Join us in this episode for a conversation spanning Realpolitik, capitalism and moral philosophy with affordable housing activist Roger Valdez, founder of Seattle for Growth.
As the chief lobbyist behind Washington Stateโs 2005 cigarette ban, Roger understands that social and policy change is incremental and often glacial. Washingtonโs legislation came a full 40 years after the Surgeon Generalโs warning โ a lesson that advocacy requires stoicism and perseverance. Hear Rogerโs prescient economic analysis, influenced by Nobel Laureate F.A. Hayek, of Seattleโs housing crisis and his arguments in favor of further development. Propelled by his Christian faith, Roger embraces urban density as an opportunity for neighborly love and community.
โAbundance does create opportunity, and it creates competition between producers, which benefits the consumer.โ - Roger Valdez
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ญ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ.
