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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris faced off this week in the second Presidential Debate—and it was as lively as you’d expect. But when we cut through the noise, what do we see in terms of policy and programs? What policy direction would each candidate take the country?
National Review Institute fellow Dominic Pino and Americans for Prosperity Vice President Akash Chougule join Veronique to break it down on this special episode of Qualified Opinions.
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Joining the show today is Vance Ginn. Vance is the founder and president of Ginn Economic Consulting, where he leverages data-driven insights to shape economic policy discussions across the nation.
Over the course of the show, Veronique and Vance discuss state and local government spending, federal spending, and the connection between the two.
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The right and the left seem to have a lot of opinions about women and fertility, most of them not super productive. What would be a productive way to approach these conversations?
Veronique is joined by Clara Piano, Susannah Barnes, and Anna Claire Flowers to discuss.
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For all the buzz about the Harris Walz 2024 campaign, the policy substance of the campaign has been light to non-existent thus far. What would policy look like under a Kamala Harris presidential administration?
In this special episode of Qualified Opinions, Veronique sits down with Dominic Pino and Akash Chougule to break down the potential policy direction of Harris and what we saw at the DNC this week.
Dominic Pino is Thomas L. Rhodes Journalism Fellow at the National Review Institute and the host of AIER’s Econception Podcast.
Akash is the Deputy Director of Policy at Americans for Prosperity.
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As we navigate an era where corporate influence and political power are more intertwined, scrutinized, and tense than ever, Veronique de Rugy dives into the fascinating intersection of politics and business with her guest, Tevi Troy.
Tevi Troy is a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a former Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, and a best-selling author.
See his latest book, released August 20th, The Power and the Money: The Epic Clashes Between Commanders in Chief and Titans of Industry.
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In vitro fertilization, or IVF, is a debate dividing conservatives. One side views IVF as a family-supporting technology that helps couples struggling with fertility, while the other side argues that IVF raises moral concerns about the sanctity of human life. What should we make of the debate?
Vanessa Brown Calder joins Veronique de Rugy to discuss in this episode of Qualified Opinions.
Vanessa Brown Calder is director of opportunity and family policy studies at the Cato Institute, where she focuses on policies that support family and increase opportunity.
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What are the preconditions for a functional liberal democracy? How have our institutions lost their way? How can our divisive culture be put on the right track again?
Yuval Levin joins the show to discuss.
Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy. The founder and editor of National Affairs, he is also a senior editor at The New Atlantis, a contributing editor at National Review, and a contributing opinion writer at New York Times.
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Randy Barnett joins host Veronique de Rugy today to discuss the future of originalism, individual liberty, and his latest book, A Life for Liberty: The Making of an American Originalist.
Randy E. Barnett is the Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law at the Georgetown University Law Center and is the Faculty Director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution.
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The attempt on Donald Trump’s life has shocked the country—so much so that the Director of the Secret Service has resigned. The shock and fear are understandable, given this is the first major assassination attempt since Ronald Reagan. But how does the modern period compare to the rest of American history? What can we learn from assassination attempts in the past, and how do they differ from now?
Tevi Troy joins Veronique de Rugy to discuss.
Tevi Troy is a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a former Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services and a best-selling presidential historian.
Show Notes:
Article: Another Chapter in a Grim History
Book : Fight House: Rivalries in the White House from Truman to Trump
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With protectionist policy on the rise both to the left and the right of American politics, we are left with a burning question: What happened to the free trade consensus?
This week, Veronique de Rugy sits down with Scott Lincicome to discuss the modern state of trade policy and global economics.
Scott Lincicome is the Cato Institute’s Vice President of General Economics and the Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies.
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Joining Qualified Opinions today is Nancy French, who discusses the changing political landscape, her career path, and being the writer behind the name.
Nancy French is a best-selling ghostwriter and author of her memoir, Ghosted: An American Story.
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To expand or not to expand the child tax credit is a key issue that consumes a lot of ink on the right and on the left. What is the best path forward?
