Working with Commies and Frenchmen

The Political Orphanage

Andrew Heaton

Comedy, Moderate, Politics, Independent, News, Nonpartisan, Libertarian

5 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Alain Bertaud is a feted urbanist, who before becoming a professor at NYU, worked in city planning in communist China, as well as on projects in Algeria, Cuba, and his native France. He joins to discuss what work and results look like in top-down command economies.

Alan Bertaud from City Week:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/sim-city-was-79663680?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the political orphanage, a home for plucky misfits and problem solvers.
0:14.2	I'm your host, Andrew Heaton.
0:17.2	Few months back, this program did City Week.
0:21.0	A multiple episode special on Urban Planning featuring mayors, a Lord Provost,
0:26.7	planters and designers. And I was very excited to get one guest, Alombretowd, a famous urbanist
0:32.3	and instructor at NYU's Merin Institute.
0:35.2	Now I was stoked to talk to him about his book, Order Without Design, how markets shape cities,
0:40.8	and I've linked to that episode in today's show description.
0:44.0	Afterwards, listeners reached out to me and said,
0:48.0	hey, get that dude back on the show.
0:51.0	He was cool.
0:52.0	And I said, well, I've already talked to him about his book. What do you want me to talk to him about? To which they replied,
0:58.0	him! Talk to him about him. He's worked in Algeria, Communist China, the Soviet Union, France,
1:05.6	and he's smart and charming. Just talk to him about his career. So today, due to popular demand, I am bringing back the great, Alamburtaud, as a guest to discuss his experiences
1:18.2	working with commies and Frenchman.
1:21.2	It's a fun chat about how incentives affect outcome and the specific
1:25.0	contrasts between top-down command economies, free markets, and highly regulated
1:30.0	ones. But first, the political orphanage is a listener-supported show.
1:37.2	If you want to support it, go to Patreon.com.
1:40.1	Andrew Heaton.
1:41.4	What do you get?
1:42.4	A warm sense of accomplishment? Two or three
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