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Tipping Point New Mexico

Oct 31, 2018

Dowd and Paul interview transportation expert Randal O'Toole. Randal has visited New Mexico multiple times to speak to Rio Grande Foundation audiences. He has a new book called "Romance of the Rails" which gives an excellent history of passenger rail and mass transit in the United States and explains why it is unwise...


Oct 30, 2018

Paul and Dowd are going to be hard at work on election night covering the election returns and providing analysis of the results. 
Paul will be on KSFR 101.1FM, the NPR station in Santa Fe covering the returns from 8 to 11pm alongside a diverse array of panelists.
Dowd and Wally Drangmeister, producer of Tipping Point...


Oct 25, 2018

Dowd and Paul explore corporate welfare programs in New Mexico.  They examine the questionable constitutional nature of these programs, and then examine New Mexico's most prominent economic development programs including the Local Economic Development Act (LEDA), the Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP), New Mexico's...


Oct 23, 2018

Dowd and Paul start out talking about Dowd's recent opinion piece in the Albuquerque Journal which discussed in detail some of the many challenges facing higher education in New Mexico. Paul shares data from a recent story detailing falling enrollment at the flagship university as well as statewide and outlines some...


Oct 18, 2018

Dowd and Paul interview Matthew Mitchell of the free market Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Matt is the Director of the Equity Initiative and Senior Research Fellow. 
 
Matt is the first podcast guest to have worked at the Rio Grande Foundation. He also lives in Angel Fire, New Mexico. They discuss the...