealth inequality declined during the COVID years due to boosted government support payments. And when those payments finished, predictably inequality went back up. The overwhelming majority of gains from economic growth since the GFC have gone to the weal…

Trump to DC: Crime Is a Choice | 8/14/25

President Trump announced on Monday that he would be exercising his authority to federalize control of law enforcement in Washington, D.C. The move comes after the president threatened action in the wake of a brutal attack on a DOGE staffer while the young man attempted to defend his girlfriend dur…

Where Next on Inflation's Puzzling Path?

Just when inflation was within striking distance of the Federal Reserves monetary policy target of 2%, allowing them to begin cutting rates last year, tariffs as a forceful policy choice of the US administration. Higher import duties have disrupted plans to ease rates and extend the soft landing of…

The AI Moratorium Goes Down in Flames

On the inaugural episode of Scaling Laws, co-hosts Kevin Frazier, AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law and a Senior Editor at Law, and Alan Rozenshtein, Professor at Minnesota Law and Research Director at Lawfare, speak with Adam Thierer, a senior fellow for the Tec…

Montgomery Tragedy, Policy Choices, and Political Posturing (w/ Mayor Steven Reed and the SPLC)

This week, Josh and David open with Montgomery’s tragic downtown mass shooting and push back on knee-jerk fixes. They argue multiple truths can coexist: guns, culture, policing levels, education inequities, and media erosion all matter. Josh recounts prior eras of violence to counter shallow blame …

HoosLeft Podcast #109: Live with Nate Stout

https://hoosleft.us https://hoosierstoelectnatestout.com/ Welcome to the HoosLeft Podcast, a show about Indiana politics, history, and culture from an unapologetically leftist perspective. My name is Scott Aaron Rogers and I’m recording from Bloomington. Tonight’s guest is Nate Stout, candidate for…