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IPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: What Are Tax Extenders and Why Do They Matter? (Audio: Podcast)IPI President Tom Giovanetti explains why every year the country is faces with the issues of tax extenders, why they are important but also why they are a symptom of a dysfunctional congressional process. With IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2023-12-1800 min
Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastWhat Trump Can Learn from Switzerland on Tariffs (Audio: Podcast)Switzerland is dropping almost all its tariffs, in order to reduce prices to consumers. Having enjoyed time in Switzerland, both IPI President Tom Giovanetti and IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews use this opportunity to discuss tariffs, why consumers rather than exporters pay them, and why in general tariffs should be avoided.
2023-12-1500 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastTrump Is Right--Obamacare Sucks (Audio: Podcast)Recently Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social media platform that "Obamacare sucks." We at IPI don't always agree with Trump's sentiments, but in this case, IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explains why Trump is right, and Obamacare has only made healthcare worse. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
2023-12-1100 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastWhen the Biden Administration Goes Marching In (Audio: Podcast)Today the Biden administration announced a proposal to aggressively use federal "march in" rights to seize patents from pharmaceutical companies and "other inventions." IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explains what march in rights are, and why what the Biden administration is proposing is very, very bad. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
2023-12-0800 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastBidenomics is Xi-conomics with American Characteristics (Audio: Podcast)IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews points out that Biden's agenda to fundamentally change and direct the U.S. economy from the Executive Branch mirrors the mistakes of authoritarian governments like China's trying to run the economy through command and control. And the conversation inspires IPI President Tom Giovanetti to rant about the importance of separation of powers and staying in your lane.
2023-12-0400 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastWho's Afraid of an Anarcho-Capitalist? (Audio: Podcast)We discuss Argentina, its tremendous natural resources and its history of terrible governance, in light of the recent election of self-proclaimed libertarian Javier Milei. IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews wish Milei the very best and praise the Argentine people for making the choice for change from Peronism.
2023-12-0100 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastAre There No Limits to the Biden Administration's FTC Power Grabs? (Audio: Podcast)When you elect a president, you don't just elect a single person--you elect a team of 3,000+ appointed bureaucrats and staffers. And Joe Biden's team is comprised of progressive left radicals like the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Lina Kahn. In addition to going after companies like Google and Amazon, and in addition to opposing even her own staff in opposing mergers, Kahn is going after prescription drug company's patents. But the "patent thicket" argument is largely bogus. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2023-11-1300 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastJoe Biden--Organized Crime's Best Friend (Audio: Podcast)By neglecting the border crisis, Joe Biden has created jobs--jobs with the cartels in Mexico and Central America. When there is a vacuum of law enforcement, criminal elements fill the void and find ways to profit. Cartels are now moving migrants as well as drugs across the border. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
2023-11-1000 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastStates Have Rainy Day Funds--Why Can't Washington? (Audio: Podcast)IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews shares data on how almost all U.S. states actually maintain rainy day funds, and also manage to balance their budgets and even run surpluses. So why can't Washington DC? With IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
2023-10-1600 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastDoes Big Tech Need More Regulation? (Audio: Podcast)IPI President Tom Giovanetti provides a backgrounder on the debate around the regulation of major internet platform companies, in anticipation of IPI's October 20th Distinguished Lecture Series luncheon. With IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2023-10-1300 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastFour Strikes and You're Out (Audio: Podcast)IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews discusses why labor actions and strikes have returned. Hint: Inflation, technological change, and a pro-union administration. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
2023-10-0900 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastAre Democrats Getting Mugged by Reality? (Audio: Podcast)With the shocking news that the Biden administration has resumed building a border wall (!), IPI President Tom Giovanetti wonders if Democrats are finally getting mugged by the reality of the results of their policies. Tom talks about the border crisis, the crime spike, and persistent inflation with IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2023-10-0600 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: The Wealth Effect (Audio: Podcast)IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explains the (mostly) psychological phenomenon of the Wealth Effect, which can accelerate either a good economy or a bad economy. And he uses "Bidenomics" as an illustration of an attempt to turn the reverse wealth effect into the wealth effect. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
2023-10-0200 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastIPI Policy Basics: The Wealth Effect (Audio: Podcast)IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explains the (mostly) psychological phenomenon of the Wealth Effect, which can accelerate either a good economy or a bad economy. And he uses "Bidenomics" as an illustration of an attempt to turn the reverse wealth effect into the wealth effect. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
2023-10-0200 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastLike a Recurring Bad Dream, Net Neutrality Is Back (Audio: Podcast)IPI has been involved with the "net neutrality" debate from the very beginning almost two decades ago. And now with the Biden administration, it's back. But what IS net neutrality, and why would it be harmful to the internet and to the US economy? IPI President Tom Giovanetti pontificates and IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews patiently listens.
