The American Affordability Crisis — Ft. Neera Tanden | Prof G Markets

This week on Prof G Markets, Ed Elson and Scott Galloway are joined by Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, to unpack affordability in America under the Trump administration. She also weighs in on healthcare policy, wealth taxes and soaring housing prices.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Today’s number
00:26 Today’s episode
06:53 Interview with Neera Tanden
07:04 Based on your experience, how would you rate the performance of the current administration so far?
09:41 What do you make of the clip of Trump saying he wants housing prices to go up?
13:16 Do you think we’re actually going to have a policy under Trump that will intentionally increase the pricing of housing?
15:37 Ad Break
16:57 What is going on with healthcare policy in America, and why hasn't America gotten healthcare costs down?
20:08 What could the government do about this?
22:02 What is this administration doing on healthcare policy that you think is a good idea or a bad idea?
24:06 Ad Break
25:24 What do you think of single payer or national healthcare?
26:22 What do you think of mass distribution of GLP1 drugs?
27:09 What do you think of a federally mandated minimum wage of $25 per hour?
28:05 What do you think of one basic income tax rate?
28:46 What do you think of an alternative minimum tax of 50% for anyone making over $3 million per year?
30:06 What do you think of the idea of mandatory national service?
30:15 What do you make of wealth taxes?
32:59 What would be more effective than a wealth tax?
35:03 If you were the emperor of America for a day, what would you change in the law, and why?
37:24 Credits

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