EPISODE · Jun 16, 2026 · 1H 1M
State Corporatism on the Rise
from The Dispatch Podcast · host The Dispatch
Steve Hayes is joined by Kevin Williamson, Megan McArdle, and Scott Lincicome to discuss AI and state corporatism and what the national debt is costing us today. The Agenda: —Bernie Sanders' AI wealth fund proposal —Government ownership of tech —Anthropic's Mythos model —The national debt —America's most boring nightmare —NWYT: Optimism Show notes: —CATO Institute on a Social Security inflation calculator —Scott Lincicome on state corporatism —Europe 2031 —Klon Kitchen on Mythos —SCOTUSblog live event The Dispatch Podcast is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including audio versions of all our articles and newsletters—click here. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Steve Hayes is joined by Kevin Williamson, Megan McArdle, and Scott Lincicome to discuss AI and state corporatism and what the national debt is costing us today. The Agenda: —Bernie Sanders' AI wealth fund proposal —Government ownership of tech —Anthropic's Mythos model —The national debt —America's most boring nightmare —NWYT: Optimism Show notes: —CATO Institute on a Social Security inflation calculator —Scott Lincicome on state corporatism —Europe 2031 —Klon Kitchen on Mythos —SCOTUSblog live event The Dispatch Podcast is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including audio versions of all our articles and newsletters—click here. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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