Reem Ibrahim

So, uh, let's take a closer look at some of the issues raised and the politics of the tax for those on the political right.

Uh, we're joined by Ryan Shorthouse, founder and executive chair of the think tank Bright Blue, which advocates moderate conservatism, and by Reem Ibrahim, a writer for Reason.

It's a libertarian magazine.

She was formerly of the Institute of Economic Affairs, a free market think tank.

And I do think that when we're talking about, uh, cutting inherit- i- inheritance tax or indeed abolishing it altogether, the same case has to be made.

Where is the money going to come from when the deficit is already so enormous, when public spending is already extraordinary? There must be spending cuts, and I think that that's going to be the more interesting debate.

Reem Ibrahim, Ryan Shorthouse, thank you for that, uh, debate about, uh, how figures on the right see, uh, plans, possible plans, uh, proposal leads to cut inheritance tax.

Now f- uh, we're going to move to, uh, the approaching vote in the United States.

Hello, and welcome everybody to the Reason Roundtable.

I am Robby Soave, joined today by Liz Wolfe, Reem Ibrahim, and Zach Weissmueller.

We are not the typical Roundtable crew, as you probably know.

Those folks are celebrating their 10-year anniversary putting this little podcast together, and it's been a great 10 years.

Today's episode is number 78.

Today my guest is Reem Ibrahim, a libertarian writer and commentator and one of the youngest, sharpest free market voices out there.

She went from being a Corbyn supporting teenager to three years later at the Institute of Economic Affairs and she just moved to Washington to write for Reason.

In this episode we get into what libertarianism actually is, the NHS, the housing crisis, landlords and what the UK could learn from America's attitude to money.

But before we get into that, would you mind for anybody who's listening who doesn't know much about your work or what you've done historically, would you mind just giving us a quick summary of your background and what you do now?

Yeah, definitely.

So my name is Reem Ibrahim and I am a libertarian and I talk a lot about economic freedom, prosperity, human flourishing, how we can make sure that the future of our world is better tomorrow than it is today.

And I started doing that when I was about 17, 18, I used to make TikTok videos just sort of as I was exploring these kind of ideas.

James Meadway, co-director of the social, environmental, justice-focused think tank Verdant.

Or was it Verdun? Reem Ibrahim is writer and commentator for the American magazine Reason.

So that's all coming up on the show.

But let's start off by talking about the good citizens of Piddington in Oxfordshire.

Are the people of Pittington right to vote to leave the United Kingdom? Because they feel completely let down by their government.

7.47 on LBC.

Don't forget cross-question coming up in 30 minutes' time with Labour MP Jess Assato, Conservative Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Paul Bristow, Think Tank Director James Meadway and writer and commentator Reem Ibrahim.

Right, back to your calls on Piddington.

Thank you all very much indeed for coming on tonight's show.

Tomorrow's panel includes the Labour MP Jess Assato, the Conservative Cambridgeshire MP Deborah Mair and former MP Paul Bristow, the Economist and Environmental Think Tank Director James Meadway, plus the writer and commentator Reem Ibrahim.

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Now, Reem Ibrahim is a name you may know.

She's appeared on my programme many times.

She's 24 years old, a writer and a commentator.

And so for now, I'm staying.

All right, Reem, thank you very much indeed.

That's Reem Ibrahim.

She writes for the American magazine Reason and is in Washington, D.C. Well, Elliot Buick is a 21-year-old content creator.