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In this week's episode, I talked to Sam Bowman. Sam is the editor-in-chief of the magazine Works in Progress. His own work focuses on the economic stagnation of Britain, and he suggests a number of ways to counter that, by removing barriers to innovation and development, promoting nuclear energy and building more housing. In his co-authored articles, Foundations by Britain

Has Stagnated, the Housing Theory of Everything and the Greater London Project, he and his colleagues

John Myers, Ben Southwood, Samuel Hughes and Joe Hill set out detailed analyses of where the country

has gone wrong in policy and planning terms,

and how the UK can build on its historic strengths to become more beautiful, prosperous and

flourishing in the future. We discuss these ideas in depth. I hope you enjoy my conversation

with Sam Bowman. Welcome, Sam.

Thanks for having me.

So I recently read your long piece called Foundations,

which you wrote with Ben Southwood and Samuel Hughes,

which is basically about the decline of Britain

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