Apr 3, 2023
Today’s episode takes a bit of a detour outside of our typical
topics about communities and challenges in rural
America.
Scott Beyer joins us again on the Forgotten America Podcast - this
time to discuss the Scott Beyer Market Urbanism World Tour, where
he is exploring 40 cities across 3 regions for a year and a half,
to see how the fast pace of development in the Global South can
inform free-market policy and urban issues in a broader
context.
Garrett talks with Scott just after he has completed the first
segment of his worldwide tour in Latin America. He shares the
differences he is seeing between Southern American countries and
North America in terms of our cultures, levels of regulation, and
the way we build our cities. He also discusses the importance of
the rule of law, free-markets, and other freedom values that could
help these cities in the Global South become more prosperous. On
the flip-side, Scott also shares how at the smallest levels, some
of these countries are even freer and less regulated than the
United States - there are even some cities that are entirely
privately owned!
While our podcast focuses primarily on rural America, the lines
between urban and rural can often be a bit blurry, so let’s join
Garrett & Scott to see what we can learn from Scott’s exploration
of world-wide urbanism through a free-market lens. Maybe we’ll find
solutions to the challenges that are facing us in our very own
communities.
Resources
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Tokyo
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Dheli
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Shanghai
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Sao Paulo
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Mexico City
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Cairo
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Mumbai
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Beijing
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Dhaka
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Osaka
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New York
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Karachi
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Buenos Aires
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Chongqing
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Istanbul
Favelas
- working class neighborhoods in Brazil
(Scott
compares these to the homes West Virginians build up into the hills
and the ways in which trailer park communities are organized in
some rural communities)
How to Follow Scott Beyer’s
Work
Follow Scott’s World Tour at the Independent Institute:
Catalyst
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Garrett Ballengee,
Host
Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy
Amanda Kieffer,
Executive Producer
Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy
Tony Reed,
Editor
& Producer
International Center for Law & Economics
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