Free The Economy

This week we cover the diamond jubilee of the Philadelphia Society, the cost of government regulation in the UK, the birth of the Abundance Institute, and the attempt to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s latest rule on credit card late fees. Our interview this week is with Kendall Cotton, president of the Frontier Institute. We talk about affordable housing, red versus blue in state politics, the glories of federalism, and how Montana can reclaim its crown as king of minerals and mining. Free the Economy is produced and hosted by Richard Morrison and edited and co-produced by Ryan Kracinski. 

This week we cover venture capitalists fighting red tape, challenges to electric vehicle adoption, Americans sleeping on the job, a possible vaccine for chlamydia, and political bias at National Public radio. Our interview this week is with Alexander Hammond, author of Heroes of Progress: 65 People Who Changed the World. We talk about the men and woman who improved life for millions of their fellow human beings, from Johannes Gutenberg and James Madison to Frederick Douglass and Norman Borlaug. Free the Economy is produced and hosted by Richard Morrison and edited and co-produced by Ryan Kracinski. 

This week we cover Gen Z job satisfaction, dumb biotech policy in the European Union, and figuring out how little the average American knows about taxes. Our interview this week is with Jenin Younes of the New Civil Liberties Alliance. We talk about social media, shadow banning, Covid-19, jawboning, and the limits of the First Amendment. Free the Economy is produced and hosted by Richard Morrison and edited and co-produced by Ryan Kracinski.

This week we cover how honeybees came back from colony collapse disorder, why you shouldn’t believe the government’s nutrition advice, and surprising new research on corporate profits and diverse management teams. Our interview this week is with Brad Polumbo of Based Politics and the Damage Control podcast. We talk about the wild world of online politics, including trolls, polarization, disinformation, and whether Congress should ban TikTok. Free the Economy is produced and hosted by Richard Morrison and edited and co-produced by Ryan Kracinski. 

This week we cover how to rebuild after the Baltimore bridge collapse, legal challenges to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new climate disclosure rule, and how China gets an edge by continuing to identify as a developing country. Our interview this week is with Liya Palagashvili of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. We’ll talk about jobs, full time vs. part time, contractors and gig work, California’s experiment with Assembly Bill 5, recent action from the Department of Labor, and why working mothers could really use more career flexibility. Free the Economy is produced and hosted by Richard Morrison and edited and co-produced by Ryan Kracinski. 

This week we cover the future of AI and employment, why we shouldn’t trust Chinese economic statistics, and how the Biden administration is sticking its nose into the global steel industry. Our interview this week is with Prof. Peter Jaworski of Georgetown University. We’ll talk about his new study about the ethics of organ and plasma donation, how compensating donors helps save lives, his book “Markets without Limits,” why you should go out and donate plasma right away, and what a world with more transplantable kidneys would look like. Free the Economy is produced and hosted by Richard Morrison and edited and co-produced by Ryan Kracinski. 

This week we cover the Securities and Exchange Commission’s controversial new rule on climate change, federal science policy and indigenous knowledge, and California’s curious Panera loophole to paying the state minimum wage. Our interview this week is with Walter Olson, senior fellow at the Cato Institute. We’ll talk about his new study about election integrity, “Efficient, Timely and Reliable: A Framework for Election Law.” We cover voter ID requirements, voter registration rules, Trump’s 2020 election lawsuits, and what individual states can do to make elections run smoother and count votes faster. 

This week we cover fake environmentalism and the need to build, a look at policymaking inside the National People’s Congress in China, the new normal for remote workers, and how the Federal Reserve is managing inflation worries and economic growth. Our interview this week is with Iain Murray, Vice President for Strategy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. We talk about his newly published study, “A New Birth of Freedom: Free Markets, the Institutions of Liberty, and the Common Good."

This week we cover an environmental conference in Miami, allegedly underfunded government schools, Google’s AI diversity debacle, and new data on how Americans are using social media. Our interview this week is with John Tillman, CEO of the American Culture Project. We talk about elite influence, independent voters, survey data, and cultural attitudes toward economic freedom. Free the Economy is produced and hosted by Richard Morrison and edited and co-produced by Ryan Kracinski. 

This week we cover the future of environmental policy, rare earth minerals in Wyoming, and what we can learn from the merger of Capital One and Discover. Our interview this week is with Deborah Collier, Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs at Citizens Against Government Waste. We talk about net neutrality, ISPs, the Federal Communication Commission, and how well the government does at managing its own tech and telecom projects.