Todd Myers, Washington Policy Center

This week Cord interviewed Todd Myers, Director of the Center for the Environment at Washington Policy Center. He is one of the nation's leading experts on free-market environmental policy and the author of Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy Environmentalism Is Harming the Environment.

Cord & Todd talked about:

How to establish trust when working on a fraught issue
Overcoming biases
Working in a policy area that’s not easily quantified
Using smartphones to solve coordinated action problems
Find the right venue or audience for the issue you’re addressing
Making a frenemy into an ambassador
Challenging claims about your motivations
When to use consultants
Finding success on Facebook
The importance of experimentation
Working with unlikely allies
Hosting a policy nature hike
Holding a debate instead of a one-side forum

Todd's book recommendation was Brian Caplan’s The Myth of the Rational Voter.

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