IPI 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.
Guess Who Wants to Cut Taxes for the Rich? Democrats! (Audio: Podcast)
IPI President Tom Giovanetti explains how President-Elect Biden and congressional Democrats want to cut taxes for their wealthy constituents in blue states by eliminating the $10,000 cap on the deductibility of state and local taxes (SALT).
Is PAYGO Still a Thing? (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explains Congress’s “PAYGO” spending requirement, and why it has been completely ineffective in restraining federal spending or reducing budget deficits.
Amazon (and others) Failed at Health Care Reform Because It Wasn't a Disrupter (Audio: Podcast)
Fundamentally, until consumers are in charge of their own health care spending, healthcare cannot be disrupted, and thus companies like Amazon can only tinker around the edges.
Biden Should Retain These Trump Policies to Keep American Great in 2021 (Audio: Podcast)
Biden should retain the Trump administration’s successes in tax reform, Mid-East policy, and pressuring China if it wants to build on those successes and keep America great again in 2021.
It's Time to End the Social Security Retirement Earnings Limit (Audio: Podcast)
In the December 17, 2020 episode of the Institute for Policy Innovation Podcast, Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explains the Social Security retirement earnings limit, why it makes no sense, and why it’s time to eliminate it.
IPI 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.
End of the Year Review (Audio: Interview)
In this last interview of the year, IPI President Tom Giovanetti talks with 660AM The Answer's Mark Davis about the extension of authoritarian government and the further examination of the 2020 election.
Covid-19 and Governments' Response, Risk, and Implications (Audio: Podcast)
IPI President Tom Giovanetti is joined by Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland to discuss the government’s approach to Covid-19, how we manage relative risk, and policy implications such as the precautionary principle.
IPI 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.
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