What is the Future of Welfare Entitlements in an Economy Drowning in Debt?
Dr. Daniel Sutter, a professor of economics at Troy University and joins Dr, George to discuss the future feasibility of welfare entitlements, also known a transfer payments, given the present state of the American economy is one with a National Debt quickly approaching $40 Trillion dollars.
PUBLISHED: November 1, 2025
About Dr. Daniel Sutter
Dr. Daniel Sutter is the Charles G. Koch Professor of Economics with the Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy at Troy University and is a Ph.D. graduate of George Mason University. His research has examined the societal impacts of extreme weather, the economics of the news media and media bias, the markets for economists and economic research, environmental regulation, and constitutional economics. Dr. Sutter has published over one hundred articles in scholarly journals in economics, atmospheric sciences, civil engineering, and political science and written or edited four books. He writes a weekly column on economics and public policy for Yellowhammer.com and Alabama Today and a monthly column on Alabama economics and policy for 1819 News. He is the host of Econversations, on Troy University’s TrojanVision television channel, a show examining economic and policy questions. Dr. Sutter is a policy advisor for the Heartland Institute.
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