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Interview with Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo on Innovative Housing Policies In this episode, I interview Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo to discuss the recent policies passed by the Treasury to address the housing shortage in the U.S. The conversation highlights Minneapolis' groundbreaking zoning reforms and explores new federal initiatives aimed at making housing more accessible and affordable. Topics include zoning laws, interest rate predictability for builders, and the importance of integrating housing with public transit. 00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:05 Interview with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury 00:12 The Housing Shortage in America 01:30 Minneapolis: A Case Study in Housing Reform 04:17 Treasury's New Housing Efforts 05:16 Challenges and Solutions in Housing Finance 08:27 Integration of Housing and Public Transit 09:18 Conclusion and Final Thoughts 11:36 Closing Remarks and Call to Action
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New York City just proposed the first municipal click-to-cancel rule in the country, a direct answer to the subscription traps that keep you paying for gyms you don't go to and apps you forgot you had. I sat down with Sam Levine, Commissioner of NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (and former head of the FTC's consumer protection bureau, where the federal version of this rule was written before a court struck it down), to talk about what the rule actually requires, why the city stopped waiting on Washington, and what it's like when even the consumer protection commissioner can't cancel a subscription. We get into what a compliant cancellation actually looks like, how enforcement works (it runs on your complaints: nyc.gov/consumers or 311), the Roosevelt Institute's estimate that this could save New Yorkers up to $162 million and 600,000 hours a year, and why Levine thinks the deeper stakes are about whether people believe government can work at all.
Find out more information about RaiseUS here: raiseus.ai I sat down with Gina Raimondo, the 75th governor of Rhode Island and 40th Secretary of Commerce, now the founder and CEO of a new organization called RaiseUS. We talked about how her new project helps workers transition through the AI economy by using a holistic approach across employers, educational institutions, and the government.
Transcript here: https://kyla.substack.com/p/is-ai-going-to-destroy-our-lives