IPI 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.
The Threat and Consequences of Rising Inflation (Audio: Interview)
Talk show host Robert Pratt interviews IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews about the threat and consequences of rising inflation.
The ProPublica Tax Scandal (Audio: Podcast)
This week ProPublica released personal tax information it obtained from an anonymous source, which is a criminal act under federal law. IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews discuss why this is such a significant problem, why there are laws against such disclosures, and what might be the policy implications from this incident.
IPI 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.
Joe Biden's Plan for a Fatter, Meaner IRS (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Merrill Matthews asks tax expert Dan Pilla to explain the three false assumptions behind President Joe Biden's plan to vastly expand the Internal Revenue Service's enforcement capabilities in an effort to capture allegedly billions of uncollected tax dollars.
IPI 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.
What 'I, Pencil' Could Teach Joe Biden about Supply Chains (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explains why plans to try to determine supply chains by government from the top down are doomed to fail, because they fail to apprehend the tremendous efficiency and complexity of supply chains formed by the voluntary cooperation of free people. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
IPI 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.
States Should 'Just Say No' to Federal Unemployment Largess (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explains how the federal government is competitively bidding against the private sector for the time of unemployed workers through its overgenerous and unnecessary $300/wk addition to state unemployment benefits. And IPI President Tom Giovanetti agrees.
IPI 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.”
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