Sept. 18, 2024

Eric Alston on the US constitution

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.

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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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Chapters

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