2021-05-13
42 分钟The man who wants America to “think harder” has parlayed his quixotic presidential campaign into front-runner status in New York’s mayoral election. And he has some big plans.
New York City's economy is so big that if New York were a country, it would be, I believe, the 11th biggest GDP in the world between Canada and Russia.
So as mayor of New York City, that would make you a perfect combination of Justin Trudeau and Vladimir Putin.
Would you say that sums up ANDrEw Yang pretty well?
Hopefully a lot more.
Trudeau.
You may have noticed that we don't interview too many politicians on free economics.
Why not?
To be honest, they don't really say that much, at least not much of the stuff we're interested in.
This show tries to use data and research and logic to explore how the world works, maybe how to improve the world.
Many politicians use emotion and bluster to bend things toward their worldview, and they tend to be more ideological than logical.
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that.
Well, I guess I am.
In any case, thats just not what we do.
But occasionally, you do encounter someone in the political arena whos a little bit different, even a lot different.
And that would describe todays guest.
I am Andrew Yang, and I am running to be mayor of New York City.
Weve actually had Yang on the show before, two years ago, when he was just starting out on an even more unlikely campaign.
That episode was called why is this man running for president?
Here's how it began.
Andrew Yang is not famous, not yet, at least.