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Every book Garett Jones recommended on podcasts
Garett Jones appeared on the Dwarkesh Podcast to discuss immigration, national intelligence, and democratic systems, referencing and discussing key economic and political literature. Jones praised The Myth of the Rational Voter by Bryan Caplan, describing it as an excellent book that illustrates how politicians balancing reelection face tradeoffs between voter-stated preferences and economic growth. He also discussed his own book, The Culture Transplant, noting that the opening explores the policy potential of creating welcoming environments for large numbers of Chinese migrants in poor countries. Furthermore, Jones referenced arguments from The Culture Transplant to emphasize that the ethnic diversity channel is actually the least important channel he analyzes, leaving him open to the possibility that people might simply find other social media topics to conflict over. Through these discussions, Jones used both external scholarship and his own published research to unpack the complex relationships between migration, culture, economics, and political behavior.
Books recommended by Garett Jones
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The Culture Transplant
Discussed“I start off the book with this. One thing they could do is create a welcoming environment for large numbers of Chinese migrants to move there persistently. I don't think that's of course the only thing that could ever work, but I think it's something that's within the range of policy for at least some poor countries.”
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The Myth of the Rational Voter
The Myth of the Rational Voter is an influential critique of democratic political participation and voter behavior by Bryan Caplan.
Recommended“Yeah, that's a great point from Bryan Kaplan's excellent book on Myth of the Rational Voter. I think his stories are right, which is that politicians facing reelection have this tradeoff between giving voters what the voters say they want and giving the voters the economic growth that will help the politicians get reelected.”
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Books Garett Jones wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garett Jones — Immigration, national IQ, & less democracy | Dwarkesh Podcast | 2023-01-24 | 3 |
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I try not to Math this up for a popular book, but it means we face a trade off between being a small country with super awesome positive externalities for all the workers by just selecting the best people.”
“That's why my book 10% Less Democracy is really targeted at the rich, rich democracies. Once we get too far below the rich democracies, I figure once you put elites in charge, they really are just gonna be old-fashioned Gordon Tullock rent seekers and steer everything toward themselves and not give a darn about the masses at all.”