In The Tank

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo episode 410 of the In The Tank Podcast. According to Vice President Kamala Harris, "Bidenomics" is a wild success. And she is not the only one suggesting this. Lately, there has been a rash of articles and rhetoric promoting this narrative. Is this the case? The ITT crew looks under the hood of Bidenomics to see what is really going on.

OPENING CHIT CHAT – BIDEN CRIME FAMILY
 
National Review - Biden Family Received Millions from Foreign Oligarchs Who Had Dinners with Then-VP Joe Biden
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/biden-family-received-millions-from-foreign-oligarchs-who-had-dinners-with-then-vp-joe-biden/
 
Fox News - House GOP release bank records on Hunter Biden payments from Russian, Kazakh oligarchs, total clears $20M
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-release-bank-records-hunter-biden-payments-russian-kazakh-oligarchs-total-clears-20m
 
 
PRIMARY TOPIC – BIDENOMICS: TERRIFIC OR TERRIBLE?
 
(Video) Kamala Harris declares “Bidenomics is working!!”
https://twitter.com/theblaze/status/1688971563310190599
 
NYT - Everything’s Coming Up Soft Landing
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/opinion/paul-krugman-soft-landing-inflation.html
 
The Hill - Bank of America now expecting ‘soft landing’ instead of recession
https://thehill.com/business/economy/4138171-bank-of-america-now-expecting-soft-landing-instead-of-recession/
 
Newsweek - 'Bidenomics' Is Heading Toward a Crash. The Latest Housing Data Could Not Make It Clearer
https://www.newsweek.com/latest-housing-data-are-clear-bidenomics-heading-toward-crash-opinion-1816749
 
The Federalist - ‘Bidenomics’ Has Been A Disaster
https://thefederalist.com/2023/08/08/bidenomics-has-been-a-disaster/
 
CNBC - 61% of Americans say they are living paycheck to paycheck even as inflation cools
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/31/61percent-of-americans-live-paycheck-to-paycheck-even-as-inflation-cools.html
 
CNN - Americans are pulling money out of their 401(k) plans at an alarming rate
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/08/economy/401k-hardship-withdrawals/index.html

Creators and Guests

Host
Chris Talgo
Chris Talgo is the Editorial Director at The Heartland Institute and a research fellow for Heartland’s Socialism Research Center.
Host
Donald Kendal
Donald Kendal is a research fellow for The Heartland's Socialism Research Center, host of Heartland's In the Tank Podcast and Stopping Socialism TV, and a talented graphic designer.
Host
Jim Lakely
Jim Lakely is the Vice President and Director of Communications of The Heartland Institute.
Guest
Justin T. Haskins
Justin Haskins is the director of the Socialism Research Center at The Heartland Institute.

What is In The Tank?

The weekly flagship podcast from The Heartland Institute features in-depth policy discussions connected to current news. Host Donald Kendal leads the discussion with the usual crew of Heartland Institute Vice President Jim Lakely, Socialism Research Center “Commissar” Justin Haskins, Editorial Director Chris Talgo, and others at this national free-market think tank. The entertaining and informative discussions often hit topics such as the environment, energy policy, Big Tech censorship, the troubling rise of socialism, globalism, health care, education, that state of freedom in America and around the world, and much more.

This podcast is also available as part of the Heartland Daily Podcast, the “firehose” of all the organization’s podcasts that take deep and entertaining dives into public policy.