Hubwonk Pioneer Institute
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Episode 194: Poor Housing Incentives: Tax Credits Reward Politicians Not Neighbors in Need
Joe Selvaggi interviews Chris Edwards, Chair of Fiscal Studies at CATO Institute, about his research on the 40-year history of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. They delve into its features, effects, and potential alternatives that could provide greater benefits at lower costs to taxpayers.
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Episode 193: Biden’s Budget Breakdown: Pragmatic Progress or Political Posturing
Joe Selvaggi talks with Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Brian Riedl about how the contours of President Biden’s recently released budget proposal reveal a persistent, bipartisan reluctance to address profound structural deficits.
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Episode 192: Genetic Therapy Revolution: Benefits and Barriers for Medicine’s New Horizon
Joe Selvaggi talks with neurobiologist and writer Dr. Anne Sydor about the potential for gene therapy to address deadly and debilitating diseases and how current health care models must adapt to encourage this nascent technology.
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Episode 191: Contours of Content Curation: SCOTUS Hears Online Free Speech Cases
Joe Selvaggi talks with U.S. Constitution scholar, Cato Institute's Thomas Berry, about oral arguments at the Supreme Court in the NetChoice cases, exploring the First Amendment questions that affect both social media users and the platforms that curate their content.
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Episode 190: Mortgage's New Normal: Guide to Better Borrowing Amidst Higher Rates
Joe Selvaggi talks with mortgage expert, Trip Miller of Cambridge Savings Bank, about mortgage rates and trends and explores best practices for finding a mortgage structure that suits individual buyers’ needs.
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Episode 189: Medicaid’s Massive Miasma: Taming Beacon Hill’s Burgeoning Budget Beast
Joe Selvaggi talks with Marc Joffe, a state policy analyst at the Cato Institute, about his research on Medicaid's cost and size. They explore how Massachusetts can control spending growth while protecting other priorities.
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Fresh Perspective
I am an avid listener of podcasts. I like the format of Hubwonk and hope the host will continue to develop his strong voice. Whether intended or not, the fact that they have launched during the Covid 19 crisis has made this fresh perspective and extremely relevant guests a welcome addition to my own personal feed. While I am listening from Massachusetts, the themes in the show should earn some listeners from beyond our commonwealth.
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Joe is doing a great job focusing on the important differences these local companies are making. In this time of pandemic, it is critical for government and business to work together to effect change, and you get a sense of how that happens at Hubwonk.