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Conservative Conversations with ISI
Antony Davies on Student Loan Forgiveness, Taxation, and Rampant Deficit Spending
September 27, 2022
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Intercollegiate Studies Institute
In this episode:
- Antony Davies, professor of economics at Duquesne University, joins the podcast to discuss the current state of the American economy, including the record-level inflation hurting American consumers and its roots in the government response to COVID-19
- how government policies surrounding taxation and government spending contribute to the inflation crisis, and how to restructure the tax code in a way that is more clear, more fair, and better for long-term economic prosperity
- why the Biden student loan forgiveness program encourages all the wrong incentives in higher education, and how university endowments can be leveraged towards better educational and financial outcomes
Texts mentioned:
- “Words and Numbers” Podcast by Antony Davies and James Harrigan
- Cooperation and Coercion by Antony Davies and James Harrigan
- Milton Friedman and Phil Donahue interviews
- “Free to Choose” documentary by Milton Friedman
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