Episode Details

Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349

0:14 Larry Kotlikoff for President?

5:40 Larry’s plan to save social security

9:30 Reincentivizing work, saving, and staying in the US

14:55 Rewriting the story about income and labor

21:08 Why a 10% tariff could amount to a new national sales tax or worse

23:33 Glenn: Trade with other nations is not a zero-sum game

29:15 Taxing billionaires on consumption rather than income

34:43 The price of shame

38:40 Maintaining competitive conditions with universal health insurance

44:49 What’s causing inflation?

52:26 How big of a problem is the national debt?

Recorded September 4, 2024

Links and Readings

Larry’s Substack

Larry’s homepage

Larry’s book, with Philip Moeller and Paul Solman, Getting What’s Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security

Larry’s book, with Scott Burns, The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know about America’s Economic Future

Larry’s book, Jimmy Stewart Is Dead: Ending the World's Ongoing Financial Plague with Limited Purpose Banking

Larry’s financial planning program, MaxiFi

Larry’s book, You’re Hired: A Trump Playbook for Fixing America’s Economy

Larry’s book, The Healthcare Fix: Universal Insurance for All Americans

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