This is my conversation with Eric Alston, faculty director at the Leeds School of Business at CU Boulder and research associate with the Comparative Constitutions Project.
This is my conversation with Eric Alston, faculty director at the Leeds School of Business at CU Boulder and research associate with the Comparative Constitutions Project.
Timestamps:
(00:00:00) - intro
(00:01:29) - choice in institutions matters
(00:08:53) - secondary rules as rules for making rules
(00:17:41) - constitutional moments
(00:20:41) - how the US constitution has endured
(00:28:39) - the characteristics of the US constitution
(00:34:18) - sponsor: Splits
(00:35:01) - the economic balance between federal/state govts
(00:47:24) - presidential vs parliamentary systems
(01:01:13) - blockchains as experimental ground for governance
(01:13:50) - outro
Links:
Eric Alston: https://x.com/incompleterules
Eric Alston on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-alston
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00:00 - intro
01:29 - choice in institutions matters
08:53 - secondary rules as rules for making rules
17:41 - constitutional moments
20:41 - how the US constitution has endured
28:39 - the characteristics of the US constitution
34:18 - sponsor: Splits
35:01 - the economic balance between federal/state govts
47:24 - presidential vs parliamentary systems
01:01:13 - blockchains as experimental ground for governance
01:13:50 - outro