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Zeke Emanuel, Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at the Wharton School, joins the show to discuss recent reforms at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The conversation covers site-neutral payments, strengthening primary care compensation, innovation models, and effo ...  Show more

Kent Smetters, Faculty Director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model and Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School, breaks down the projected budgetary costs of conflict with Iran, estimates potential GDP losses driven by higher oil prices, and explains ...  Show more

Early estimates say the GOP’s tax bill will add $3.8 trillion in deficits over the next 10 years. (This, despite President Trump’s insistence on shrinking the national debt.) But amid economic instability caused by the trade war and federal spending cuts, will the bond market sna ...  Show more

As nations continue to respond to crises by taking on more debt, are we kicking the can down the road on global debt sustainability? In the second episode of Investment Ideas, Debt, Douglas Isles sits down with Simon Warner, Head of Portfolio Management at Aware Super, to explore ...  Show more

Trump proposes a $2,000 “tariff dividend” for Americans, claiming his trade policies made the U.S. rich again. Patrick Bet-David and the crew debate whether it’s smart economic relief or vote-buying, how tariffs could pay down debt, and why both parties keep growing America’s $37 ...  Show more

Send a textWe’re thrilled to welcome Congressman Seth Magaziner — a longtime friend from our high school and college days — for a conversation about the intersection of finance, policy, and politics. We break down the proposed tax bill currently moving through Congress, the state ...  Show more