2023-09-2900 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastLessons from Government Shutdowns (Audio: Podcast)With a federal government shutdown looming, IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews discusses his recent op/ed in The Hill reviewing the history of recent government shutdowns, and how the politics tends to play out. Hint: Republicans always get blamed. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
2023-09-2500 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastThey Don't Make Strikes Like They Used To (Audio: Podcast)With both Hollywood writers and United Auto Workers engaging in labor strikes, IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews discuss the declining power of labor unions, why unions strike during inflationary times, the Wage-Price Spiral, and the attitude conservatives should have toward labor unions.
2023-09-2200 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastThe Ten New Rules of American Politics (Audio: Podcast)IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews leads a fascinating discussion about a recent analysis by Doug Sosnik of current and emerging trends among the American electorate. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
2023-09-1500 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastIPI's Take on the First Republican Presidential Debate of 2024 (Audio: Podcast)IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews, Director of Development & Events Addie Crimmins, and President Tom Giovanetti share our thoughts and reactions to the first Republican Presidential Debate of the 2024 cycle. We discuss overall impression, FoxNews' production, who helped themselves, who hurt themselves, and who surprised. And we wonder if our impressions reflect at all the impressions of today's Republican Party.
2023-08-2500 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: A Look At the Gender Pay Gap (Audio: Podcast)What's the truth about the gender pay gap? Is it explained by misogyny and discrimination, or by the choices women make? Maybe a combination of the two? Is it getting better? And with women outnumbering men in colleges, universities, and graduate programs, is it about to disappear altogether? IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews shares some information from the book "The Myth of Inequality" on the gender pay gap with IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
2023-08-1400 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastIPI Policy Basics: A Look At the Gender Pay Gap (Audio: Podcast)What's the truth about the gender pay gap? Is it explained by misogyny and discrimination, or by the choices women make? Maybe a combination of the two? Is it getting better? And with women outnumbering men in colleges, universities, and graduate programs, is it about to disappear altogether? IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews shares some information from the book "The Myth of Inequality" on the gender pay gap with IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
2023-08-1400 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastWho Is the Most Reaganesque of the GOP Presidential Candidates? (Audio: Podcast)Ronald Reagan put together an astonishing coalition that led to not only election and reelection, but also sweeping improvements to both America's domestic economy and international standing. What was it about Reagan that attracted such a winning and successful coalition, and do any of the current Republican presidential candidates resemble him in any way? A conversation between IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews and IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
2023-08-1100 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastA New (?) Conservative Blueprint for Healthcare Reform (Audio: Podcast)IPI Resident Scholar and healthcare policy expert Dr. Merrill Matthews explains a new-ish effort on the part of some conservative policy experts, which sound to IPI President Tom Giovanetti an awfully lot like the same sound healthcare policies conservatives have been pushing for the last two decades.
2023-08-0700 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: How Third-Party Candidates Affect Presidential Elections (Audio: Podcast)IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews takes us through the history of third-party presidential candidates in recent history, explaining that third party candidates never come close to winning but in some cases the third party candidate has arguable affected the outcome of the election. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
2023-07-3100 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: How Should We Think About Artificial Intelligence? (Audio: Podcast)We welcome IPI Research Fellow Dr. Dan Garretson to help us with an explainer on artificial intelligence (AI): What it is, what it isn't, and how should we think about its impact on consumers, the economy, and the future? IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews demonstrates how "2001: A Space Odyssey" influences his thinking, and IPI President Tom Giovanetti can't resist asserting that a free society gives us all the tools we need to manage technological revolutions.
2023-07-0700 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: In Politics, Compromise Is a Virtue, Not a Vice (Audio: Podcast)IPI President Tom Giovanetti explains at least part of the current dysfunction of Congress, and the dysfunction of the Republican Party, by explaining that while compromise may be a vice in religion, theology and ethics, compromise is the essence of democracy. Compromise is simply negotiation, and negotiation is necessary for self-government. Otherwise, we fall into the biggest concern of the Founders; namely, that a faction gains political power and then rules over their opponents. We see this play out when parties think they can only accomplish things when they control both Congress and the White House until the next midterm...
