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Going Direct explores the decentralization of the real economy and how new technologies can bring us closer to the products we buy and the people who make them. goingdirect.substack.com
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#75 Tom Joseph: The Real Gatekeepers Of American Primary Elections (opens the original)
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I sit down with Tom Joseph, founder of America's Main Street Party, to talk about something we don't cover much at Going Direct: politics. The problem with American primary elections is that money has become the middleman between citizens and their representatives. Political parties pick who gets on the primary ballot well before citizens ever show up on election day. Tom's answer to fixing this is an American-Idol style contest for congressional primary elections. Anyone can get in with 100 end
#74 Sue Helper: Re-industrialization Starts With Coherent Strategy (opens the original)
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I sit down with Sue Helper, economics professor at Case Western Reserve University, to discuss America’s lack of coherence in industrial policy. We dig into government procurement, the importance of mapping value chains as a first step to reindustrialization, and why the central challenge for government is having to work on supply and demand at the same time. Sue worked inside both the Obama and Biden administrations — first as Chief Economist at the Commerce Department, then as Senior Economist
#73 Inside Going Direct: Gen Z vs Millennial Debate On The Future Of Work (opens the original)
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I sit down with Duncan Young , founder of Saorsa Growth Partners and writer of the Substack Conduit of Value. We dig into why the future of work looks completely different for Gen-Z vs. Millennials. We discuss: * Door A vs. Door B — the exit door (leave and build your own) vs. the build-inside door. * Why demographics and the aging population is the real story, not AI. * What, “having a career” means to Gen-Z and Millennials. * The franchise industry as an unlikely case study in low-risk ownersh
#72 Rajat Bhageria: The Only Thing Keeping American Food Onshore Is Robot Labor (opens the original)
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I sit down with Rajat Bhageria, founder and CEO of Chef Robotics, to discuss why he believes robot labor is the only way to keep American food supply chains onshore. There are 1.1 million food prep jobs unfilled in the US — the #1 labor shortage in the country. When companies can’t staff those lines, they offshore. We get into why traditional automation has never solved food prep, how Chef’s AI learns from 100+ robots deployed in real production environments, and why Rajat thinks the future of r
#71 Maria Intscher-Owrang: Pour It, Mold It, Wear It - A New Way To Make Clothing In America (opens the original)
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I sit down with Maria Intscher-Owrang, co-founder and CEO of Simplifyber, to discuss their completely new way to produce soft goods with natural fibers. Her invention collapses textile production down to a single 100-second molding step. No spinning, weaving, cutting, or sewing required. After 24 years designing for Vera Wang, Calvin Klein, and Alexander McQueen, Maria experienced how outdated soft goods manufacturing really is. We get into why cheap labor is the main blocker to reshoring textil
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