

Free The Economy
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Free The Economy is a weekly podcast hosted by Richard Morrison of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, examining the intersection of news, policy, and economics featuring guests that include writers, policymakers, explorers, contrarians, and free thinkers of all kinds.
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Jan 19, 2023 • 33min
Entrepreneurship and Equality with Alfredo Ortiz
Free the Economy is a podcast focused on how we all can become happier, healthier, and wealthier in a world with less government control.This week we talk about the new social media app Seabird, how to create an abundance agenda, Ben Lieberman’s latest on the debate over gas stoves, and Samuel Gregg’s verdict on Davos Man. Our interview this week is with Alfredo Ortiz, president of the Job Creators Network and author of the new book “The Real Race Revolutionaries: How Minority Entrepreneurship Can Overcome America's Racial and Economic Divides.”Free the Economy is hosted by Richard Morrison. Our producers are Scooter Schaefer and Phoebe Gersten. Keep up with the show by following us on Twitter.

Jan 12, 2023 • 46min
Washington's 10,000 Commandments with Wayne Crews
Free the Economy is a podcast focused on how we all can become happier, healthier, and wealthier in a world with less government control.This week we talk about the people who want to ban gas stoves, how U.S. energy is keeping the lights on in Europe, passive income scams, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s climate disclosure rule, and the educational entrepreneurs who are changing the way our children learn. Our interview this week is with Wayne Crews, the Fred L. Smith, Jr. Fellow in Regulatory Studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. We talk about the costs of federal regulation (now $2 trillion a year) and how Congress can help bring transparency and accountability back to the federal government. Free the Economy is hosted by Richard Morrison. Our producers are Scooter Schaefer and Phoebe Gersten. Keep up with the show by following us on Twitter.

Jan 5, 2023 • 44min
Defending the American Dream with Michael Strain
Free the Economy is a podcast focused on how we all can become happier, healthier, and wealthier in a world with less government control. This week we talk about investigating the Southwest Airlines holidays delays, the emerging problems with the electric vehicle revolution, the attack on Airbnb in New York City, a legal victory for home chefs in Wisconsin, and the winner of the Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year for 2022. Our interview this week is with the American Enterprise Institute’s Michael Strain. Michael is the author of The American Dream Is Not Dead: (But Populism Could Kill It), and we talk about how real blue-collar wages in America have not been stagnant for decades, despite what you might have heard. Free the Economy is hosted by Richard Morrison. Our producers are Scooter Schaefer and Phoebe Gersten. Keep up with the show by following us on Twitter.

Dec 22, 2022 • 35min
Deregulating Abundance with Alec Stapp
Free the Economy is a new podcast from the Competitive Enterprise Institute focused on how we all can become happier, healthier, and wealthier in a world with less government control. We believe in a voluntary society, where consent rather than force governs human interactions. And while the economy we have now offers many opportunities for financial success and self-fulfillment, we know we can do even better. This week we talk about creating a free-market agenda for Congress in 2023, the myth of stagnating wages, debates over ESG investing, and the future of the Federal Trade Commission. This week’s interview is with Institute for Progress co-founder and co-CEO Alec Stapp. Alec joins us to discuss energy, environmental policy, housing, and how regulatory reform can help create an “abundance agenda” for the United States. Thanks for listening - you can also follow and interact with the show on Twitter. Free the Economy is hosted by Richard Morrison. Our producers are Scooter Schaefer and Phoebe Gersten. Our technical advisor is Ryan Lynch. Our music was designed Taiga Sound Production and our logo was created by Scorpion 6. Free the Economy will be off the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, so Episode 2 will be coming to you in January. We’ll see you then.