I join Fox Business’s “Making Money with Charles Payne” to discuss how President Trump’s threatened tariffs may be needed to negotiate fair trade with China. Nothing else has worked well. We also discuss the cost of universal basic income’s incentives to work. https://edwardconard.wistia.com/medias/xl45npfw7j?embedType=async&videoWidth=640 ... Read More
Ed Conard Debates Democratic Presidential Candidates’ Growth-Killing Economic Proposals on “Varney & Co.”
Stuart Varney and I debate the growth-killing economic proposals of Democratic presidential candidates Cory Booker and Andrew Yang, as well as Elizabeth Warren’s proposal to restrict oil drilling on public lands, on Fox Business’s Varney & Co. https://edwardconard.wistia.com/medias/iyn8t4gmx8?embedType=async&videoWidth=640 ... Read More
Discussing How The Upside of Inequality Is Faster U.S Economic Growth and Higher Wages on “Varney & Co.”
Stuart Varney and I discuss my top-ten bestselling book The Upside of Inequality on Fox Business’s Varney & Co. What is the upside of inequality? It’s faster U.S. economic growth and American middle-class incomes that are 15 to 30% higher than in Northern Europe and Japan. https://edwardconard.wistia.com/medias/jxmhr9s0w1?embedType=async&videoWidth=640 ... Read More
Ed Conard and Stuart Varney Try to Take the Green New Deal Seriously, But It Isn’t Easy
Stuart Varney and I try to take Rep. Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal seriously, but it isn’t easy. It would plunge the U.S. into deep recession, hurt middle-class workers and eventually lead to an economy with enormously high-cost energy and much slower growth. https://edwardconard.wistia.com/medias/bl3oda5wrh?embedType=async&videoWidth=640 ... Read More
My Op-ed Today’s WSJ: Is the Tax Cut Paying For Itself? By a Mile.
Tax Reform Is Covering Its Costs Faster growth is on track to outpace debt in the next decade. Is the 2017 tax reform paying for itself? It’s a complicated question, but the critics have made up their minds. Outlets like the Tax Policy Center claim the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has diminished federal revenue rather than increase it as some supporters predicted. Other skeptics lament surging government deficits and debt. Some point to last year’s brief ... Read More
Ed Conard Discusses Potential U.S. Bond Rating Downgrade, China Trade on Fox Business’s “Varney & Co”
Ed Conard joins Stuart Varney on Fox Business’s “Varney & Co.” to discuss the status of trade talks with China and Fitch’s threat to downgrade the U.S. bond rating if the partial government shutdown doesn’t end soon. https://edwardconard.wistia.com/medias/559y5pmhjm?embedType=async&videoWidth=640 ... Read More
Ed Conard Discusses the Economy and Impact of Midterm Elections on Stock Market on Fox Business’s “Varney & Co”
Ed Conard discusses the state of the economy and the impact of the midterm elections on the stock market with Stuart Varney on Fox Business's "Varney & Co." https://edwardconard.wistia.com/medias/qtplbqkb53?embedType=async&videoWidth=640 ... Read More
