The Debt Dialogues

In this weekly podcast series, Don Watkins, fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute, talks to a diverse range of guests about the welfare state crisis and what to do about it.

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Episode 4: Onkar Ghate on the Morality of the Welfare State

02-04-2014

In this episode of the Debt Dialogues, I talk to my colleague Onkar Ghate about the morality of the welfare state. Onkar is a senior fellow and chief content officer at the Ayn Rand Institute.

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Episode 3: John Cochrane on Health Care

26-03-2014

In this episode of the Debt Dialogues, I talk with John Cochrane, the AQR Capital Management Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business about how government intervention harms the health care industry.

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Episode 2: Charles Blahous on Social Security

19-03-2014

In this episode of the Debt Dialogues, I talk with Charles Blahous, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a public trustee for Social Security and Medicare, about the Social Security program.

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Episode 1: Laurence Kotlikoff Interview

12-03-2014

My first guest is Laurence J. Kotlikoff, a Boston University economist who specializes in generational economics. In this podcast, we discuss the welfare state crisis, its magnitude, and possible solutions.

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