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August 05, 2019

Todd Myers, Washington Policy Center

55 minutes

This week Cord interviewed Todd Myers, Director of the Center for the Environment at Washington Policy Center. He is one of the nation's leading experts on free-market environmental policy and the author of Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy Environmentalism Is Harming the Environment.

Cord & Todd talked about:

How to establish trust when working on a fraught issue

Overcoming biases

Working in a policy area that’s not easily quantified

Using smartphones to solve coordinated action problems

Find the right venue or audience for the issue you’re addressing

Making a frenemy into an ambassador

Challenging claims about your motivations

When to use consultants

Finding success on Facebook

The importance of experimentation

Working with unlikely allies

Hosting a policy nature hike

Holding a debate instead of a one-side forum

Todd's book recommendation was Brian Caplan’s The Myth of the Rational Voter.

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