Marshall here. Welcome back to the Realignment.

Today's topic is near and dear to my heart as someone who surveys the political realignment

of America. We're talking about market fundamentalism. The belief that markets can solve all problems

and that government is not only ineffective but actively harmful in a bunch of different

categories. If we're looking at the realignment of the American rights since 2016, this debate

over market fundamentalism is at the core of everything. We're seeing that in the debates

over China policy, over entitlement programs and reforms like Social Security, and we're

seeing it in the case of East Palestine, where in Ohio the development of a train has forced

the right, especially in the Senate, into a debate over whether or not we should give

more responsibility to the government when it comes to regulation, or if the companies

are fine in the status quo. Socrates and great reporting on this on breaking points,

I'll provide a link in the show notes to that yesterday looking at how new rights

senators are looking at that issue through a study different lens. My guests today,

Naomi Arresquez and Eric Conway are deeply interested in this myth of how markets could

solve everything. So it's interesting conversation on those lines. We can see this operating in

a bunch of different ways. I'll be really interested in having this conversation with

a guest on the right as well too. I hope you all enjoy this conversation and we'll

remind you that since it's Friday, we've got a subset coming out and next week there

will be a super cast with Q&A, so definitely be sure to contribute to those as well too.

Hope you all enjoy this conversation.

Naomi and Eric, welcome to the realignment.

Thanks for having us. Thanks for having us. Yeah, thanks for having us.

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