Let People Prosper
Vance Ginn, Ph.D.
What works best to let people prosper? Join leading free-market economist Vance Ginn, Ph.D. as he works to understand this question through weekly interviews with interesting people on Tuesdays and weekly economic updates on Fridays. His insights build on past lessons, being president of Ginn Economic Consulting, and contributing to more than 15 think tanks while formerly teaching economics in academia and serving as chief economist of the White House's OMB. Dr. Ginn is a Christian, husband, father of three kids, classical liberal, and rock drummer who resides near Austin, Texas.
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Feb 12, 2022 • 53min
LPP 3 w Fiscal Experts | Tax Relief Must Go with Spending RESTRAINT
In this episode recorded on February 11, 2022, I'm joined by four happy fiscal warriors:
Jonathan Williams (Executive Vice President of Policy and Chief Economist);
Matt Dickerson (Director for the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation);
James Hohman (Director of Fiscal Policy at the Mackinac Center): Sustainable Michigan Budget; and
Ganon Evans (Policy Manager and Analyst in the Kansas Policy Institute’s Sandlian Center for Entrepreneurial Government): Responsible Kansas Budget.
We discuss:
Need for spending restraints at the federal level;
Need for reducing tax burdens at the state level; and
Obstacles to balancing state budgets and establishing spending limits.
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Jan 15, 2022 • 54min
LPP 2 w Fiscal Experts | Federal Funds are Infiltrating State Budgets
In this episode, I'm joined by three happy warriors:
Patrick Gleason (Vice President of State Affairs at Americans for Tax Reform (ATR);
Michael Lucci (Senior Policy Fellow at State Policy Network (SPN); and
Kurt Couchman (Senior Fiscal Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity (AFP).
We discuss:
Why tax relief without spending limits can create more problems than solutions;
Why politicians at the state and federal levels often aren't attached to the impacts of spending; and
How federal funds impact state economies and more.
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Jan 4, 2022 • 52min
LPP 1 w Fiscal Experts | Responsible State Budgets and Tax Reform
In today's episode of the Let People Prosper show, I'm joined by four happy warriors:
Kendall Cotton (President and CEO of the Frontier Institute in Montana);
Ron Shultis (Director of Policy and Research for both the Beacon Center and Beacon Impact);
Quinn Townsend (Policy Manager at Alaska Policy Forum); and
Ganon Evans (Policy Manager and Analyst in the Kansas Policy Institute’s Sandlian Center for Entrepreneurial Government).
We discuss:
Strategies for budget and tax reform at the state level;
The need for fiscal rules such as spending limits; and
What's going on with federal funds and more.
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Please rate with 5 stars and subscribe to the Let People Prosper Show if you enjoyed this episode. And be sure to check out the other episodes.