2023-06-1900 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: What Is Industrial Policy, and Why Shouldn't We Have One? (Audio: Podcast)The recent Obama and Trump administrations have progressively moved in the direction of industrial policy, but the Biden administration has jumped in with both feet. Oddly, some conservatives are increasingly comfortable with the government using industrial policy to influence outcomes they favor. In this IPI Policy Basics podcast, IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explain what industrial policy is, and why it's largely incompatible with a limited government, free-market philosophy, while also acknowledging that political reality will always be pushing toward rather than against elements of industrial policy.
2023-03-3100 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Modern Monetary Theory, R.I.P. (Audio: Podcast)What is "Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)," and what is it in contrast with? IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews and IPI President Tom Giovanetti discuss the heterodox economic theory that promises government can print and spend as much money as it wants to with little or no downside, and asks the musical question "But wouldn't that cause inflation?" We talk a little monetary policy, a little Milton Friedman, a little neoclassical economics, and conclude that MMT is a load of bunk.
2023-03-2400 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: There's Nothing Wrong with Stock Buybacks (Audio: Podcast)What are stock buybacks, and why have Democrats decided that stock buybacks should be discouraged/punished/banned? IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explain what stock buybacks are and why Democrats have wrongly demonized them.
2023-03-1000 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Every Law Should Have an Expiration Date (Audio: Podcast)In legislation, "sunset" means that a law or agency or regulation has a built-in date at which it disappears in a poof of common sense unless specifically reauthorized by the legislature. This is a good idea that would prevent the continual accumulation of archaic, redundant and overlapping government functions. Sunset review is a forcing function that would create predictable opportunities to review, modify, modernize and streamline government functions, and to occasionally phase out unnecessary functions. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2023-02-1000 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: The Role of Layoffs in the Economy (Audio: Podcast)No one wants to be involuntarily released from their employment, but in a growing economy, layoffs represent the redeployment of human capital from less-productive to more-productive uses. With this understanding, policymakers should make it as easy as possible for people to change jobs and forms of income generation. Any policy that makes it harder to change jobs, start a business, or work a "gig economy" job creates friction slowing down the most efficient deployment of human capital. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2023-01-2700 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Should We Limit the Debt Limit? (Audio: Podcast)What is the debt ceiling, and why do we have it? How often does the debt ceiling come up, and isn't it an anachronism, since Congress has already authorized that spending? Or is any leverage over spending worth preserving? IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explain and discuss the debt ceiling, and remind us that the core problem is spending, not the debt limit.
2023-01-1300 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Regular Order, How Congress Is Supposed to Work (Audio: Podcast)What is "regular order" for Congress and why is that better governance than the annual drama and circus we see now every year with continuing resolutions and gigantic, must-pass omnibus spending bills? Was the old way better? Tom Giovanetti, Merrill Matthews.
2022-12-1600 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Who Are the Uninsured? (Audio: Podcast)IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews talks us through an analysis of the composition of the uninsured population in the United States. IPI President Tom Giovanetti reminds us of the problem of large numbers, and both conclude that the problem of the uninsured is exaggerated or at least overestimated.
2022-10-3100 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: The Student Loan Problem--Causes and Solutions (Audio: Podcast)On the occasion of the Biden administration announcing its $500 billion "forgiveness" of student loan debt, IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews discuss the origin and causes of the student loan problem, whether it's as big of a problem as claimed, why "forgiveness" involves a truckload of moral hazard, and how we would address the problem of skyrocketing college tuition and debt.
2022-08-2600 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Why Fossil Fuels Became our Dominant Source of Energy (Audio: Podcast)Fossil fuels are naturally energy dense, can be relatively easily transported, and can be stored indefinitely for future use. These three characteristics are why the world's economy migrated to fossil fuels as soon as they were discovered, and it's why any transition to renewable energy sources faces these three challenges, because most renewables are not energy dense, cannot be easily transported, and cannot be stored indefinitely for future use. With former CFO of Vine Energy Wayne Stoltenberg, IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews, and IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
2022-08-2000 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: What Is a Supply Chain? (Audio: Podcast)Lots of chatter lately about supply chain problems, so the Institute for Policy Innovation is proud to host Research Fellow Prof. Daniel Ogden, (among other things) Adjunct Instructor of International Business at Baylor University, to explain the basics. In conversation with IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2022-07-2900 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: What Is a Recession and Why Does It Matter? (Audio: Podcast)In this episode, IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews discuss the various definitions of recession, what causes recessions, what's the harm of recession, and are there any possible silver linings to a recession? Are recessions always unintentional, or are they sometimes intentional?
