Competitive Enterprise Institute
Competitive Enterprise Institute
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • About
  • Policy
  • Products
  • Blog
  • Events
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
  • About
  • Policy
  • Products
  • Blog
  • Events
  • Subscribe
  • Donate

Sign up below to receive the latest research, news, and commentary from CEI experts.

Sign Up

About CEI

  • Press Room
  • Team
  • Careers
  • Internships
  • Our History
  • Julian L. Simon Award Winners
  • Research Independence
  • Prometheus Society
  • Ways to Support CEI

Request a policy briefing from a CEI expert.

Learn More

All Policy Areas

  • Capitalism
    • Antitrust
    • Subsidies and Bailouts
    • Capitalism and Free Enterprise
  • Deregulation
    • Banking and Finance
    • Consumer Freedom
    • Labor and Employment
    • Regulatory Reform
    • Trade and International
  • Energy and Environment
    • Chemical Risk
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Lands and Wildlife
    • Water and Air Quality
  • Innovation
    • Healthcare
    • Tech and Telecom
    • Transportation
  • Law and Litigation
    • CEI Litigation
    • Free Speech
    • Government Transparency
    • Legal Studies
    • Property Rights
  • Housing
    • Environmental Housing Policy
    • Federal Housing Policy
    • Housing Finance Policy
    • State & Local Housing Policy
  • Government Affairs

Sign up below to receive the latest research, news, and commentary from CEI experts.

Sign Up

All Products

  • Research
    • Fast Track
    • Issue Analysis
    • OnPoint
    • Profiles in Capitalism
    • 10,000 Commandments
    • Agenda for Congress
    • Books
    • Individual Studies
  • Newsletters
    • CEI Planet
    • The Bulletin
    • The Surge
    • Great Capitalism
  • Outreach
    • Coalition Letters
    • Legal Briefs
    • Congressional Testimony
    • Regulatory Comments
  • Podcasts
    • Free the Economy
    • How The World Works

Sign up below to receive the latest research, news, and commentary from CEI experts.

Sign Up

All Events

  • Press Room
  • Team
  • Careers
  • Internships
  • Our History
  • Julian L. Simon Award Winners
  • Research Independence
  • Prometheus Society
  • Ways to Support CEI

Sign up below to receive the latest research, news, and commentary from CEI experts.

Join Us

Support CEI

  • Give Online
  • Wire Transfer
  • Estate Planning
  • Donate Crypto
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
Free the Economy

Free the Economy

Free The Economy is a weekly podcast hosted by Richard Morrison of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, examining the intersection of news, policy, and economics featuring guests that include writers, policymakers, explorers, contrarians, and free thinkers of all kinds.


For show inquiries contact Richard Morrison: [email protected]

Subscribe:

Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube
All Podcasts

Latest Episode

Taxing the Rich with Jared Walczak

This week we cover America’s low-income churn, reforms to civil asset forfeiture, changes to vehicle emissions testing, a shout out to the new podcast Everyday Abundance. Our guest this week is Jared Walczak, Senior Fellow at the Tax Foundation and president of Walczak Policy Consulting. We’ll talk ...

  • 07/09/2026
  • Richard Morrison

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

More Episodes

State Budgets and Bailouts with Thomas Savidge
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 06/04/2026

State Budgets and Bailouts with Thomas Savidge

This week we cover promising new classroom technology, increasing productivity (and avoiding layoffs) with AI, and the repeal of the SEC’s climate disclosure rule. Our...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Fighting for Freedom with Kent Lassman
  • By: Kent Lassman • Richard Morrison
  • 05/28/2026

Fighting for Freedom with Kent Lassman

This week we cover bank privacy, SNAP benefits, a new study on tariffs, and a great new podcast about ideas and innovation. Our guest this...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Fighting Medicaid Fraud with Parker Thayer
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 05/21/2026

Fighting Medicaid Fraud with Parker Thayer

This week we cover higher inflation numbers, a strike on the Long Island Railroad, and new disability tech from Meta. Our guest this week is...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Pension Politics with Jarrett Skorup
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 05/14/2026

Pension Politics with Jarrett Skorup

This week we cover more legal headaches for the Trump tariffs, keeping kids safe in an AI world, and California’s latest government boondoggle. Our guest...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Highway Robbery with David Ditch
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 05/07/2026

Highway Robbery with David Ditch

This week we cover how to make the moral case for capitalism, affordable housing via regulatory reform, and tracking the economic resilience of all 50...

