Being middle class in America used to mean something. It was something socially transformative and even revolutionary. What happened? These are the ideas Christine Rosen writes on in her recent article for Commentary, “The Elite War on the American Middle Class—and How to End It.”

Christine sits down with host Veronique de Rugy to discuss what has happened to America’s middle class and how we can turn the tide.

Christine Rosen is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where she focuses on American history, society and culture, technology, and feminism.

With the U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio approaching 180%, Americans are getting increasingly concerned about the future of our economy. Strangely, however, Japan’s debt-to-GDP ratio is over 250%, and it has not seen any inflationary crisis so far. What does this mean, and what should the takeaway be for America?

In part two of his interview with host Veronique de Rugy, David Bahnsen delves deeper into Japan’s historical economic landscape and what we can learn from it.

David Bahnsen is the founder and managing partner of The Bahnsen Group, a national private wealth management firm managing over $4 billion in client assets. Prior to launching The Bahnsen Group, he spent eight years as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and six years as a Vice President at UBS. Bahnsen is also a contributor to several prominent outlets and a best-selling author.

Newspapers have been reporting on demographic challenges and birth declines in nations across the world. How hard will these problems hit the United States, and what can be done to counter them?

Host Veronique de Rugy sits down with social science trailblazer Dr. Catherine Pakaluk to discuss her research into the relationship between family structure and economic outcomes.

Pakaluk is an Associate Professor at the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America, where she established the Social Research academic area. She is also the author of a forthcoming book, Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth.