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Michael D. Tanner

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Michael D. Tanner is a Senior Fellow for the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity with 49 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1993 Forum as a Director for Health and Welfare Studies in the Cato Institute. The year with the most videos was 2005 with five videos as a Director for the Project on Social Security Choice in the Cato Institute. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2017 with an average of 3,728 views per program as a Senior Fellow for the Cato Institute. Most appearances with Susan Chamberlin (4), Grace-Marie Turner (4), Thomas R. Saving (3). Most common tags: Social Security, Welfare Reform, Health Care.

Appearances by Title:c. January 1, 2023 - Present Senior Fellow, Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity

Videos: 2

Previously

Senior Fellow, Cato Institute c. January 1, 2012 - c. January 1, 2023 Videos: 14 Senior Fellow, Health, Welfare, and Entitlements, Cato Institute c. January 1, 2009 - c. January 1, 2012 Videos: 8 Director, Health and Welfare Studies, Cato Institute c. January 1, 1993 - c. January 1, 1995 Videos: 8 Director, Project on Social Security Choice, Cato Institute c. January 1, 1995 - c. January 1, 2009 Videos: 17

Recent Appearances

November 22, 2023
Michael Tanner on Redefining Poverty

Michael Tanner of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity talked about his research on how the federal government sh…
August 28, 2023
Michael Tanner on Racial Economic Disparities in the U.S.

Michael Tanner talked about his research on expanding economic opportunity, not reparations, to reduce racial economic dispar…
October 1, 2020
Welfare for the Rich

Authors Phil Harvey and Lisa Conyers discussed the ways they believe federal and state governments financially benefit the we…
April 8, 2019
The Inclusive Economy

Michael Tanner talked about his book, The Inclusive Economy: How to Bring Wealth to America’s Poor, in which he provided a bl…