Automobiles and Roads

The Business of Federalism with Derek Kreifels
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 04/30/2026

The Business of Federalism with Derek Kreifels

This week we cover childcare in the 50 states, employers and health coverage, the new Institute for Consumer Financial Choice at George Mason University, and...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Revisiting Earth Day with Todd Myers
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 04/23/2026

Revisiting Earth Day with Todd Myers

This week we cover the dwindling number of U.S. public companies, a pro-consumer merger in California, and how to end the housing affordability crisis. Our...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

How to Get What You Want with Josh Bandoch
  • By: Joshua Bandoch • Richard Morrison
  • 04/16/2026

How to Get What You Want with Josh Bandoch

This week we cover AI development in China, how large investors recycle homes, and the need for reform of the Clean Air Act. Our guest...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Consumer-Regulated Energy with Travis Fisher
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 04/09/2026

Consumer-Regulated Energy with Travis Fisher

This week we cover economic growth in China, the political legacy of Viktor Orban in Hungary, and the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s “Liberation Day”...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Kids, Big Tech, and the First Amendment with Jessica Melugin
  • By: Richard Morrison • Jessica Melugin
  • 04/02/2026

Kids, Big Tech, and the First Amendment with Jessica Melugin

This week we cover deficit spending, the burdens of Total Boomer Luxury Communism, and how to renounce the villainization of business. Our guest this week...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Population and Abundance with Gale Pooley
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 03/26/2026

Population and Abundance with Gale Pooley

This week we cover income inequality, myths about homelessness, First Amendment protections for AI, and reforming unfunded mandates. Our guest this week is Gale Pooley...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Enduring Policy Principles with Richard Stern
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 03/19/2026

Enduring Policy Principles with Richard Stern

This week we cover housing affordability, train safety, Paul Ehrlich (1932-2026), and Brian Doherty (1968-2026). Our guest this week is Richard Stern, Vice President of...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Regulating Finance with James Copland
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 03/12/2026

Regulating Finance with James Copland

This week we cover the 250th anniversary of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, fighting fraud in broadband deployment, and cutting red tape to boost housing...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Mississippi Renaissance with Douglas Carswell
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 03/05/2026

Mississippi Renaissance with Douglas Carswell

This week we cover housing abundance, capitalism’s approval rating, audits of state finances, and the consumer nostalgia of Stranger Things. Our guest this week is...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Big Tech, Europe, and Free Speech with Spence Purnell
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 02/26/2026

Big Tech, Europe, and Free Speech with Spence Purnell

This week we cover the Supreme Court’s recent decision on tariff powers, myths of the Great Recession, and fiduciary duty for asset managers in Oklahoma....

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

The Impact of Trump’s Trade War with Alex Durante
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 02/19/2026

The Impact of Trump’s Trade War with Alex Durante

This week we cover the sneaky federal cause of high housing prices, record outflows from ESG investment funds, and why YouTube and Instagram shouldn’t be...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

What’s Wrong with Congress with Kevin Kosar
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 02/12/2026

What’s Wrong with Congress with Kevin Kosar

This week we talk about Consumer-Regulated Electricity, the amazing falling U.S. poverty rate, and how smart TVs are keeping us all connected. Our guest this...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Social Mobility in the 50 States with Justin Callais
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 02/05/2026

Social Mobility in the 50 States with Justin Callais

This week we talk about satellite shot clocks at the Federal Communications Commission, Federal Reserve nominee Kevin Warsh’s digital-dollar beliefs, the burden of aluminum tariffs,...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

The Meaning of GDP with Brian Albrecht
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 01/29/2026

The Meaning of GDP with Brian Albrecht

This week we talk about the last 50 years of regulatory reform, a new study on climate adaptation, and reforms to Kentucky’s property tax system....

