Featuring Scott Winship, Executive Director, Joint Economic Committee; Chris Edwards, Director of Tax Policy Studies, Cato Institute, and Editor, DownsizingGovernment.org; moderated by Jeff Vanderslice, Director of Government and External Affairs, Cato Institute. Some political leaders are saying that inequality is at unacceptable levels and should be countered by higher taxes at the top end. But income and wealth inequality are complex issues that are often misunderstood. Scott Winship is a long-time expert on inequality and economic mobility and will discuss income inequality. He will be followed by Chris Edwards, who will discuss wealth inequality data, the role of wealth in the economy, and the possible effects of an annual wealth tax. Winship is executive director of the Joint Economic Committee, chaired by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), and leads the committee’s Social Capital Project, a research effort aimed at understanding the health of families, communities, and civil society. The chairman’s office recently released a study comparing measures of income concentration. Edwards examined wealth taxation in a recent Cato study and has completed a new Cato study on wealth inequality with Cato scholar Ryan Bourne. Learn more: https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/exploring-wealth-inequality Want to find the Cato Institute elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CatoInstitute/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CatoInstitute Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/CatoInstitute/ - ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKKyDz4FPno

At his 2022 State of the Union address, President Biden focused the nation’s attention on “a national mental health crisis.” Mood disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviors have been rising at alarming levels for years. The pandemic and government-mandated lockdowns increased anxiety, isolation, and despair while also reducing access to mental health services. Approximately 40 percent of Americans currently cannot access mental health services, particularly services requiring drug-based therapy. Clinical psychologists can play a greater role in meeting those needs. Some federal agencies, five states, and the territory of Guam authorize competent clinical psychologists to prescribe medications that affect mood and mental functions. Those jurisdictions refer to such psychologists as prescribing psychologists, medical psychologists, or RxPs. However, most states prohibit competent clinical psychologists from prescribing such medication. To address the mental health crisis, should state lawmakers expand the scope of practice of competent clinical psychologists to include prescribing? Joining us to discuss this are Dr. Beth Rom-Rymer, a clinical psychologist, chair and president of the board of directors of the National Register of Health Service Psychologists, and CEO of the Illinois Association of Prescribing Psychologists; Dr. Rebecca Weintraub Brendel, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, director of the master’s degree program at Harvard Medical School’s Center for Bioethics, and president and distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association; Dr. Thomas D. Lee, a psychiatrist at the Ascension Alexian Brothers Center for Mental Health in Arlington, Illinois, who supervises psychology fellows in the Ascension RxP Fellowship Program; and Dr. Claudia Mosier, a prescribing psychologist licensed in Illinois and Louisiana. The discussion will be moderated by Cato Institute senior fellow Jeffrey A. Singer. Submit questions in the comment box on this page and join the conversation on social media using #CatoHealth. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQB_FOljllk

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December 10, 2019 Politics, Fed Independence, and Paul Volcker Featuring Sir Paul Tucker and Caleb O. Brown The Federal Reserve is nominally independent, but the enormous pressure often aimed at Fed chairs past indicates that it's not that simple. Sir Paul Tucker is author of Unelected Power: The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State. You can support the Cato Daily Podcast and the Cato Institute by becoming a Podcast Sponsor.https://www.cato.org/PodcastSponsor Learn more: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/politics-fed-independence-paul-volcker Want to find the Cato Institute elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CatoInstitute/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CatoInstitute Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/CatoInstitute/ - ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gjukyuWg-I