Chris Freiman: Degrowth, Automation, and Pickleball

0:00 – Intro: political philosopher Chris Freiman
0:57 – Training for the Empire State Building Run-Up
4:01 – What a political philosopher does
5:26 – A libertarian open to UBI and a carbon tax
6:36 – Being a libertarian professor in academia
10:09 – The Communist Manifesto and John Stuart Mill
12:01 – Steelmanning and the "selfish libertarian" myth
14:36 – The problem with degrowth
17:43 – You can live a socialist lifestyle in a free society
20:12 – Why socialists don't start worker co-ops
22:40 – Zero-sum thinking and wealth
24:51 – Bosses, bakeries, and real-world alternatives
27:31 – Why intellectuals like socialism more than workers
29:43 – Why Americans admire market-made wealth
31:02 – Commodifying housing like food and clothing
32:13 – What a Porsche says about you
35:58 – Cuba, Starbucks, and frozen economies
39:32 – "Not real socialism," Norway, and Cuba's claims
43:05 – Life expectancy and drug innovation
44:10 – U.S. drug prices and European price caps
47:34 – Ozempic, weight loss, and compulsive behavior
49:49 – Is it cheating? Hormones, fluoride, and LeBron
53:57 – The longshoremen strike and automation
55:02 – Friedman's spoons and Bastiat's candle makers
57:54 – Inevitable automation and buying out workers
1:00:58 – Wrap-up