Grover Norquist on Reagan-Bush-Trump Tax Reforms and America’s Fiscal Future | Hoover Institution

The Capitalism and Freedom in the Twenty-First Century Podcast · Jul 24, 2026 · 1h 6m · transcript

For more than four decades, Grover Norquist has been one of the most influential figures in the American conservative movement on tax policy and limited government. In this episode of Capitalism and Freedom in the 21st Century, host John Hartley sits down with the founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform to trace his journey from anti-communist activist to architect of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge and a central figure in nearly every major tax reform debate since the Reagan era.

Norquist reflects on the Reagan tax revolution, the origins and lasting impact of the Taxpayer…