Why can’t America build anymore housing, transmission lines, and even EV chargers without getting stuck in endless reviews and lawsuits? Marc J. Dunkelman. author of "Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress—and How to Bring It Back", joins Policy Punchline to trace the arc from New Deal “builders” to today’s overlapping veto points. We dig into NIMBY politics, environmental review, Loper Bright and agency power, and the paradox where progressive rules now stall progressive goals. Join hosts Maddie Feldman and Eli Padoan in asking what it takes—politically, legally, culturally—to get America building again.
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Why can’t America build anymore housing, transmission lines, and even EV chargers without getting stuck in endless reviews and lawsuits? Marc J. Dunkelman. author of "Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress—and How to Bring It Back", joins Policy Punchline to trace the arc from New Deal “builders” to today’s overlapping veto points. We dig into NIMBY politics, environmental review, Loper Bright and agency power, and the paradox where progressive rules now stall progressive goals. Join hosts Maddie Feldman and Eli Padoan in asking what it takes—politically, legally, culturally—to get America building again.
Marcin Piatkowski is a Professor of Economics at Kozminski University in Warsaw and Lead Economist at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Kozminski University and an MA in Finance and Banking from the Warsaw School of Economics. Professor Piatkowski began his career in Citibank Poland and Citigroup USA. He then served in various governmental and NGO roles, including as an economist in the European Department of the International Monetary Fund, Advisor to the IMF’s Executive Director, and Advisor to Poland’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance. Before he moved to the World Bank in 2008, he was Chief Economist and Managing Director of PKO BP, the largest bank in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2018, he released a book with Oxford University Press, called “Europe’s Growth Champion: Insights from the Economic Rise of Poland,” which was awarded the best book in economics in 2019 by the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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Interviewed by Sullivan Meyer '24
Edited by Marko Petrovic '24
Policy Punchline
Why can’t America build anymore housing, transmission lines, and even EV chargers without getting stuck in endless reviews and lawsuits? Marc J. Dunkelman. author of "Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress—and How to Bring It Back", joins Policy Punchline to trace the arc from New Deal “builders” to today’s overlapping veto points. We dig into NIMBY politics, environmental review, Loper Bright and agency power, and the paradox where progressive rules now stall progressive goals. Join hosts Maddie Feldman and Eli Padoan in asking what it takes—politically, legally, culturally—to get America building again.