2022-07-2200 min
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2022-07-0445 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Self-Government and the Superiority of the Legislative Branch (Audio: Podcast)Solo this time, IPI President Tom Giovanetti explains that the very idea of self-government means rules agreed to through compromise and consensus-building, rather than being imposed on an unwilling people. If there is no consensus, there should be no rule. And because rules imposed by the Judicial Branch or the Executive Branch violate this principle, the Legislative Branch is the superior branch of government, as intended by the Founders. But sadly, today this is not how things function, and it's part of the reason for the dysfunction and dissatisfaction with our American government.
2022-05-2700 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: The Private Space Revolution (Audio: Podcast)One thing the Obama administration got right was shifting NASA's space program toward reliance on private space launch providers, which has led to an environment of much more rapid innovation, lower costs to taxpayers, and the emergence of multiple competing providers. IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews discuss how the private space revolution is yet another example of how the private sector does things better, faster, and cheaper.
2022-05-2000 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Permissionless Innovation vs. the Precautionary Principle (Audio: Podcast)IPI Senior Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland guides a discussion with IPI President Tom Giovanetti about the importance of permissionless innovation, and the problems with its opposite--the precautionary principle.
2022-05-0600 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: The Impact of Inflation on Your Taxes (Audio: Podcast)IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explain why inflation can result in taxes paid on false gains because capital gains tax rates and other taxes on assets are not indexed for inflation, and that income tax brackets in many states are also not indexed for inflation.
2022-04-2200 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Tax Rates vs. Tax Revenues (Audio: Podcast)When a politician talks about "cutting taxes," what does she mean? Usually, she means reducing marginal tax rates, but what are those? And what's the difference between marginal tax rates, effective tax rates, average tax rates, and tax revenue? Does raising marginal tax rates automatically raise tax revenues? IPI President Tom Giovanetti explains, with the able assistance of Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2022-04-1500 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: When the Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates (Audio: Podcast)To what degree does the Federal Reserve control interest rates on home mortgages, credit cards and bank savings accounts? Why does the Federal Reserve raise or lower rates? And what rate does the Federal Reserve actually control? The basics of Federal Reserve action with IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2022-03-1800 min
Conservative CommandoConservative Commandos - 3/14/22Dan Gainor Vice President of Free Speech America and Business, at the Media Research Center. He’s also a veteran editor whose work has been published or cited in most of the nation’s top publications and broadcast programs. TOPIC: Energy and gasoline prices and how Biden caused this!!Tom Giovanetti President of the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI). Mr. Giovanetti writes for IPI and for other publications on a wide variety of policy topics including taxes and economic growth, civil liberties and constitutional protections, judicial supremacy, intellectual property, Social Security personal accounts, communications and Internet policy, and out...
2022-03-132h 01
Conservative Commandos Radio Show#CONSERVATIVE-COMMANDOS #DanGainor #TomGiovanetti #SecondAmendment #Taiwan #STATE-OF-THE-UNION #PUTIN #NATO #Ukraine #Uncanceled #Om 3-11-22CONSERVATIVE COMMANDOS RADIO SHOW. TODAYS GUESTS AND TOPICS... Dan Gainor Vice President of Free Speech America and Business, at the Media Research Center. He’s also a veteran editor whose work has been published or cited in most of the nation’s top publications and broadcast programs. TOPIC: Energy and gasoline prices and how Biden caused this!!Tom Giovanetti President of the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI). Mr. Giovanetti writes for IPI and for other publications on a wide variety of policy topics including taxes and economic growth, civil liberties and constitutional protections, judicial supr...
2022-03-122h 00IPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: The Perils and Pitfalls of Modelling (Audio: Podcast)No, not fashion modelling or Instagram modelling, though we're sure there are perils and pitfalls there, too. This episode is about using mathematical models and computers to try to predict outcomes. Riffing off of IPI's experience and knowledge of economic modelling, IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews draw some conclusions about climate change modelling as well. Hint: Models are just not very accurate.
2022-02-2300 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: When Congress Doesn't Act, Congress Still Has Acted (Audio: Podcast)When you hear a president say "If Congress Won't Act, I will," red flags should go off in your head. That's because when Congress does not legislate, that is Congress CHOOSING to not legislate. Congress choosing to do nothing is just as important, if not more important, than Congress choosing to do something. Or so it seems to IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2022-01-2900 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: The Three Types of Taxes (Audio: Podcast)Beginning a series on basics of tax, IPI President Tom Giovanetti explains taxes on what we earn, taxes on what we buy, and taxes on what we own, with the able assistance of fellow taxpayer and IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2022-01-1400 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: The Debt Obligations of the Federal Government Are Much Bigger than You Think (Audio: Podcast)Beyond the "national debt," which has skyrocketed in the past decade, the real total obligations of the federal government include the future obligations of Social Security, Medicare, federal employee pensions, military pensions and more. It's not a pretty picture. IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews discuss federal deficits, debt, entitlements, and the threat this debt service poses to future generations.
