The Debt Dialogues http://cultureofreason.org/debt-dialog/ 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. Podcast Generator 2.1 - http://podcastgen.sourceforge.net Tue, 23 Apr 2024 07:42:41 +0000 en 2014 Ayn Rand Institute http://cultureofreason.org/debt-dialog/images/itunes_image.jpg The Debt Dialogues http://cultureofreason.org/debt-dialog/ 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. The Debt Dialogues Don Watkins Don Watkins dwatkins@aynrand.org no Episode 47: R.J. Renza, Jr. on Social Security I interview R.J. Renza Jr., author of How Are You Not Angry Yet? How Social Security is Destroying the Futures, Finances and Hopes of Generations X, Y and Z and How We Can Put an End To It, on the vital need to end Social Security. I interview R.J. Renza Jr., author of How Are You Not Angry Yet? How Social Security is Destroying the Futures, Finances and Hopes of Generations X, Y and Z and How We Can Put an End To It, on the vital need to end Social Security. 

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I interview R.J. Renza Jr., author of How Are You Not Angry Yet? How Social Security is Destroying the Futures, Finances and Hopes of Generations X, Y and Z and How We Can Put an End To It, on the vital need to end Social Security. http://cultureofreason.org/debt-dialog/?name=2015-09-01_episode47.mp3 http://cultureofreason.org/debt-dialog/?name=2015-09-01_episode47.mp3 dwatkins@aynrand.org (Don Watkins) Don Watkins no Tue, 01 Sep 2015 19:36:00 +0000
Episode 43: Peter Ferrara on Entitlement Reform In this episode, I interview Peter Ferrara, senior fellow for entitlement and budget policy at The Heartland Institute, on how to address the entitlement crisis. In this episode, I interview Peter Ferrara, senior fellow for entitlement and budget policy at The Heartland Institute, on how to address the entitlement crisis.

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In this episode, I interview Peter Ferrara, senior fellow for entitlement and budget policy at The Heartland Institute, on how to address the entitlement crisis. http://cultureofreason.org/debt-dialog/?name=2015-08-04_episode43.mp3 http://cultureofreason.org/debt-dialog/?name=2015-08-04_episode43.mp3 dwatkins@aynrand.org (Don Watkins) Don Watkins no Tue, 04 Aug 2015 14:56:00 +0000
Episode 31: Don Watkins on the Debt Draft 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, you'll hear my recent talk “End the Debt Draft: How the Welfare State Is Exploiting Millennials.” 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, you’ll hear my recent talk “End the Debt Draft: How the Welfare State Is Exploiting Millennials.” I also explain why we’ve missed a few episodes and when we’ll return to our regular schedule.

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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, you'll hear my recent talk “End the Debt Draft: How the Welfare State Is Exploiting Millennials.” http://cultureofreason.org/debt-dialog/?name=2014-10-29_thedebtdialoguesepisode31donwatkinsonthedebtdraft.mp3 http://cultureofreason.org/debt-dialog/?name=2014-10-29_thedebtdialoguesepisode31donwatkinsonthedebtdraft.mp3 dwatkins@aynrand.org (Don Watkins) Don Watkins no Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:31:00 +0000
Episode 28: Romina Boccia on Social Security and the Millennial Generation 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 Romina Boccia, the Grover M. Hermann Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, on Social Security. 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 Romina Boccia, the Grover M. Hermann Fellow in Federal Budgetary Affairs at the Heritage Foundation, on Social Security and how it affects Millennials.

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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 Romina Boccia, the Grover M. Hermann Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, on Social Security. http://cultureofreason.org/debt-dialog/?name=2014-09-23_episode28rominabocciaonsocialsecurityandthemillennialgeneration.mp3 http://cultureofreason.org/debt-dialog/?name=2014-09-23_episode28rominabocciaonsocialsecurityandthemillennialgeneration.mp3 dwatkins@aynrand.org (Don Watkins) Don Watkins no Tue, 23 Sep 2014 14:49:00 +0000
Episode 20: Sylvester Schieber On America's So-Called Retirement Crisis In this episode, I interview Sylvester Schieber. In this episode, I interview Sylvester Schieber, author of The Predictable Surprise: The Unraveling of the U.S. Retirement System.

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In this episode, I interview Sylvester Schieber. http://cultureofreason.org/debt-dialog/?name=2014-07-29_thedebtdialoguesepisode20sylvesterschieberonamericassocalledretirementcrisis.mp3 http://cultureofreason.org/debt-dialog/?name=2014-07-29_thedebtdialoguesepisode20sylvesterschieberonamericassocalledretirementcrisis.mp3 dwatkins@aynrand.org (Don Watkins) Don Watkins no Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:54:00 +0000
Episode 17: Don Watkins on "Generational Theft" 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. 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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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. http://cultureofreason.org/debt-dialog/?name=2014-07-08_debt_dialogues_watkins_generational_theft.mp3 http://cultureofreason.org/debt-dialog/?name=2014-07-08_debt_dialogues_watkins_generational_theft.mp3 dwatkins@aynrand.org (Don Watkins) Don Watkins no Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:56:00 +0000
Episode 2: Charles Blahous on Social Security 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. 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 — and how it will affect young Americans in the years ahead.

 

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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. http://cultureofreason.org/debt-dialog/?name=2014-04-02_debt_dialog_episode_2blahous_.mp3 http://cultureofreason.org/debt-dialog/?name=2014-04-02_debt_dialog_episode_2blahous_.mp3 dwatkins@aynrand.org (Don Watkins) Don Watkins don watkins, debt dialog, debt, ayn rand institute, ARI, ayn rand, objectivism, the debt dialogues, the welfare state, welfare no Wed, 19 Mar 2014 00:05:00 +0000