Podcasts Education Self-Improvement Conversations with Tyler Daniel Carpenter on Smart Regulation

Daniel Carpenter on Smart Regulation

Published: May 5, 2021, 11:45 a.m.

Daniel Carpenter is one of the world\u2019s leading experts on regulation and the foremost expert on the US Food and Drug Administration. A professor of Government at Harvard University, he\u2019s conducted extensive research on regulation and government organizations, as well as on the development of political institutions in the United States. His latest book Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, details the crucial role petitions played in expanding the franchise and shaping modern America.

Daniel joined Tyler to discuss how to reform the hiring and firing practices for public employees, what the history of the postal service can teach us about internet regulation, the problem with the term \u201cinstitutional capture\u201d, what the FDA got right and wrong regarding COVID-19 vaccines, how nationalism is affecting vaccine rollout, why vaccinating the young is crucial for herd immunity, the drawbacks of a \u201cGood Housekeeping\u201d model of the FDA, how black box drug labels sometimes change behavior for the worse, the institutional variables of foreign drug trials and manufacturing, the pivotal role petitions played during the 19th century women\u2019s rights movement, the French Canadian petition that changed history, why political scientists should study Native Americans, the benefits of fly fishing, and more.

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Recorded April 1st, 2021

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