2021-12-1900 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Is Antitrust the Right Solution to the Problem? (Audio: Podcast)IPI Senior Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland talks through the right way to think about antitrust policy. When is a company "too big?" Are there benefits to scale? What's the consumer welfare standard, and isn't any alternative to the consumer welfare standard just arbitrary? With IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
2021-12-1500 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Social Media Regulation, Section 230, and the First Amendment (Audio: Podcast)IPI Senior Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland and IPI President Tom Giovanetti have an extensive conversation explaining the origins of Section 230, and the insurmountable First Amendment problems with states trying to compel social media platforms to host speech they don't want to host.
2021-12-1000 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Why Are Lower Taxes Better than Higher Taxes? (Audio: Podcast)There are moral, economic, philosophical, and political reasons why lower taxes are better than higher taxes. It's not just about the greediness of taxpayers. IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Merrill Matthews discuss lower vs. higher taxes from the perspective of government, the perspective of earners, and the political perspective.
2021-11-1100 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Supply Creates Its Own Demand (Audio: Podcast)A fundamental issue in economics, a law described by French economist Jean-Baptiste Say in 1803 asserts that production is necessary before any consumption can take place; therefore, production comes first, and is more important. Production creates economic growth, and demand essentially takes care of itself. This is in dramatic opposition to Keynesian economics, which posits that government should encourage consumption through borrowing and deficit spending, and that increasing demand will stimulate production. IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explain why Say's Law (and thus supply-side economics) is correct and why Keynesian, demand-side economics is wrong. And Senior...
2021-10-2100 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Not All Tax Cuts Are Created Equal (Audio: Podcast)Tax cuts can have a strong impact on economic growth, or none at all--it depends on whether the tax cut encourages private sector investment. IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews and President Tom Giovanetti look back at the IPI archives to a 2001 study that ranked different types of tax cuts based on their impact on economic growth. Hint: Tax cuts designed to "put more money in people's pockets" aren't going to get the job done.
2021-10-1400 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: What's Wrong with Social Security, and How Do We Fix It? (Audio: Podcast)IPI President Tom Giovanetti describes Social Security's structural, demographic and financial problems, and explains that there are solutions and it's not rocket science, if only our elected officials would pay attention.
We focus particularly on Personal Retirement Accounts. Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews describes how three counties in Texas have demonstrated for 40 years that Personal Retirements Accounts can safely outperform Social Security's miserable rates of return.
2021-10-0700 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: What Is Compelled Speech and Why Is It Important? (Audio: Podcast)Most people understand that the First Amendment protects Americans from government censorship of their speech, but more poorly understood is that it also protects Americans from government compelled speech. Government cannot compel private actors to "support" speech they do not agree with, and this has enormous policy implications for both right-leaning efforts to regulate social media, and left-leaning efforts to punish conscientious objectors like Jack Phillips, the Christian baker in Colorado. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2021-10-0100 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: The Goal Should be Energy Abundance (Audio: Podcast)There is no need for fossil fuel advocates to bash renewable energy, and vice versa. Instead, we should all be pursuing energy abundance as a strategy, and encouraging an "all of the above" approach. Innovation in energy should be favored by all, whether it's innovation in cleaner burning fossil fuels, solar and wind, geothermal, or nuclear. There is no reason to discourage a single megawatt from being produced from any energy source, and large-scale storage has the potential to radically create new energy markets and new opportunities. Led by IPI President Tom Giovanetti, with Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2021-09-1700 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Where Do Our Rights Come From? (Audio: Podcast)IPI President Tom Giovanetti explains that our rights come neither from government, from the Bill of Rights, or from the Constitution, and thus are not limited to those enumerated in the Bill of Rights. Further, if your rights come from government or a document, government can take your rights away by changing the document. With IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2021-08-2700 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: The Proper Use of Eminent Domain (Audio: Podcast)Eminent domain, or the taking of property for a public use, is a perfectly constitutional, if sometimes controversial, function of government and government-approved private actors. So long as the constitutional requirements are met--that it be for a public use and the owner receive just compensation, eminent domain is legitimate. But what is a public use? And what is just compensation? And was the Kelo decision right or wrong? IPI President Tom Giovanetti leads a discussion about eminent domain with the assistance of Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews
2021-08-2000 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: What Is Dynamic Scoring? (Audio: Podcast)Trying to not get TOO deep into the weeds, IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explain why treating the economy as dynamic rather than static, and treating consumers and businesses as rational rather than stupid, is the right way to try to estimate the results of policy changes on the budget and the overall economy.