Kevin Corinth sits down with host Veronique de Rugy to discuss.
Kevin Corinth is a senior fellow and the deputy director of the Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he researches economic mobility, poverty, safety net programs, homelessness, social capital, and other issues.
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Is inflation really the product of greed? Do greater economic means equal less incentive for competition? What is the right approach to antitrust policy?
Veronique de Rugy sits down with Brian Albrecht to discuss.
Brian Albrecht is Chief Economist of the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE), which he joined in February 2022. In his role, he is responsible for the application and integration of theoretical and empirical economic methodologies into ICLE’s research.
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America’s economic dynamism attracts immigrants from all over the world and has served as a beacon of hope for decades—however, today, Americans are more pessimistic about the future than ever. What can be done about it?
Host Veronique de Rugy sits down with Jeremy Horpedahl to discuss.
Dr. Horpedahl is the Director of ACRE and an associate professor of economics at the University of Central Arkansas. His research has been published in Econ Journal Watch, Constitutional Political Economy, the Atlantic Economic Journal, Public Choice, and Public Finance and Management. -
The New Right and the Old Right are increasingly the major factions of conservatism today. Where do they diverge? And are there seldom spoken areas of convergence?
Joining Veronique de Rugy is Charles Kesler, who will explore the landscape of American conservatism today.
Charles Kesler is a Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute, Editor of the Claremont Review of Books, host of Claremont’s The American Mind video series, and the Dengler-Dykema Distinguished Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College.
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With Social Security and Medicare set to become insolvent in less than 10 years, the federal government is becoming increasingly desperate for new sources of revenue. The new big idea is to raise money by ending the tax treatment of 401k and other tax-deferred retirement plans.
Veronique de Rugy sits down with Jason Fichtner to discuss the threat this poses to America’s future retirement savings.
Jason J. Fichtner is Chief Economist at the Bipartisan Policy Center and Executive Director of the Retirement Income Institute, Alliance for Lifetime Income.
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How real is greedflation? Do women actually pay a pink tax? Do price controls actually help make things more affordable?
These are the questions Ryan Bourne seeks to answer with Veronique de Rugy on this episode of Qualified Opinions.
Ryan Bourne is the R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics at Cato and is the author of several books, including Economics In One Virus and The War on Prices. He also writes in many notable publications on topics including fiscal policy, inequality, minimum wage, infrastructure spending, the cost of living, and rent control.
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In a world increasingly tangled in regulatory red tape and bureaucratic inertia, many across the country have stood up to address the issue of housing shortages and affordability.
The “Yes in My Back Yard” (YIMBY) movement is gaining momentum across the country, and Bryan Caplan’s new book Build, Baby, Build captures its essence.
Listen as Veronique de Rugy and Caplan discuss.
Bryan Caplan is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center and a professor of economics at George Mason University. Caplan is also the author of The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies, named “the best political book of the year” by the New York Times.
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Being middle class in America used to mean something. It was something socially transformative and even revolutionary. What happened? These are the ideas Christine Rosen writes on in her recent article for Commentary, “The Elite War on the American Middle Class—and How to End It.”
Christine sits down with host Veronique de Rugy to discuss what has happened to America’s middle class and how we can turn the tide.
Christine Rosen is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where she focuses on American history, society and culture, technology, and feminism.
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With the U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio approaching 180%, Americans are getting increasingly concerned about the future of our economy. Strangely, however, Japan’s debt-to-GDP ratio is over 250%, and it has not seen any inflationary crisis so far. What does this mean, and what should the takeaway be for America?
In part two of his interview with host Veronique de Rugy, David Bahnsen delves deeper into Japan’s historical economic landscape and what we can learn from it.
David Bahnsen is the founder and managing partner of The Bahnsen Group, a national private wealth management firm managing over $4 billion in client assets. Prior to launching The Bahnsen Group, he spent eight years as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and six years as a Vice President at UBS. Bahnsen is also a contributor to several prominent outlets and a best-selling author.
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