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Our nation has fallen behind the threat from China. Beijing’s ongoing maritime aggression and numerous war games have cast doubt on whether our Navy can sustain peace or win in war. Making matters worse, the nation’s shipping, shipbuilding, and merchant marine, on which the nation relies to supply its forces abroad and economy at home, has atrophied to a dangerous state. This vulnerability invites economic blackmail and worse, the inability to sustain the nation’s military in war let alone keep a wartime industry functioning.Yet, our nation still has comparative advantages in which it must invest and leverage to stay ahead of China; large innovative capacity, like-minded partners around the world, and a compelling, prosperous, and energetic democratic society. To prevail in today’s New Cold War, our Navy’s decline must be reversed, and the strategically important maritime industry given the attention it deserves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the most interesting energy and environmental policy issues of the day with top national experts. Jack welcomes Heritage colleagues Annie Chestnut Tudor and Mario Loyola this week to discuss the tech industry and its projected energy requirements. Annie is a leading expert in technology policy and Mario, a recent Power Hour guest, knows more about energy policy than just about anyone. Together, this duo paints a stark picture of what we are facing when juxtaposing the rising energy demand of the tech industry against the energy supply problems we are sure to face with Biden’s green energy agenda. Join the conversation with an email to  thepowerhour@heritage.org! Tell us what you thought of the podcast and what you want to here in the future. Thank you for listening and being part of the Power Hour! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump should be struck from the ballot for violating Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which applies to certain officials who have engaged in insurrection or rebellion. Does this Section apply to the former President? Can state officials enforce it in the absence of an implementing statute from Congress? Does this Section still apply in 2024?On February 8, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Anderson – what may be one of most important cases the Court has ever considered. Join us on the eve of oral arguments as Heritage’s John Malcolm moderates a discussion of the legal issues with Josh Blackman (co-author of a law review article on the subject), Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita (who is leading a coalition of 27 states supporting Trump), Patrick Strawbridge of Consovoy McCarthy (former Supreme Court clerk who filed an amicus brief for the RNC and NRCC), and Heritage Senior Fellow Hans von Spakovsky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the most interesting energy and environmental policy issues of the day with top national experts. We are joined today by Isaac Orr of the Center for the American Experiment. Isaac is an expert on the electricity grid and explains how poor policy choices are leading to instability in our electric supplies. In fact, Isaac has done the hard work of modeling out exactly what will happen to our electricity supply if we don’t change course. If you want to know what he found, you’ll have to listen to the Power Hour! But here is a hint: it's not good. Join the conversation with an email to thepowerhour@heritage.org! Tell us what you thought of the podcast and what you want to here in the future. Thank you for listening and being part of the Power Hour! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big Tech overreach has devastated American youth. Join The Heritage Foundation for expert commentary following Senate testimony from the CEOs of Meta, X, TikTok, Snap, and Discord on their failures to protect children online. Our program will highlight innovative policy solutions that state and federal leaders can leverage today to safeguard our kids online, beginning with a fireside chat between VA Attorney General Jason Miyares and Heritage President Kevin Roberts, followed by an expert panel discussion moderated by Tech Policy Center Director Kara Frederick, and ending with a keynote address by Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg joins Heritage to underscore the needs for increased and sustained defense spending across the NATO alliance, more balanced burden-sharing, and the ramping up of defense production to rise to the challenges of this pivotal moment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Most Americans do not realize the sorry state the U.S. military is in. Following years of overextension, deployments, and a lack of prioritizing defense spending on what is needed to fight and win America’s wars, the military is far from the strong force built by Ronald Reagan to defeat the Soviets. The tenth edition of The Heritage Foundation’s Index of U.S. Military Strength makes that clear. With adversaries growing in strength and causing chaos in nearly every corner of the globe, coupled with a new Cold War with China, this weakness only makes the world more dangerous. But American military power can be restored if the urgency is felt, and the right actions are taken now.Join us for a conversation with Senator Roger Wicker, followed by a panel with retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg, noted grand strategist Elbridge Colby, and former Green Beret Joe Kent on how we can reverse a decade of decline and restore America’s military power. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Since the horrific atrocities committed by Hamas against innocent Israeli babies, children, men, and women on October 7, 2023, we have witnessed an alarming rise in antisemitic incidents in the U.S. In response, Heritage and partner organizations launched the National Task Force to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism in the United States. Join us for the first public meeting with keynote remarks by former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and a discussion with Eliav Benjamin, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Israel to the United States. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every American has felt the effects of the staggering surge in inflation in the past few years. In the U.S. and other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the rise in inflation strongly relates to increases in transfer payments since 2020, the start of the COVID pandemic.Heritage Distinguished Fellow in Economic Thought Dr. Robert Barro has researched this significant inflation spike, and his conclusions may surprise you. Through a conceptual framework based on the government’s intertemporal budget constraint, we can see that the inflation surge is a way to “pay for” part of added government spending by depreciating the real value of public debt. In this framework, more spending triggers more inflation, but higher initial debt and longer debt duration mean lower inflation. This can explain recent inflation rates in 21 economies (20 non-European countries and the Euro area considered as an aggregate). The U.S. is not an outlier, with inflation and the spending surge both moderately above average.The bottom line? Recent inflation surges were triggered by the surges in government spending – i.e., expanded government caused inflation. Learn more about how big government makes your everyday expenses more costly as Dr. Barro joins Heritage Executive Vice President Derrick Morgan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the most interesting energy and environmental policy issues of the day with top national experts. Join Jack this week for a conversation with one of The Heritage Foundation’s top legal experts, Jack Fitzhenry. We often don’t think about the Supreme Court when we think about energy and environmental policy, but we should, because it matters…a lot! You don’t want to miss this discussion on how a number of cases currently before the Supreme Court could have long lasting impact on American energy policy.   Join the conversation with an email to  thepowerhour@heritage.org! Tell us what you thought of the podcast and what you want to here in the future. Thank you for listening and being part of the Power Hour! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.