Tim Hwang is joined by Palantir’s Madeline Hart, coauthor of Mobilize: How to Reboot the American Industrial Base and Stop World War III, to explore the nexus between the message of Mobilize and FAI’s new research on revitalizing American defense. We cover: why the U.S. is using dusty old military infrastructure in our foreign entanglements, what kind of personality is best equipped to fix the defense acquisitions bureaucracy, why defense tech history is great reading material if you like gossip, and what we have to gain from people blowing stuff up in the desert or their backyard.

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Mobilize: How to Reboot the American Industrial Base and Stop World War III, by Shyam Sankar and Madeline Hart:

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mobilize/Shyam-Sankar/9798895655160

Going on Wartime Footing: Five Big Reforms for American Defense, Tim’s latest paper with FAI:

https://www.thefai.org/posts/going-on-wartime-footing-five-big-reforms-for-american-defense

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