2021-08-0600 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Put Not Your Trust in Polling (Audio: Podcast)In a recent polling industry autopsy of the 2020 election, pollsters themselves acknowledge that they don't know why their numbers were skewed by about 4% in favor of Joe Biden and Democrats. "It's time to stop paying attention to pollsters," says IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews. And IPI President Tom Giovanetti thinks that's a great idea, since polling has a pernicious effect on our political system.
2021-07-2200 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Why is Zero Sum Economic Thinking Wrong? (Audio: Podcast)What is zero-sum thinking, and is it appropriate for economic policy? Is the pie static, or can we have more pie? And was Donald Trump the ultimate zero-sum politician? By IPI President Tom Giovanetti with Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2021-07-1600 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Local Control Is NOT a Governing Principle (Audio: Podcast)Long-awaited opportunity for IPI President Tom Giovanetti to talk about one of his favorite policy issues. Almost everyone, conservatives and liberals alike, thinks local control is a governing principle, and that state legislatures have no business intruding on local issues. But as Tom explains (and rants a little), this is a misunderstanding of the structure of our constitutional system and results in cities enacting all sorts of policies that erode economic liberty, property rights, and individual liberty. IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews tries to get a few words in edgewise but mostly this is Tom's rant.
2021-07-0100 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: The Failure of the Market Failure Excuse (Audio: Podcast)What is "market failure?" Do markets fail, or is that just an excuse used by government bureaucrats to regulate industries, start antitrust investigations, and create new programs and entitlements? Are there ways to address gaps in markets without blowing the whole thing up? Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews guides us through the issue of supposed market failures, and IPI President Tom Giovanetti shares his thoughts.
2021-06-1800 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Facts about the Presidential Election (Audio: Podcast)With rumors swirling that some expect Donald Trump to be "reinstated" as president at some point, IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews and IPI President Tom Giovanetti discuss the facts about the presidential election and process, and attempt to provide some perspective going forward.
2021-06-1100 min
IPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Facts about the Presidential Election (Audio: Podcast)With rumors swirling that some expect Donald Trump to be "reinstated" as president at some point, IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews and IPI President Tom Giovanetti discuss the facts about the presidential election and process, and attempt to provide some perspective going forward.
2021-06-1122 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: The CIA's History, Mission and Challenges in a Changing World (Audio: Podcast)IPI Resident Scholar Merrill Matthews talks with former longtime CIA official Kevin Hulbert who was involved in counterintelligence, counterterrorism, cybersecurity and covert actions. Their discussion centers on the founding, history, mission and current challenges facing America's premier spy and intelligence-gathering agency.
2021-06-0329 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Tax Competition is a Feature, Not a Bug (Audio: Podcast)The Government Class may hate it, but tax competition is a feature, not a bug. What they call a "race to the bottom" is actually strategic pressure to hold governments in check. Attempts among state or national governments to coordinate tax policy should be seen for what it is--collusion to eliminate competition and unleash ever bigger government. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2021-05-2800 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Tax Competition is a Feature, Not a Bug (Audio: Podcast)The Government Class may hate it, but tax competition is a feature, not a bug. What they call a "race to the bottom" is actually strategic pressure to hold governments in check. Attempts among state or national governments to coordinate tax policy should be seen for what it is--collusion to eliminate competition and unleash ever bigger government. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2021-05-2831 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Inflation Is the Most Miserable Tax of All (Audio: Podcast)With the undeniable return of inflation, at least for now, IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews discuss the current causes of inflation and the return of the "Misery Index."
2021-05-2100 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Inflation Is the Most Miserable Tax of All (Audio: Podcast)With the undeniable return of inflation, at least for now, IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews discuss the current causes of inflation and the return of the "Misery Index."
