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Media Highlights Radio • January 4, 2021 

# Michael D. Tanner’s paper, “The American Welfare State: How We Spend Nearly $1 Trillion a Year Fighting Poverty—and Fail,” is cited on KGNW’s *Straight Talk with Gary Randall*

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##### [Michael D. Tanner](/people/michael-d-tanner)

Former Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

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