Yes, Employers Can Require Employees to Be Vaccinated, But Should They? (Audio: Interview)
IPI Resident Scholar Merrill Matthews joins KMED's Bill Meyer Show to discuss the basis of employee mandates on the Covid vaccine and other health and safety measures.
Vaccine Mandates: Who Can? Who Can't? (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews leads a discussion about whether private employers can require vaccination for their employees, what exceptions might be possible, whether private businesses can require vaccinations or masks of their customers, and other related issues. It’s a great chance to think through the differences between government and the private sector, and to think about how different levels of government relate to each other, says IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
Biden and the Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
IPI Resident Scholar Merrill Matthews discusses the $1.7 trillion student loan debt owed to taxpayers and the possibility of another government shutdown on Houston’s Newsradio 740 KTRH.
Local Control vs. the State
Tom Giovanetti and Mark Davis (660AM the Answer) discuss the new reality of co-existing with Covid-19 and how this impacts the continuing struggle between state and local control.
IPI 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.
Which Administration Is the 'Party of Lawlessness' Now? (Audio: Podcast)
A day or so after the most breathtaking improper exercise of unconstitutional executive power in memory, IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews and IPI President Tom Giovanetti discuss the Biden administration’s renewal of the CDC’s moratorium on evictions (yes you read that right), and discuss the implications and problems of such a move.
IPI Policy Basics: What is a Price? (Audio: Podcast)
There’s a lot more going on behind the price of a pint of strawberries than just an arbitrary number. Prices convey information—an enormous amount of information. And if we understand the importance of price in signaling, rationing, and incentivizing production, then it’s obvious why government price controls and “price gouging” laws are a terrible idea.
The Texas Special Session That Wasn't (Audio: Podcast)
IPI’s Director of Development Addie Crimmins, with several years of experience in and around the Texas Legislature, talks us through the strange tale of the special session of the Texas Legislature that has been paralyzed by Democrat elected officials “leavin’ on a jet plane” and spending the special session in DC. With the occasional contribution by IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
IPI 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.
Biden's Economic Optimism Hits the Wall (Audio: Podcast)
With jobless claims increasing rather than declining, and with the infrastructure and budget resolution bills seemingly bogged down, President Biden’s economic agenda has hit rough sledding. And if the administration succeeds in getting their agenda through, will that help grow the economy or slow the recovery? And what can we learn from previous administrations in similar situations? IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews and President Tom Giovanetti discuss these and other relevant topics.
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