Podcast appearances and mentions of Michael D Tanner

I'm happy to have Michael D. Tanner on the podcast to talk about poverty, economic growth and entitlement reform. Michael is a Senior Fellow at the CATO Institute, a public policy research organization dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Michael Tanner heads research into a variety of domestic policies, with an emphasis on poverty and social welfare policy, health care, and Social Security and entitlement reform. How to find Michael Tanner: CATO Profile | Twitter

Join Jimmy Sengenberger at the Crossroads with Prof. Walter E. Williams, Angela Rachidi, Michael D. Tanner, and Scott Santens! Jimmy (@SengCenter) talks with AEI's Angela Rachidi (@AngelaRachidi) explores the current state of poverty in America, both in the leadup to the pandemic and during the current crisis, so we can understand the problem. Next, distinguished economist, Prof. Walter E. Williams (@WE_Williams), joins Jimmy to break down what his decades of research says about race and economics and how much poverty and inequality can be blamed on discrimination. Finally, Cato Institute Senior Fellow Michael D. Tanner (@MTannerCato) and Fund for Humanity board member Scott Santens (@ScottSantens) offer differing views on UBI and how we can best address poverty and inequality in America today.

October 2019 featuring Michael D. Tanner, Diego Zuluaga, Caleb O. Brown, Daphne Eviatar, James R. Otteson, George F. Will See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you make some specific choices in life, a life of poverty is not in the cards, or so goes the argument. How should we think about the so-called "sequence for success"? Michael D. Tanner comments. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

October 2016 featuring Brink Lindsey, Michael D. Tanner, William Ruger, William Voegli, Michael Clemens See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's been two decades since Bill Clinton signed a large welfare reform act into law. How has it fared? And how should we think about welfare reform in the future? Michael D. Tanner comments at the Cato Institute's conference on welfare reform. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do European governments stack up when it comes to promoting work over welfare? Charles Hughes and Michael D. Tanner take a look in their new Cato paper, "The Work versus Welfare Trade-Off: Europe." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

August 2015 featuring Walter Olson, Trevor Burrus, Scott Bullock, A. Trevor Thrall, Erik Goepner, Michael D. Tanner, Paul G. Mahoney See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With the Greek debt crisis in the news, everyone is asking “Are we the next Greece?” Is our current level of debt sustainable? How about our entitlement programs, like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid?Michael D. Tanner joins us fresh from the release of his latest book, Going for Broke: Deficits, Debt, and the Entitlement Crisis (2015). Together we discuss whether or not the American government’s profligate spending can be reined in in time. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

July 2015 featuring Julian Sanchez, J. Christopher Giancarlo, Roger Pilon, Jim Antle, Michael D. Tanner, Jeff Rowes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A promising theory that's hard to justify in practice. Michael D. Tanner discusses the idea of a "guaranteed national income." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What does the U.S. get for more than a trillion dollars in annual anti-poverty spending? Michael D. Tanner puts the spending in perspective. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

February 2014 featuring Michael D. Tanner, Jagadeesh Gokhale, Richard A. Epstein, Angus Deaton, Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst, Jim Harper, John H. Cochrane See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

August 2012 featuring Ilya Shapiro, Michael D. Tanner, Tom G. Palmer, Neal McCluskey, Randal O'Toole, Diederik Vandewalle, John Hospers See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

July 2012 featuring Malou Innocent, Julian Sanchez, Sen. Rand Paul, James Bacchus, Michael D. Tanner, Elizabeth Price Foley, Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

February 2012 featuring Jagadeesh Gokhale, Michael D. Tanner, P.J. O'Rourke, Robert Guest, Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Ethan Nadelmann, Jorge Castañeda, Glenn Greenwald, Fernando Henrique Cardoso See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

January 2011 featuring Chris Edwards, Michael D. Tanner, Carmen Reinhart, Adam S. Posen, Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr., Barney Frank, Jerry L. Jordan See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.