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 36: Diana Furchtgott-Roth on the Fast Food Protests

26-12-2014

In this episode, I interview Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, on the demands by fast food workers for a $15 an hour minimum wage.

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Episode 33: Scott Winship on Inequality and Economic Growth

03-12-2014

The Debt Dialogues is a weekly podcast that aims to educate young people about the welfare state and how it will affect their future. In this episode, I interview Scott Winship, Manhattan Institute scholar, on inequality and economic growth.

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Episode 25: Onkar Ghate on Individual Rights

02-09-2014

In this episode, I interview ARI senior fellow and chief content officer Onkar Ghate on how the concept of individual rights can and should guide our thinking about political issues, including the welfare state.

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Episode 24: Jagadeesh Gokhale on America's Debt Disaster

26-08-2014

The Debt Dialogues is a weekly podcast that aims to educate young people about the welfare state and how it will affect their future. In this episode, I interview Cato senior fellow Jagadeesh Gokhale on America's entitlement-fueled debt problem.

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Episode 22: Amity Shlaes on the Great Depression

12-08-2014

In this episode, I interview Amity Shlaes, author of The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, about the cause of the Depression and how it made possible the creation of the American welfare state.

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Episode 21: Lee Ohanian On The State Of The Economy

05-08-2014

In this episode, I interview Lee Ohanian, Professor of Economics at UCLA, on the state of the economy.

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Episode 20: Sylvester Schieber On America's So-Called Retirement Crisis

29-07-2014

In this episode, I interview Sylvester Schieber.

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Episode 19: Tara Smith on Happiness

22-07-2014

In this episode, I interview Tara Smith, a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas, and author of Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist.

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Episode 18: Yaron Brook On Inequality

15-07-2014

In this episode of The Debt Dialogues, I interview Ayn Rand Institute president Yaron Brook on Thomas Piketty and the debate over inequality.

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Episode 17: Don Watkins on "Generational Theft"

08-07-2014

In this episode of The Debt Dialogues, I contrast my own approach to the welfare state crisis with those who label it “generational theft,” and discuss why no one — not even the elderly — benefit from the welfare state.

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