Big Government Is Stifling The American Spirit
Topics: Economics, U.S.
Public Release Date: October 09, 2007
Just about everyone has a reason to question how the size of our government affects America’s financial and political future. Is government intervention in everything from economic policy to health care rewarding the “takers,” and not the “makers,” stifling innovators, entrepreneurs and business owners? Or has government done too little to support the growing poor and rapidly shrinking middle class?
ARGUING YES:
Arthur Laffer: Former member of President Reagan’s Economic Policy Advisory Board, the Father of Supply Side Economics, and President of Laffer Associates
Phil Gramm: Vice Chairman at the UBS Investment Bank
ARGUING NO:
Nouriel Roubini: Professor of Economics and International Business at Stern School of Business, New York
Laura Tyson: S.K. and Angela Chan Professor of Global Management, Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley
MODERATOR-IN-CHIEF:
John Donvan: Emmy award-winning journalist