“CBS Sunday Morning” feature on inequality, which includes Hitler, Marie Antoinette, beatings, starving paupers in coffins, Thomas Piketty, and poverty statistics that don’t account for the trillion dollars America spends helping the poor, gives me 20 seconds to defend capitalism. Here are all the things I said that they chose not to use. https://edwardconard.wistia.com/medias/bm46pvbgkl?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 ... Read More
Ed Conard Featured in CQ Researcher Report “Inequality in America: Can the Growing Wealth Gap Be Closed?”
CQ Researcher released its latest report “Inequality in America: Can the Growing Wealth Gap Be Closed?” featuring an interview with Ed Conard. Excerpts from the report: On incentivizing risk-taking to grow the economy: Edward Conard, a visiting scholar at the conservative-leaning American Enterprise Institute (AEI), calls the wealth gap an inevitable byproduct of an economy that prospers by rewarding innovators and risk-takers. Before the coronavirus struck, the ... Read More
Debating the Strength of the Trump Economy on Bill Martinez Live
Ed Conard discusses the on going strength of the Trump economy on Bill Martinez Live. ... Read More
A Strong Economy Makes Trump the Favorite to Win in 2020 on Fox Business’s “Varney & Co.”
America’s strong economy, driven by President Trump’s pro-growth policies of tax cuts and regulatory restraint, puts him in the best position to win in 2020, on Fox Business’s "Varney & Co." https://edwardconard.wistia.com/medias/3hlkdgzgf2?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 ... Read More
Successful CEOs Have a Single-Minded Determination to Serve Customers. That’s Not Psychopathy
I debate Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’ claim that billionaires and CEOs have psychopathic tendencies on Fox Business’s “Making Money” with Susan Li. Successful CEOs have a single-minded determination to serve customers more effectively than competitors. https://edwardconard.wistia.com/medias/bcmyqyhtsl?embedType=async&videoWidth=640 ... Read More
Ed Explains Why High Marginal Tax Rates Hurt the Middle Class with WSJ’s Paul Gigot on Fox News’s “Journal Editorial Report”
I explain why high marginal tax rates hurt the middle class with Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Paul Gigot on Fox News’s “Journal Editorial Report.” https://edwardconard.wistia.com/medias/wtw0xc6z0a?embedType=async&videoWidth=640 ... Read More
Ed Debates Liberal Darling of Davos on BBC’s Business Daily
I debate the liberal darling of Davos Rutger Bregman on the only true way to increase middle and working class incomes—by not stifling growth and innovation with high taxes. ... Read More
