Rethinking Economic Growth with Dan Varroney

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

News, Politics

4.4 • 783 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Travis talks with entrepreneur and trade industry leader Dan Varroney about his new book, Rethinking Economic Growth: How Small Businesses Can Help Consistently Grow the Economy, in which he writes about some of the biggest challenges facing small business owners and how American policymakers can support these businesses. Topics Travis and Dan cover include: The critical role that small businesses play in the American economy Some of the major challenges small businesses face from government How politicians and bureaucrats can be mindful of small businesses and promote public policy that helps small business—and thus the U.S. economy—thrive Follow Dan Varroney on LinkedIn. The Politics Guys on Facebook | X Check out the excellent Sustainable Planet podcast. Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys. The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Atheists, agnostics, long-haired widows, short-haired widows, vandal,
0:04.9	hooligans.
0:05.1	I love the government, hug the government, hug the government, love, the government, hug the government,
0:09.6	love the government, hug the government.
0:12.0	Welcome to the politics, guys, a place for bipartisan, rational, and civil debate on
0:16.6	American politics and policy.
0:18.8	I'm Travis Taylor, a political scientist by training with my
0:21.9	doctorate from the University of Kentucky and a public opinion researcher by day. I'm joined today on
0:27.4	this episode by Dan Veroni, author of the new book, Rethinking Economic Growth, How Small Business
0:32.8	Can Help Consistently Grow the Economy, which was published just a couple of weeks ago on September 25th.
0:39.6	In it, Dan, with a vast knowledge of small business, public policy, and how the latter impacts
0:45.5	the former, discusses the massive impact small business has on America's economy, the challenges
0:51.6	small businesses face, and how policymakers can support this critical sector.
0:57.0	Dan Veroni is a partner to policymakers, trade associations, and small businesses nationwide.
1:03.0	He has served for over 21 years as an elected official, helping to achieve policy wins in stabilizing taxes, improving emergency response, and reducing
1:13.8	crime. Dan is the founder of Potomac Corps, which serves, sorry, which provides strategic
1:19.9	consulting for trade association, transformation, and industry-focused partnerships.
1:26.4	Welcome, Dan, to the Politics Guys podcast.
1:30.5	Thank you so much, Travis.
1:32.1	It is a pleasure to be with you today.
1:34.2	It's great to have you on the show.
1:35.8	And look, I really enjoyed reading your book.
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