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Free The Economy
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.
Episodes
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Ideological Diversity on the Right with Peter Lipsett
This week we cover Ray Dalio’s Big Debt Cycle, scandal in climate finance, jobs destroyed by tariffs, why AI can’t replace free markets, and the debut of the…
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Subsidies for Billionaires with David McGarry
This week we cover White House intervention in corporate ownership, the nation’s falling economic freedom ranking, and welcome new reforms to the Endangered…
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Welfare and Work with Kevin Corinth
This week we cover new inflation data, public attitudes about Social Security, and California’s self-inflicted energy crisis. Our interview this week is with…
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Girlbossing the Discourse with Emma Camp
This week we cover controversy at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, myths of the auto industry, and a new SPAC from the Trump kids. Our interview this week is…
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Crushing Capitalism with Norbert Michel
This week we cover the Trump administration’s AI action plan, Detroit’s unlikely rebirth, pushing back on EU tech regulation, and why the golden age of air…
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Costs and Benefits of Urban Transit with John Charles
This week we cover Dodd-Frank’s 15th anniversary, a victory for homeowners in Oregon, and an alternative to socialist grocery stores in New York City. Our…
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Corporate Responsibility and Taxpayer Protections with John Mozena
This week we cover Trump tariffs, Obama’s endorsement of housing abundance, and why the green energy industry needs more market discipline. Our interview this…
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AI Frontiers with Corbin Barthold
This week’s episode features Corbin Barthold, Internet Policy Counsel at TechFreedom and host of the Tech Policy Podcast. This is a special dual episode of…
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Alcohol Labels and Warnings with David Clement
This week we cover housing abundance in California, the meaning of a market economy, union privileges for government workers, and the decline in heart attack…
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Shareholders vs. Stakeholders with Jerry Bowyer
This week we cover the failure of postal banking, Trump (again) pausing the TikTok ban, and the political crack-up between unions and the Democratic party. Our…
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The Reagan Legacy in the 21st Century with Dan Rothschild
This week we cover FreedomFest 2025, the FDA’s block on effective sunblock, good news about critical minerals, and Walmart’s expanding drone fleet. Our…
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Drug Costs and Benefits with Sally Pipes
This week we cover reforms to the Endangered Species Act, attacks on U.S. tech firms, nuclear power innovation, and an exciting new book on environmental…
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Tariffs and Corruption with Justin Callais
This week we cover donor privacy, the DOGE legacy, and the impact of import taxes on the auto industry. Our interview this week is with Justin Callais, chief…
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Protecting Consumer Credit with Caroline Melear
This week we cover new research on trade and tariffs, how to understand market forces, and good news for coral reefs. Our interview this week is with Caroline…
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Next Steps for Nuclear with Deric Tilson
This week we cover Jamie Dimon on tariff jitters, the Tax Foundation on the One Big Beautiful Bill, Jesse Walker on Biden cheapfake accusations, and Devin…
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Reforming Medicaid with Brian Blase
This week we cover farm tariffs, the decline in green investing, and the effort to stop state governments from regulating AI. Our interview this week is with…
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Dear Mr. President with Destry Edwards
This week we cover the economic slowdown from tariffs, more accountability for independent agencies in the federal government, and riding the rails with the…
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Waste, Fraud, and Tax Hikes with Emily Ekins
This week we cover workplace injuries, MAGA antitrust in theory and practice, portable benefits for gig workers, and the new book Crushing Capitalism: How…
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Reforming Washington's 10,000 Commandments with Wayne Crews
This week we cover the political roots of totalitarianism, why we should put Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out to pasture, the World Bank’s pivot on nuclear…
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Economic Ideas for American Workers with Ryan Young
This week we cover teaching with AI, clearing the way for new nuclear development, and eliminating soda and candy from government food aid programs. Our…
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Trade Myths (and Facts) with Prof. Michael Coon
This week we cover smartphones for kids, insomnia and anxiety in pre-industrial times, and a blueprint for modernizing the Environmental Protection Agency. Our…
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An Affordable and Reliable Future with Gabriella Hoffman
This week we cover Republicans for the Green New Deal, diminishing returns from industrial policy in China, and the bottleneck on nuclear development in the…
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Working for a Better Tomorrow with Vinnie Vernuccio
This week we cover America’s founding principles, the Cato Institute’s recommendations for reforming financial regulation, why Republicans shouldn’t be busting…
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Tariffs, Tax Cuts, and Trustees with Dominic Pino
This week we cover retirement investing, pivoting to India, housing on federal land, and priorities for slashing federal spending. Our interview this week is…
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Broadcasting Liberty with Jeff Westling
This week we cover Trump tariffs, the death of the climate hawks, and California’s experiment with fast food wages. Our interview this week is with Jeff…
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Striving for Shareholder Value with Matt Cole
This week we cover executive branch powers at the Supreme Court, BP’s pivot back to being an oil and gas company, and the trials and tribulations of Bud Light…
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Alabama Does DOGE with Stephanie Smith
This week we cover poverty in Illinois, J.D. Vance on AI, the future of the Jones Act and the limits of the president’s impoundment powers. Our interview this…
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Defend Yourself from Debanking with Nick Anthony
This week we cover public confidence in the economy, California’s electric vehicle mandate, the prospect of a sovereign wealth fund for the U.S., and what…
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Pivot or Die with Gary Shapiro
This week we cover DEI mandates, financial surveillance at the Securities and Exchange Commission, medical fraud among Alzheimer's researchers, and why…
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Improving State Finances with OJ Oleka
