Press Release
January 19, 2023
New Podcast Episode: Debt-limit Showdown, Recession Fears, and Online Speech Moderation
It’s The AAF Exchange — your source for clear, data-driven insight into today’s economic and domestic policy issues.
In this episode of the AAF Exchange, AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin joins us to discuss the debt ceiling showdown, recession watch, and the Supreme Court case on Section 230 protections.
AAF products mentioned in today’s episode:
- In “Fiscal Promises,” Holtz-Eakin discusses the challenges of getting the budget to balance in 10 years.
- In “The Debt Limit,” Holtz-Eakin explains why Congress must either raise or suspend the debt limit.
- In “The Labor Market and Recession,” Holtz-Eakin considers the labor market impacts of a potential upcoming recession.
- In “What’s Wrong with Changing Section 230?” Former Director of Technology and Innovation Policy Jennifer Huddleston examines the problems with altering or eliminating Section 230 protections on technology companies.
- In “South American Lessons (Re)Learned,” Holtz-Eakin shares what the United States could learn from South American tax policy.
- In “China and the Economic Outlook,” Holtz-Eakin examines China’s interest rate cut intended to get the country out of a recession.
- In “2022: The Year in Regulation,” Director of Regulatory Policy Dan Bosch reviews the costs, paperwork burdens, and trends of the Biden Administration’s regulatory policy in 2022.
- “American Action Forum Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief on Section 230 Protections” argues that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act extends to platforms’ recommendations of third-party content to individual users.
- In “Lawmakers’ Misguided Approach to Social Media Content Moderation,” Director of Technology and Innovation Policy Jeffrey Westling reviews the potential pitfalls of Congress’ current proposals to regulate social media and online speech.
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