Marshall Steinbaum đ„ (@Econ_Marshall): Just listened to this great podcast episode from a few months back where âŠ@ErikLoomisâ© interviews Andrew Sowards on the history of public land agencies. Recommended, especially if you want an informed historical take on âa liberalism that builds.â https://www.stitcher.com/show/lawyers-guns-money/episode/lgm-podcast-the-public-lands-203310203
The reaction against New Deal-era federal agencies developing the public lands was laws that enlarged the set of stakeholders consulted. That reflects the environmentalistsâ eventual successful alliance with anti-New-Deal conservatives.
Everyone gets a say, meaning government does nothing. This is what destroyed the New Dealâs version of A Liberalism That Builds, but now we have the Hewlett-funded effort to revive the coalition that destroyed the New Deal by⊠abrogating labor & environmental standards?
It doesnât make any sense, and it certainly wonât work. Itâs the kind of thing that youâd come up with in a think tank conference room to âbring everyone together,â except, you know, actual people.