Capital Record

David discusses his new article, "Put Not Your Trust in Princes," and makes the case for a synthesis of a free and virtuous society where the lack of one undermines the sustainability of the other. He does this in response to a new article from First Things editor, Rusty Reno, who will soon join the show as a guest.

David is joined once again by David Beckworth, Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. We can warn you in advance that it’s a little deeper dive into monetary policy, but if that scares you off, you are getting the wrong idea. David and David go into the decisions the Fed has made post-crisis and post-Covid, where there have been questionable calls, what framework they’d both like to see instead, and what makes the most sense in the real world of the Fed we have, not the one some of us wish we had.

David is joined this week by Adam Brandon, the CEO of FreedomWorks and a devout advocate of a free society aimed toward human flourishing. They discuss the midterms, the 2024 elections, the economic and existential value of work, why social and economic conservatism is one and the same, the fate of ESG, and so much more. You will come away from this talk encouraged for the future.

David is joined this week by Dr. Alexander Salter, a professor of economics at Texas Tech University and a scholar at the American Institute for Economic Research. They do a deep dive into monetary policy, revisit mistakes of the past, and offer differing as well as agreeable perspectives on a host of Fed-related topics. This is a fun episode for those who find central banking fun -- which is all of us.

David is joined again by Dr. Sam Gregg -- a long-time scholar with the Acton Institute and now Distinguished Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research -- this time to discuss his new book, 'The Next American Economy.' In an era where the basic orthodoxies of free-enterprise thinking are being relitigated on the left and the right, David and Sam look at the whole subject with a charity and rigor needed for the contemporary debate. They are also unsparing in holding fast to the principles of a market economy, inseparably connected to the moral virtues needed for human flourishing.

David sits down for a very special briefing with Dan Clifton, the head of legislative and public policy research at Strategas. The two do a really deep dive into the ramifications of the midterm elections and what is actually on the line now, legislatively and otherwise. Some perspective is sure to surprise you!

Britain's former prime minister Liz Truss ended up serving a “Scaramucci term” in office (okay, maybe a little longer than that). The circumstances around her brief and tumultuous run as prime minister, however, are quite consequential. Did the talk of tax-rate cuts really tank the British economy? Do years of embedded leverage in the bond market really fall on her shoulders? What has happened in the U.K., and what can we learn from it here in the States? Andrew Stuttaford, the editor of National Review’s Capital Matters initiative, joins David to unpack the economic facts and lessons behind the abrupt ending to Liz Truss’s reign.

David is joined today by Nick Timiraos, the chief economic correspondent of the Wall Street Journal and a renowned Fed-watcher. Timiraos is also the author of a best-selling book, 'Trillion Dollar Triage,' which examines the Fed’s economic decision-making during the early stages of Covid. The two of them carefully examine the current interest-rate policy, what to expect going forward, and what may happen to other Fed policy tools. Some may call it “geeking out” over monetary policy, but others may see it as a careful conversation about the prominent economic topic of our times.

David is joined this week by Vivek Ramaswamy, the author of the best-selling book, Woke Inc., to talk about a moral defense of markets. They go all around the horn in looking at where the Business Roundtable got it all wrong, where so-called “stakeholder” capitalism is an exercise in futility, and what market solutions exist to the so-called “Larry Fink problem.” An absolute premium episode.

David is joined on this very special Capital Record by Phil Gramm, former long-time senator in the great state of Texas, and author of the brand new book, 'The Myth of American Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debate.' This is a powerful dialogue about the key economic issues of our time and the movement to keep American prosperity robust and opportunity mobile. Come for the accurate math, stay for the takeaways!