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Permitting for Speed with Grant Dever
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 01/22/2026

Permitting for Speed with Grant Dever

This week we talk about making a living in podcasting, confronting our mounting national debt, and assessing President Trump’s new healthcare plan. Our guest this...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Total Boomer Luxury Communism with Russ Greene
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 01/15/2026

Total Boomer Luxury Communism with Russ Greene

This week we talk about Trump’s 10% credit card interest proposal (and the dangers of populist economics in general), a new report on debanking from...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

FDR’s Political Legacy with David Beito
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 01/08/2026

FDR’s Political Legacy with David Beito

This week we talk about communist housing policy in New York City, the best economics and history books to read in 2026, a legal setback...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

China’s Economy and the U.S. with Derek Scissors
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 01/01/2026

China’s Economy and the U.S. with Derek Scissors

This week we talk about corporate real estate investing, woke pension funds, changing fuel economy rules, and questions about a possible Trump Federal Reserve nominee....

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Climate Policy Endangerment with Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • By: Richard Morrison • Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 12/25/2025

Climate Policy Endangerment with Marlo Lewis, Jr.

This week we talk about tariff refunds, Affordable Care Act subsidies, Ryan Young’s Books of the Year for 2025, and how Santa landed on Trump’s...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Consumer Finance and Privacy with James Erwin
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 12/18/2025

Consumer Finance and Privacy with James Erwin

This week we talk about the decline of electric vehicles, liberation for home appliances, the failure of tariffs to deliver new jobs, and the rise...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

The Business of America with Neil Bradley
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 12/11/2025

The Business of America with Neil Bradley

This week we talk about the economic impact of net-zero policies in blue states and Europe, top targets for environmental policy reform in 2026, a...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Balancing the Budget with Kurt Couchman
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 12/04/2025

Balancing the Budget with Kurt Couchman

This week we talk about our 150th episode anniversary party, the documentary "Dear Mr. President: The Letters of Julia Sand," the new $140,000-a-year poverty level,...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Sesquicentennial Celebration
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 11/20/2025

Sesquicentennial Celebration

This week we celebrate the show’s sesquicentennial anniversary – that is, our 150th episode. We look back at the dozens of smart, funny, passionate, and...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Charting Tariff Madness with Joey Politano
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 11/13/2025

Charting Tariff Madness with Joey Politano

This week we talk about changes in consumer credit, disappearing fast-food jobs in California, and six things the climate movement gets wrong about China. Our...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Truth, Lies, and Economics with Jeremy Horpedahl
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 11/06/2025

Truth, Lies, and Economics with Jeremy Horpedahl

This week we talk about Social Security’s cost of living, conserving rare earth minerals, and why California keeps losing tech jobs. Our guest this week...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Our Nuclear Tomorrow with Craig Piercy
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 10/30/2025

Our Nuclear Tomorrow with Craig Piercy

This week we talk about administrative law judges, AI innovation saving lives, environmental regulation creating more wildfires, and more research on the fight against corporate...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Obamacare Problems with Jeremy Nighohossian
  • By: Jeremy Nighohossian • Richard Morrison
  • 10/23/2025

Obamacare Problems with Jeremy Nighohossian

This week we talk about the unintended consequences of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, decarbonization of economic growth, and resources for reporting government corruption at...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Energy Diversity and Abundance with Stephen Perkins
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 10/16/2025

Energy Diversity and Abundance with Stephen Perkins

This week we talk about the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics, eliminating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, why we don’t need a government agency for...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Celebrating Human Achievement with Ed Hudgins
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 10/09/2025

Celebrating Human Achievement with Ed Hudgins

This week we talk about the need to build more infrastructure in the UK, an award for public finance leadership in Oklahoma, teaching students to...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Reforming Social Security with Romina Boccia
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 10/02/2025

Reforming Social Security with Romina Boccia

This week we cover a new study on pharmaceutical tariffs, whether to expect a new Great Depression (via Phil Magness and Marc Wheat in National...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Emergent Abundance with Alex Trembath
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 09/25/2025

Emergent Abundance with Alex Trembath

This week we cover the future of financial regulation, the end of the left vs. right distinction in politics, and how we all just dodged...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Empowering Patients with Vance Ginn
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 09/18/2025

Empowering Patients with Vance Ginn

This week we cover potential changes to quarterly reporting for public companies, state-level AI regulations, spiking gas prices in California, and cosmetology licenses for sale...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Tariffs and Economic Freedom with Matt Mitchell
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 09/11/2025

Tariffs and Economic Freedom with Matt Mitchell

This week we cover the latest jobs numbers, the emergent community of abundance fans, the limits to taxing billionaires, and eliminating an illegal federal agency....