2021-05-2122 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Pro-Markets, not Pro-Business (Audio: Podcast)There's a reason we describe ourselves as pro-markets and not as pro-business, but too many times policymakers don't seem to know the difference and think they are supposed to be representing the interests of businesses. But if consumer welfare is the goal, policymakers should defend markets rather than businesses. IPI president Tom Giovanetti rants about his recent experience testifying before the Texas Legislature, joined by Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2021-05-1321 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Pro-Markets, not Pro-Business (Audio: Podcast)There's a reason we describe ourselves as pro-markets and not as pro-business, but too many times policymakers don't seem to know the difference and think they are supposed to be representing the interests of businesses. But if consumer welfare is the goal, policymakers should defend markets rather than businesses. IPI president Tom Giovanetti rants about his recent experience testifying before the Texas Legislature, joined by Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2021-05-1300 min
This Machine Kills68. Fight for Your Right (to Repair)We give y’all a primer on the debates about the “right to repair.” Corporations and conservative think tankers love spouting bad faith arguments that frame the right to repair as an issue of innovation, property, and nationalism. But their lobbying against it really boils down to running interference in favor of ongoing expansions of rentier capitalism and digital enclosure, all while trying to resolve the dual crises of overproduction and underconsumption.
Some stuff we reference:
• ‘Right to Repair’ Is Bad for Your Health | Tom Giovanetti: wsj.com/articles/right-to-repair-is-bad-for-your-health-11619986159
• Right to Repair Roundup: One Step Forward, One to the Side | Jerri-L...
2021-05-131h 11IPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Why Attempting to Regulate Speech on Social Media Platforms Is a Bad Idea (Audio: Podcast)The Facebook Oversight Board released its decision supporting the suspension of Donald Trump's Facebook account but chiding Facebook for inconsistency and demanding that Facebook come up with clear, equally enforceable rules. This seems like a good time to summarize all the reasons why conservatives should not be attempting to use government power to regulate speech on social media platforms. With helpful contributions from Addie Crimmins, IPI's Director of Development and Events.
2021-05-0636 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: 'Right to Repair' Is a Trojan Horse and a Threat to American Innovation (Audio: Podcast)"Right to Repair" initiatives in the states seem reasonable but are actually Trojan Horse proposals designed to undermine intellectual property protection, but were they to succeed American innovation would be undermined and consumer safety would be compromised. With the assistance of IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2021-04-3018 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: What Is Intellectual Property and Why Is it Important? (Audio: Podcast)In honor of World IP Day, IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland discuss why intellectual property protection is important, and why IPI hosts annual World IP Day Policy Briefings.
2021-04-2200 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics Podcast: No, Markets Aren't Perfect--They're Just Better than the Alternatives (Audio: Podcast)Those of us who are proponents of free-markets are under no obligation to argue that markets are perfect--just that they are better than the alternatives of pillaging, communism, socialism, and attempts to manage the economy from the top-down by government bureaucrats. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2021-04-0100 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics Podcast: No, Markets Aren't Perfect--They're Just Better than the Alternatives (Audio: Podcast)Those of us who are proponents of free-markets are under no obligation to argue that markets are perfect--just that they are better than the alternatives of pillaging, communism, socialism, and attempts to manage the economy from the top-down by government bureaucrats. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
2021-04-0122 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: What Is Moral Hazard? (Audio: Podcast)In this episode, IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews discuss the concept of moral hazard in public policy, and why every new proposal should be examined for whether it contains any moral hazard. And once you understand moral hazard, you start to see it in almost everything government touches.
2021-03-2600 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Fixing the Filibuster (Audio: Podcast)Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews and IPI President Tom Giovanetti discuss the history of the filibuster, it's role in the Senate, what's going wrong, and how it might be fixed without being completely eliminated.
2021-03-1219 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Fixing the Filibuster (Audio: Podcast)Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews and IPI President Tom Giovanetti discuss the history of the filibuster, it's role in the Senate, what's going wrong, and how it might be fixed without being completely eliminated.
2021-03-1200 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Prescription Drug Development and the Miracle of the Covid-19 Vaccine(s) (Audio: Podcast)IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews describes some of the hurdles of prescription drug development, why the development of the Covid-19 vaccines is such a success story, and what we might learn from this experience. With comments by IPI president Tom Giovanetti.
2021-03-0500 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Our Rights Are Not Absolute (Audio: Podcast)All of our rights are important and worth defending, but none of our rights are absolute. And assuming a right is an absolute right leads to bad policy thinking, as explained by IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
2021-02-0500 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: What is Net Neutrality, and Why Doesn't It Matter? (Audio: Podcast)IPI President Tom Giovanetti, joined by Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews, explains that while the meaning of "net neutrality" has morphed several times over the last decade, it has always been driven by a distrust of privately owned networks, a bias against private ownership of infrastructure, and trust that government regulation makes things better.
