Over the summer, I debated Jason Furman—Pres. Obama’s former Chair of the Counsel of Economic Advisors—at Harvard over the magnitude of changes needed to bring America’s fiscal policy back into equilibrium. I noted that ongoing federal spending has risen from 19% of GDP prior to the financial crisis to 21% afterwards, and to nearly 24% since the pandemic, while taxes fluctuated around 17% of GDP—their 50-year average. This occurred in the face of publicly held federal ... Watch
Ed Conard Debates Poverty and Inequality at Susquehanna University
Ed Conard debunks myths about poverty and debates the ways U.S. policymakers can maximize middle and working- class incomes with Washington University in St. Louis's Professor of Social Welfare Mark Rank. The discussion was moderated by Matt Rousu, Dean of Susquehanna University’s Sigmund Weis School of Business and students. https://edwardconard.wistia.com/medias/bbc1vzgvi2?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=960 ... Watch
Ed Conard Discusses His Oxford University Chapter at Harvard’s Program on Constitutional Government
Ed Conard recently joined Harvard’s Harvey Mansfield to discuss his Oxford University Press chapter, “The Economics of Inequality in High-Wage Economies,” at Harvard University’s Program on Constitutional Government. The video, audio, and text of his speech and the Q&A session are available below. 14 Questions for Ed Conard ... Watch
Official Stats Overstate Poverty by Measuring Before $1T in Government Spending on “Just the News”
Ed explains that official statistics overstate poverty by measuring it before $1 trillion of government spending. So employment gains appear to have an exaggerated effect on reducing poverty and inequality. ... Watch
CBS Sunday Morning Features “The Upside of Inequality”
“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 ... Watch
Ben Shapiro Again Recommends Ed Conard’s NYT Bestselling Books
Ben Shapiro again recommended Ed Conard’s New York Times bestselling books, The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class (2016) and Unintended Consequences: Why Everything You’ve Been Told About the Economy is Wrong (2012). https://edwardconard.wistia.com/medias/row9fnmd4n?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 ... Watch
Predicting How Coronovirus May Impact the Economy on Fox Business
Ed Conard joins Stu Varney to discuss the coronavirus’s potential impact on the U.S. and global economy on Fox Business’s “Varney & Co.” Will the coronavirus send us into a recession? https://edwardconard.wistia.com/medias/8ep53d6wb1?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 ... Watch
