Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and opinion contributor at The Hill. He also serves on the Texas Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Dr. Matthews is a past president of the Health Economics Roundtable for the National Association for Business Economics, the largest trade association of business economists. Dr. Matthews also served for 10 years as the medical ethicist for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Institutional Review Board for Human Experimentation, co-author of On the Edge: America Faces the Entitlements Cliff, and has contributed chapters to several books, including Physician Assisted Suicide: Expanding the Debate and The 21st Century Health Care Leader and Stop Paying the Crooks (on Medicare fraud).
He has been published in numerous journals and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Barron’s, USA Today, Forbes magazine and the Washington Times. He was an award-winning political analyst for the USA Radio Network.
Dr. Matthews received his Ph.D. in Humanities from the University of Texas at Dallas.
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.”
Chinese Rockets Fall from the Sky, American Rockets Land on Robot Ships (Audio: Podcast)
Senior Research Fellow Dr. Merrill Matthews and IPI President Tom Giovanetti introduce Dan Garretson, new Research Fellow in Space and Technology Policy, and discuss current space policy topics.
IPI 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.
Biden's First Speech to Congress Filled with Impossible Goals, Irresponsible Spending, and Green Delusions (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews analyzes some (but not all) of President Biden’s falsehoods, misrepresentations, impossible goals and irresponsible spending in his first speech to a joint session of Congress.
IPI 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.
Will President Biden's Gun Control Executive Orders Solve Any Problems? (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Merrill Matthews welcomes Dr. H. Sterling Burnett in a discussion of each of President Biden's five points of his gun control executive order and finds they miss the mark.
Climate Change Is Not Behind Central American Migrants (Audio: Podcast)
Some would have us believe that Central American migrants are fleeing north to escape climate change. IPI Resident Scholar Merrill Matthews welcomes Dr. H. Sterling Burnett who exposes the myth behind the notion of "climate refugees."
What's This About a Global Minimum Corporate Income Tax? (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Merrill Matthews welcomes tax expert Dan Pilla to discuss Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's new proposal for a global minimum corporate income tax as a way to discourage large companies from fleeing the U.S. if President Biden successfully raises their tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent.
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