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Clear-But-False Ideas with Kevin Williamson
  • By: Kevin D. Williamson • Richard Morrison
  • 09/04/2025

Clear-But-False Ideas with Kevin Williamson

This week we cover the Trump tariffs being struck down, Biden’s competition order being vacated, and new research on housing affordability. Our interview this week...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Ideological Diversity on the Right with Peter Lipsett
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 08/28/2025

Ideological Diversity on the Right with Peter Lipsett

This week we cover Ray Dalio’s Big Debt Cycle, scandal in climate finance, jobs destroyed by tariffs, why AI can’t replace free markets, and the...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Welfare and Work with Kevin Corinth
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 08/14/2025

Welfare and Work with Kevin Corinth

This week we cover new inflation data, public attitudes about Social Security, and California’s self-inflicted energy crisis. Our interview this week is with Kevin Corinth,...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Girlbossing the Discourse with Emma Camp
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 08/07/2025

Girlbossing the Discourse with Emma Camp

This week we cover controversy at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, myths of the auto industry, and a new SPAC from the Trump kids. Our...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Crushing Capitalism with Norbert Michel
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 07/31/2025

Crushing Capitalism with Norbert Michel

This week we cover the Trump administration’s AI action plan, Detroit’s unlikely rebirth, pushing back on EU tech regulation, and why the golden age of...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Costs and Benefits of Urban Transit with John Charles
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 07/24/2025

Costs and Benefits of Urban Transit with John Charles

This week we cover Dodd-Frank’s 15th anniversary, a victory for homeowners in Oregon, and an alternative to socialist grocery stores in New York City. Our...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Corporate Responsibility and Taxpayer Protections with John Mozena
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 07/17/2025

Corporate Responsibility and Taxpayer Protections with John Mozena

This week we cover Trump tariffs, Obama’s endorsement of housing abundance, and why the green energy industry needs more market discipline. Our interview this week...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

AI Frontiers with Corbin Barthold
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 07/10/2025

AI Frontiers with Corbin Barthold

This week’s episode features Corbin Barthold, Internet Policy Counsel at TechFreedom and host of the Tech Policy Podcast. This is a special dual episode of...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Alcohol Labels and Warnings with David Clement
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 07/03/2025

Alcohol Labels and Warnings with David Clement

This week we cover housing abundance in California, the meaning of a market economy, union privileges for government workers, and the decline in heart attack...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Shareholders vs. Stakeholders with Jerry Bowyer
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 06/26/2025

Shareholders vs. Stakeholders with Jerry Bowyer

This week we cover the failure of postal banking, Trump (again) pausing the TikTok ban, and the political crack-up between unions and the Democratic party....

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

The Reagan Legacy in the 21st Century with Dan Rothschild
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 06/19/2025

The Reagan Legacy in the 21st Century with Dan Rothschild

This week we cover FreedomFest 2025, the FDA’s block on effective sunblock, good news about critical minerals, and Walmart’s expanding drone fleet. Our interview this...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Drug Costs and Benefits with Sally Pipes
  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 06/12/2025

Drug Costs and Benefits with Sally Pipes

This week we cover reforms to the Endangered Species Act, attacks on U.S. tech firms, nuclear power innovation, and an exciting new book on environmental,...

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Pagination

  1. Go to first page
  2. Select page
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. Go to next page
  8. Go to last page

show entries per page:

  • 6
  • 50 Currently Selected
  • 100

Listen & Subscribe

Podcast: Free the Economy

Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube
  • Home
  • About
  • Policy
  • News
  • Products
  • Events
  • Blog
  • Donate

Special Projects

  • Ten Thousand Commandments
  • Eye on FTC
  • Children Online Safety Tools
  • Net Neutrality 101
1310 L Street NW, 7th Floor Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-331-1010

Follow Us:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
Competitive Enterprise Institute

©2026 Competitive Enterprise Institute | Privacy Policy