Podcast Episodes

• By: Richard Morrison
• 12/07/2023

This week we cover the housing abundance agenda, antitrust concerns about corporate climate alliances, the future of global nuclear power capacity, and the Supreme Court’s...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/30/2023

This week we cover the political path toward abundance, the need for permitting reform beyond the National Environmental Policy Act, the Biden administration’s continuing assault...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/23/2023

This week we cover Javier Milei’s election as president of Argentina, how much money it takes to be happy, Thanksgiving lessons about property rights, and...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/09/2023

This week we cover how states can reform higher education, ways that managers can make their employees happier at work, the plans consumers have for...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/02/2023

This week we talk about which state has the least-bad business taxes, how many Americans really love America, the continuing trouble with ESG investing, and...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/26/2023

This week we talk about the surprisingly low demand for free transit, the demographics of higher education, a primer on electrical grids, and a new...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/19/2023

This week we talk about income and tax migration, refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the problem with federal crop insurance, and the recent CEO Summit...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/05/2023

This week we talk about commuting via bicycle, regulatory reform legislation from Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), the new book on capitalism by historian Rainer Zitelmann,...

• By: Iain Murray, Richard Morrison
• 09/28/2023

This week we talk about recycled Legos, socially responsible pension funds, pessimistic views about politics, and a special immigration visa for microchip experts. Our interview...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/21/2023

This week we talk about banning plastic gift cards in California, the solution to Germany’s energy crisis, the political future for organized labor, and why...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/15/2023

This week we talk about the long history of the Lewis Powell memo of 1971, innovation in textile recycling, how Tokyo has kept housing prices...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/07/2023

This week we talk about the future of nuclear power, the possible end of remote work, and the complexities of regulating pork products across state...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 08/31/2023

This week we talk about where our doctors come from in the U.S., what current inflation numbers tell us about the health of our economy,...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 08/24/2023

This week we talk about job recruiters who lie to applicants, post-Covid reforms to the CDC, debunking socialist takes on Sweden, and the need for...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 08/17/2023

This week we talk about labor union history, demands for a 4-day work week, YIMBY policy wins, and Reason’s new “Why We Can’t Have Nice...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 08/10/2023

This week we talk about defending financial privacy, new polling on what Republican voters want, reactions to new employment data, and the declining popularity of...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 08/03/2023

This week we talk about banning incandescent light bulbs, mission creep at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, new nuclear capacity in Georgia, and a celebration...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/06/2023

This week we talk about the cost of thriving in America, the incredible expanding CHIPS Act, occupational licensing reform in New Hampshire, and celebrate Adam...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/15/2023

In episode 25, we talk about Gen Z and remote work, businesses moving between states, and inspiring evidence of human progress. Our interview this week...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/01/2023

In episode 23, we talk about conservatives defending the D.C. swamp, Andrew Stuttaford’s warning about green land grabs, a new Heartland Institute report on the...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/06/2023

In episode 15, we talk about the likelihood of blue state bailouts, issues with “everything bagel liberalism,” news of free enterprise scholarship at Alabama’s Troy...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/16/2023

In episode 8, we talk about the cultural impact of Super Bowl ads, worries over “slack-filling” in food packages, politicized finance in Congress’ crosshairs,...

• By: Ryan Young, Richard Morrison
• 02/09/2023

Free the Economy is a podcast focused on how we all can become happier, healthier, and wealthier in a world with less government control.

In episode...