Why America Stopped Building
November 7, 2025
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39 of 47
November 7, 2025
Why America Stopped Building
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<p>Why <em>did </em>America stop building? My AEI colleague <a href="https://www.aei.org/profile/james-pethokoukis/" target="_blank"><strong>James Pethokoukis</strong></a> joins the podcast this week to explain how cultural pessimism, bad policy, and bipartisan fear of disruption stalled progress in strengthening America’s economy. From nukes to AI, we explore what went wrong—and how to fix it.</p><p>Please listen in on the discussion and check out James’s excellent 2023 book, <a href="https://www.aei.org/research-products/book/the-conservative-futurist/" target="_blank"><strong><em>The Conservative Futurist: How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised</em></strong></a>.</p><p><em>A </em><a href="https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/da4ee877-1bfa-4611-9acb-2b09fb24cffe" target="_blank"><em>transcript</em></a><em> of this podcast is available on our website.</em></p> <br /><br />This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.liberalpatriot.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">www.liberalpatriot.com</a>
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