Those interested in what plagues the American economy could hardly do better than hearing Larry Kudlow discuss that very topic. I may be biased in saying this, but those interested in developing a better basis for understanding the economy, and particularly the basis for defending free enterprise, could hardly do better than becoming a regular listener to National Review’s Capital Record podcast. Well, this week we get two for the price of one (which is still free to you), and that is Larry Kudlow’s economic diagnosis on the Capital Record podcast:
In any event what they have done is taken a pretty healthy economy recovering from Covid, they basically inherited a boom with low inflation and very moderate energy prices, and because of policy mistakes — massive overspending, massive overregulation, over $200 billion worth in one year, a world record — and now higher taxes on business … they have taken a boom and turned it into a bust.
You have to listen to this Thursday’s Capital Record with Larry Kudlow to fully grasp the nature of what plagues us economically, and at the same time hear and appreciate Kudlow’s significant history with Bill Buckley and National Review, as well as the prescription for what can deliver on the conservative vision going forward. It was a special conversation, and worthy of your attention:
Bill Buckley believed in freedom, and free markets, and capitalism, and he was a great anti-Communist, and he was a religious man, a high church Catholic, but Bill Buckley taught us how to conduct civil discussions or disagreements. That is a lost art. He taught me that. At a time in my life when I needed somebody to give me direction and guidance on how to live, and he was essential to that. As much as his brilliance and his devotion to freedom and to America, that’s what I learned from Bill Buckley.
Economics. Civility. History. Truly remarkable stories. Deep reflection on past, present, and future. This podcast episode has it all, and it drops the very day Larry Kudlow receives the William F. Buckley Prize for Leadership in Political Thought at the annual National Review gala. I found this conversation to be my very favorite of the nearly 100 episodes we have done so far, and I hope you will, too.
Capital Record, once more, can be found here, and is also available wherever you get your podcasts.