2021-01-2800 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: What is Net Neutrality, and Why Doesn't It Matter? (Audio: Podcast)IPI President Tom Giovanetti, joined by Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews, explains that while the meaning of "net neutrality" has morphed several times over the last decade, it has always been driven by a distrust of privately owned networks, a bias against private ownership of infrastructure, and trust that government regulation makes things better.
2021-01-2834 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: The Government and the Country Are Not the Same Things (Audio: Podcast)IPI President Tom Giovanetti explains that government is itself a special interest, and it more often looks after its own interests than those of the country. Too often, policy and political discussions talk about the federal government as if it is a proxy for the country. But more often than not, what's best for the federal government is not what's best for the country, and vice versa. In this podcast Tom is ably assisted by IPI Director of Development & Events, Addie Crimmins.
2021-01-2200 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Consumer Welfare Should Always Come First (Audio: Podcast)IPI President Tom Giovanetti, with the help of Dr. Merrill Matthews, explains why policy should put what's best for consumers ahead of what's best for producers and competitors in the areas of trade and antitrust, and also ahead of what's best for politicians.
2021-01-1400 min
The Supply SideTom Giovanetti InterviewTom Giovanetti is the President of the Institute for Policy Innovation in the United States. The Institute is a free-market policy think tank that focuses on issues related to economic growth, innovation, limited government and individual liberty. In this special interview we explore crucial issues related to government policy, tax, stable money, innovation and much more.
2020-12-201h 42IPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: A Primer on Price Controls (Audio: Podcast)Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explains how government price controls distort price signals and thus cause distortions in markets, which harm competition, innovation, and consumer choice.
2020-12-1836 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: The Knowledge Problem (Audio: Podcast)IPI President Tom Giovanetti explains the important policy concept of F.A. Hayek's "knowledge problem" from his 1947 essay "The Use of Knowledge in Society" and its relevance to policy, central planning, and humility in government.
2020-12-1100 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: No One Knows How to Make a Pencil (Audio: Podcast)IPI President Tom Giovanetti explains the famous 1958 policy essay "I, Pencil" by Leonard Read, and its clever illustration of the superiority of voluntary economic cooperation over top-down central planning.
2020-12-0300 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: The Broken Window Fallacy (Audio: Podcast)IPI President Tom Giovanetti discusses the "broken window fallacy," and three key lessons it teaches us about how to think about policy.
2020-11-1200 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Five Key Turning Points in the Quest for US Energy Independence (Audio: Podcast)Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explains the five key turning points that have shaped US energy independence, going back to "peak oil" and the shortages of the 1970s, to the fracking revolution and US oil exports. Part of our IPI Policy Basics audio reference library.
2020-11-0520 minThe Rory Sauter Show - Episode 265Today's Show : CEO of Institute For Policy Innovation, Tom Giovanetti calls in, U.S. Congressional Candidate From California & Political Consultant, Johnny Nalbandian calls in, U.S. Congressional Candidate From California, Mike Cargile calls in, U.S. Congressional Candidate From Virginia, Jeff Dove calls in, Popular Activist, Mike Harlow calls in, Political Professor & Best Selling Author, Mark Hall calls in, Political Operative, Corey Jones calls in, Military Expert, Andrew Knaggs calls in, Producer/Director, Frank Panico calls in, Actor, Gianni Rodriguez Parris calls in, President Trump Signs Exec Order to Curb Big Tech's ‘Unchecked Power', Donald Trump...
2020-05-2900 min
America Can We Talk w/ Debbie GeorgatosPrager and Free Speech; Is SCOTUS Supreme?; Tweet Storm Blowback; #FeminExit 7.17.19Prager, Free Speech, America’s FutureIs SCOTUS Supreme? IPI’s Tom Giovanetti joins meTweet Storm Blowback#FeminExit: Women Support TrumpFollow Debbie Georgatos!WEBSITE: http://americacanwetalk.orgFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AmericaCanWe...Author of Ladies, Can We Talk, a book that inspires women to recognize our influence on our country’s future, through our power in the voting booth, and our increased participation in the national political conversation.
2019-07-1746 min
Nerdonomy: Nerds on FilmT**ties. Explosions. Tom Cruise’s Face.In which we talk about bad movies that had amazing trailers.
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2018-08-2000 minNerdonomy: Nerds on FilmTom Hardy MouthThis week, the Nerds discuss the Mad Max Trilogy and their expectations for the newest installment Mad Max: Fury Road. Click here if the media player does not load.
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