Always. Be. Shilling.

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🗓️ 12 March 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

For the first time on The Dispatch Podcast, author of the Capitolism newsletter and neoliberal shill extraordinaire Scott Lincicome joins Sarah and Declan. On topics ranging from free-market fundamentalism to the crazy world of semiconductors, Scott brings his expertise to break it all down. As he says on today’s episode, “You know, Glengarry Glen Ross? It’s Always. Be. Shilling. … I will literally make any issue about trade and markets. It doesn’t matter what, whether it’s the chicken sandwich wars … or cheap T-shirts.” To cap it off, Scott speaks to being the reigning champion of the “Neoliberalism Shill'' tournament. Show Notes: -“Capitolism” newsletter -Scott’s Cato bio -Scott’s Twitter profile -Scott’s latest Cato paper “Manufactured Crisis” -Declan’s piece on semiconductors in TMD -Scott’s article on semiconductors -Vote your conscience in this year’s Neoliberal Shill Tournament Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another special episode of the Dispatch Podcast on Friday.
0:05.4	I am joined this week by Declan Garvey.
0:08.9	He is the editor of the Morning Dispatch,
0:11.6	which I hope all of you are subscribing to.
0:13.9	It is the dispatch's incredible morning newsletter.
0:16.4	But this week we are joined by another newsletter author.
0:20.6	And one you have not heard from on this podcast yet.
0:23.6	Scott Linsichom is the author of our capitalism newsletter.
0:28.4	And as he describes it, he will be your tour guide
0:31.4	through the often impenetrable world of federal economic policy.
0:50.1	Let's dive right in.
0:52.0	Last week we had Orrin Cass, the founder of American Compass,
0:56.6	the new think tank that sort of seeks to move the conservative movement
1:00.8	into a different direction, sort of the more populist, economic populist direction.
1:08.7	And in that he said that one of the shibbolists he wants to take on
1:12.5	within the old conservative movement is what he refers to as free market fundamentalism.
1:18.3	I know Jonah Goldberg likes to say that there is no free market fundamentalism
1:23.0	in the conservative movement.
1:24.7	But I will note that you have written for a publication called the free trade bulletin
1:30.3	at KO, which might be part of Orrin's point.
1:34.0	So I'm curious, you listen to the podcast.
1:37.8	Where do you think that American Compass has an interesting role to play
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