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.

Free The Economy is a news podcast hosted by Competitive Enterprise Institute, with 188 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Competitive Enterprise Institute hosts Free The Economy, a news show with 188 episodes published.

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  Episode #188

  Housing Abundance and Affordability with Luca Gattoni-Celli

  Aug 20, 20261 hour

  This week we cover the advantages of a strong U.S. dollar, a dashboard for extreme weather events, and how to get infrastructure permitting moving again. Our interview is with Luca Gattoni-Celli, Senior Fellow for Housing at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP). We’ll talk about affordability, zoning, fire codes, NIMBYism, discretionary review, and how to craft policy for housing abundance. Keep up with new episodes by following us on Twitter at @freethe_economy and read our episode summaries, with links to the stories we cover, at cei.org/blog. Interview transcripts are at greatcapitalism.substack.com.

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  Episode #187

  The Future of Climate Science with Roger Pielke, Jr.

  Aug 13, 202646 min

  This week we cover unemployment data, stadium subsidies, and how Americans feel about the U.S. economy right now. Our interview is with climate scientist and American Enterprise Institute senior fellow Roger Pielke, Jr. We talk about climate science, academic politics, fossil fuels vs. renewables, and the future of energy policy. Keep up with new episodes by following us on Twitter at @freethe_economy and read our episode summaries, with links to the stories we cover, at cei.org/blog. Interview transcripts are at greatcapitalism.substack.com.

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  Episode #186

  The Independence Index with Marc Wheat

  Aug 6, 202656 min

  This week we cover auto tariffs, electricity supply and demand, and the future of the trucking workforce. Our interview is with Marc Wheat, General Counsel of Advancing American Freedom (AAF). We talk about the latest major publication from AAF, the Independence Index , for which Marc wrote the foreword and to which many of his colleagues contributed content. Keep up with new episodes by following us on Twitter at @freethe_economy and read our episode summaries, with links to the stories we cover, at cei.org/blog. Interview transcripts are at greatcapitalism.substack.com.

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  Episode #185

  Founder’s Fire with Arthur Herman

  Jul 30, 20261h 16m

  This week we cover Social Security reform, what’s fueling state migration, and whether using prediction markets could impact your right to vote. This week Competitive Enterprise Institute Vice President Iain Murray interviews historian and author Arthur Herman about his most recent book, “Founder’s Fire: From 1776 to the Age of Trump.” Keep up with new episodes by following us on Twitter at @freethe_economy and read our episode summaries, with links to the stories we cover, at cei.org/blog. Interview transcripts are at greatcapitalism.substack.com.

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  Episode #184

  Questioning the AI Jobs Doomsday with Sean Higgins

  Jul 23, 20261h 1m

  This week we cover making home appliances great again, fighting price controls on healthcare, research on AI-fueled entrepreneurship, and a big new event on administrative law and the federal bureaucracy. Sean Higgins, research fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute specializing in labor and employment issues. We talk about his latest study, “Don’t Panic: A Skeptic’s Guide to the AI Jobs Doomsday.” Keep up with new episodes by following us on Twitter at @freethe_economy and read our episode summaries, with links to the stories we cover, at cei.org/blog. Interview transcripts are at greatcapitalism.substack.com.

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