Why We Can't Have Nice Things
A Reason magazine podcast series about the frustrating and foolish policies that drive up prices and limit the availability of vital goods and services. From the regulations that caused a baby formula shortage to the law...
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| 10/10/24 | Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The War on Drugs | How the FDA and DEA overrule the interests of doctors and patients. | — | ||||||
| 10/3/24 | Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Dial 'T' for Terrible Telehealth Laws | How restrictions on telemedicine are forcing doctors to choose between following the law and obeying their ethical obligations. | — | ||||||
| 9/26/24 | Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The Case of the 17,000 Missing Kidneys | Also: Could legalizing the sale of kidneys and other organs save lives? | — | ||||||
| 9/19/24 | Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Permission Slips for Innovation | Part Two: How Certificate of Need laws limit access to health care, and why those rules can be so difficult to dislodge. | — | ||||||
| 9/12/24 | Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Who Decides What Health Care Is 'Needed'? | Too often, it's government bureaucrats acting under the influence of special interests and against the wishes of doctors and patients, with sometimes tragic results. | — | ||||||
| 9/5/24 | Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Can Mark Cuban Make Prescriptions Affordable Again? | Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs project brings a bit of free market flair to the health care industry, but the lack of meaningful price signals is only part of the problem. | — | ||||||
| 8/30/24 | Trailer: Why We Can't Have Nice Things Season 2 | A new season brings six new stories about how the government is making Americans poorer and sicker. | — | ||||||
| 9/7/23 | Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Can You Afford Tariffs on Tin Cans? | "There's nobody that says, wait, is this good for America? Is this good for the American consumer?" | — | ||||||
| 8/31/23 | Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The 'Chicken Tax' That Makes Pickup Trucks More Expensive | "It's not easy to make one of these rules, but it's a thousand times harder to get rid of one." | — | ||||||
| 8/24/23 | Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Bootleggers, Baptists, and Ballots | "You need an argument for why this is good for society. That's important, but you also need money." | — | ||||||
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| 8/17/23 | Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Jones Act Traffic Jam | "It's just a very classic case of everything wrong with Washington." | — | ||||||
| 8/10/23 | Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The Ghosts of Protectionism Past | The U.S. tariff code is "quite regressive and somewhat misogynist" because the most powerful lobbyist in Washington is muscle memory. | — | ||||||
| 8/3/23 | Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The Great Baby Formula Shortage of 2022 | A combination of "absurdly high" federal tariffs and excessive FDA regulations created the conditions for a crisis. | — | ||||||
| 7/28/23 | Trailer: Why We Can't Have Nice Things Season 1 | A six-part podcast series on trade policy launching next week | — | ||||||
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Chart history for Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Peaked at #65 in Sweden, currently #65 in Sweden.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| Sweden | — | #65 | #65 | — |
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.