Our interview this week is with OJ Oleka, CEO of the State Financial Officers Foundation. We’ll talk about how the new administration will affect state…
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Trump vs. the Regulatory State with Susan Dudley
This week we cover how the feds are forcing your bank to spy on you, a new strategy for housing abundance, and a promising new policy on crypto and digital…
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Able Americans with Rachel Barkley
This week we cover Trump’s executive orders, the demographics of the 119th Congress, our nation’s narrowing fiscal space, reforms to ESG investing, and a new…
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Welfare Costs and Benefits with Scott Winship
This week we cover the Los Angeles wildfires, reforms to high-skilled immigration, new leadership at the Department of Energy, legal peril for ESG investing…
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Draining the Swamp with Jim Bovard
This week we cover fake endangered species, Pennsylvania’s climate policy showdown, a robust defense of property rights in New York, and Biden’s lame-duck…
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Changes in Financial Regulation and ESG with Hester Peirce
This week we cover how Americans feel about their jobs, the minerals we’ll need to build the future, and lingering inflation fears. Our interview this week is…
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Mortgage Market Analysis with Mark Calabria
This week we cover weaponization of financial regulation, the Kroger-Albertsons merger, and a spirited defense of ultra-processed foods. Our interview this…
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Tax and Budget Showdown 2025 with Erica York
This week we cover new climate disclosure rules for public companies, the case against price controls on credit card networks, and why tariffs can’t pay for…
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The Value of Work with David Bahnsen
This week we cover new leadership at the SEC, China’s ban on critical mineral exports, conservative fiscal reform ideas, and the health toll of not embracing…
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Big Tech, Antitrust, and the Courts with Patrick Hedger
This week we cover the DOGE effort to reform government spending, survey results about transportation choices, and a sad loss for the liberty movement. Our…
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Political Drinking with Jarrett Dieterle
This week we cover student loans, revenue from tariffs, democracy in Hong Kong, and the impact of podcasts on the 2024 election. Our interview is with Jarrett…
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Debt and Taxes with Jack Salmon
This week we cover the death of ESG investing, next moves on regulatory reform, Wall Street enthusiasm for a new administration, and Saudi Arabia’s new city in…
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Nuclear Renaissance with Nick Loris
This week we cover a new vision for the Securities and Exchange Commission, affordable housing in Hong Kong, and how Millennials are killing it financially…
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Understanding the National Debt with Thomas Savidge
This week we cover whether Americans feel better off than they were four years ago, why we have more billion-dollar natural disasters than we used to, where…
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Freedom to Farm with Bill Wirtz
This week we cover a new ranking of state governors, reforms to emergency powers, new research on working from home, misguided mining policy, and a podcast…
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Removing Barriers to Abundance with Chris Koopman
This week we cover record-high budget deficits, green trade wars, and what U.S. adults are watching on TikTok. Our interview is with Abundance Institute CEO…
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Reforming Red Tape in the States with James Broughel
This week we cover striking dock workers at U.S. ports, free-market innovation in healthcare, and the changing pattern of federal transfer payments. Our…
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How to Sue the SEC with Nick Morgan
This week we cover entrepreneurship in Africa, a lawsuit over affordable luxury handbags, and European deforestation rules. Our interview this week is with…
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Economic Mobility in the 50 States with Gonzalo Schwarz
This week we cover poll results on corporate social responsibility, the plight of California landlords, hard times for cable TV, and the democratic deficit of…
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Why We Can’t Have Nice Things with Eric Boehm
This week we cover weaponized financial regulation, poverty policy beyond handouts, and Italy’s call to slow down the electric vehicle revolution. Our…
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The Future of Streaming with Geoff Manne
This week we cover social media censorship, automation at U.S. ports, and the property market crash in China. Our interview this week is with Geoffrey Manne…
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Searching for Digital Privacy with Jen Huddleston
This week we cover the new book “What Went Wrong with Capitalism?,” the problem with price controls, Gen Z employees calling in sick, and an upcoming…
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AI and the Future of Work with Patrick Carroll
This week we report from the State Policy Network’s annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona and some of the great reform proposals being put forward by groups like…
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Crypto Politics with Eric Peterson
This week we cover corporations playing politics, Florida’s ban on lab-grown meat, and a tale of two high-speed rail projects. Our interview this week is with…
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Economic Trends and Subsidies with Andrew Stuttaford
This week we cover weaponization of banking rules, the massive cost of federal regulation, and politicized pension fund management. Our interview this week is…
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Paying for Mass Transit with Marc Scribner
This week we cover California’s minimum wage for fast-food workers, overturning the FCC’s universal service fee, and pushing back on rude customers in Japan…
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Dead Malls and Retail Nostalgia with Sal Amadeo
This week we cover state-level regulatory reform, the opinions of Latino voters, Biden’s tax on stock buybacks, and another cool new podcast you should try…
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Inflation and Bidenomics with Kurt Couchman
This week we cover Capital One buying Discover, solutions for high housing prices, China’s soft-power investment strategy, and President Biden’s call for…
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The New Progress Movement with Ronald Bailey
This week we cover the end of Chevron deference at the Supreme Court, the economic impact of future Trump tariffs, the Federal Trade Commission’s effort to ban…
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Taxocracy with Scott Hodge
This week we cover how the SEC is going to spam investors with a deluge of low-quality disclosures, the Supreme Court’s decision on social media censorship in…
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Protecting Taxpayers with Timothy Sandefur
This week we cover the SEC’s new climate rule, the recent Supreme Court decision on income taxes, and why the Social Security Administration has finally…