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.
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.
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.
IPI 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.
IPI 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.
Governor Abbott Defaults to County Judges (Audio: Interview)
IPI President Tom Giovanetti points out "the problem with local control is who is in control." With the majority of urban counties controled by judges wanting to extend the shut down, economic liberty will continue to be denied to a major segment of the business community.
Consistency Checking Executive Orders (Audio: Interview)
In this discussion with 660AM the Answer's Mark Davis, IPI President Tom Giovanetti discusses Executive Orders and the danger of precedent.
A "Broken" Economic Theory (Audio: Interview)
On WINA’s Rob Schilling Show, Dr. Merrill Matthews explains how the blue city riots will be putting the "broken windows" economic theory to the test, and proving, once again, why it is a fallacy.
The Role of Government During a Pandemic (Audio: Interview)
In a conversation with 660AM Radio Host Mark Davis, IPI President Tom Giovanett discusses the governors' back to work orders, reminding us the Founding Fathers designed the scope of government to keep us "free", not keep us "safe."
The Challenges of the Stimulus Bills (Audio: Interview)
In an interview with KMED's Bill Meyer in Medford, Ore., IPI resident scholar Merrill Matthews warns of some of the challenges that will follow with the proposd stimulus packages before Congress.
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