In this episode of the AAF Exchange, AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Director of Technology and Innovation Policy Jeffrey Westling discuss the likelihood of a recession, a plan to reduce the federal debt, an update on child internet safety, and the DOJ’s antitrust win against Google.

AAF products mentioned in today’s episode:

• In “CMS Puts Part D on Life Support,” Health Care Policy Analyst John Walker considers the problems with CMS’ plan to stabilize Medicare Part D premiums in the wake of the Inflation Reduction Act’s redesign of the program.

• In “The Google Search Case,” Holtz-Eakin provides key takeaways to the Google search antitrust case.

• In “DOJ’s Google Search Case: Implications Moving Forward,” Westling breaks down the DOJ’s recently won federal court case alleging that Google has illegally maintained a monopoly in online search and search text ads.

• In “Compendium of AAF Work on KOSA and COPPA 2.0,” Westling and former Technology and Innovation Policy Analyst Joshua Levine provide a brief review of their work on the Kids Online Safety Act and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act.

• In “Kids Online Safety Bills May Do More Harm Than Good,” Westling considers the serious unintended consequences of kids’ online safety legislation.

• In “The False Promise of Rent Control,” Data Analyst Jacob Jensen walks through the economic realities of a national 5 percent national cap on annual rent increases and considers its harms.

• In “AAF’s Plan to Address the Nation’s Fiscal Woes,” Director of Fiscal Policy Jordan Haring discusses a new plan to address major budgetary and economic needs.

• In “Unbalanced,” AAF Policy Experts produce a budget plan focusing on three main policy recommendations: entitlement reforms, adressing global threats, and tax reforms.

• In “A Closer Look at the June CPI,” Holtz-Eakin dives into the June consumer price index report.

• In “Catching Up on the Economy,” Holtz-Eakin reviews the latest inflation numbers.

• In “Inflation Pressures and the Labor Market,” Holtz-Eakin discusses the most recent productivity growth report.

• In “Video: July Jobs,” Holtz-Eakin reacts to the July employment report.

• In “U-6: Jobs Slowdown Adds to Fed Rate Debate,” Director of Competition Policy Fred Ashton walks through the latest jobs report.

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