Capital Record (Podcast)

Jul 14, 2026 — Economic measurements are a tricky thing. There are multiple ways to do things. People are entitled to varying opinions about which measurements of economic aggregates are better than others in terms of methodology and substance. However, are those of...

Jul 09, 2026 — David is joined by Dr. Alexander Salter for a refreshing, nuanced, honest, and candid assessment of the good, the bad, and the mysterious in Alan Greenspan’s legacy as the chairman of the Federal Reserve. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See...

Jul 07, 2026 — Vice President JD Vance stated last week in a now infamous interview that the right needs less Milton Friedman and an economic approach more like Alexander Hamilton's. One can hope the VP simply doesn’t understand Milton Friedman, but more than likely...

Jun 30, 2026 — A recent article in The Atlantic thoughtfully asked what makes Americans so unhappy. It looked at conflicting economic data (the delta between sentiment and actual economic conditions) and pondered what may be going on to make Americans feel so lousy...

Jun 25, 2026 — When a who’s who of progressive economists, some Nobel laureates, all academics, take to the pages of the, ummm, Guardian, to say that “growth is doomed” and that “poverty is manufactured,” is it time for policymakers to reverse course and embrace the...