See also the review of 's "Seven Deadly Economic Sins Obstacles to Prosperity and Happiness Every Citizen Should Know" (2021) at
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We also mentioned the work of 's on ethics & capitalism. Host has reviewed two of Prof. Otteson's recent books, including "Honorable Business: A Framework for Business in a Just and Humane Society" (2019)
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Our feature interview this week is w/ eco-modernist deep thinker and all-around nice guy of . You can listen to the interview portion on the podcast itself, or you can watch the conversation w/ host on YouTube here:
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We round out our Episode 15 news segment (11:04) with a look at the discontent and drama inside the "Buy Nothing" movement, recently documented by of :
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We take on (4:52) the perils of "everything bagel liberalism," as described recently in the :
nytimes.com/2023/04/02/opi
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We also talk (starting @ 8:22) about the exciting new Free Enterprise Scholars program at , overseen by :
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On Episode 15 this week, we start by talking about the recent column in the "The Coming Biden Bailout of Blue States and Cities"
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New blog post episode summary is up!
Free the Economy Episode 15: Eco-Modernism and Abundance with
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From antitrust to SEC rules to cost-benefit analyses, this administration is injecting just a ridiculous amount of subjectivity into regulation. Chaos and uncertainty for business follows.
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.@USChamber Opposes Changes to Regulatory Cost-Benefit Analysis That Would Unleash More Regulatory Overreach
Quoting @NeilBradleyDC uschamber.com/regulations/u-
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I adore . With him liking this, it's clear I'll still have a good ally in KY when is gone
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On a work call figuring out how to remove taxidermy licenses so we can let this flourish etsy.com/listing/979310
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Not only was it the mainstream environmental movement that embraced the “100% renewable energy” slogan as a core policy, but it’s been so dominant, for so long, that the funding community has been focused on HVDC transmission for over a decade to deal with this specific problem. twitter.com/robinsonmeyer/…
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Let's go, Arkansas and Alabama!
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How many things can any government agency, program, or policy do well?
Trade policy should focus on trade. Everything else should be handled elsewhere.
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Electric vehicle subsidies and climate policies stymie what should be straightforward trade agreements with allies. CEI's @kentatcei explains in our latest "Not a Policy Paper, Just a Thought" video
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Malthusianism is just so tiresome. The Club of Rome's new "People and Planet" report no longer predicts population doom but still amounts to Malthusianism-lite. Better, I guess. reason.com/2023/04/06/the via
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Thanks to an excellent guest! Read more of Alex's great stuff here:
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My interview w/ @RichardMorrison for @freethe_economy on "eco-modernism, opportunities for creating an abundance agenda in the U.S., gradualism vs. dramatic change, and to what extent we should relying on advice from establishment experts."
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Also the "Wall Street Gets Into Single-Family Rentals" narrative has been oversold, individual investors make up the vast, vast majority of single-family rental owners.
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The federal permitting process for transmission projects is absurdly bureaucratic
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'It's false that Millennials are the "poorest in history." They have roughly the same average wealth as Boomers and Gen X at the same age. Also, this is dramatically higher than most of "history."' Follow twitter.com/jmhorp
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Millennials have had not a single W as a generation. They just haven't. Financially hosed multiple times, 1st gen to have lower upward mobility, doomerism/nihilism widespread in culture, pop music all trash. Remote work by far our largest W. We must not let them claw that back...
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Immigrants earn a large share of STEM PhDs awarded in the US.
We should make it extremely easy for them to stay here after they graduate — huge benefit to our country.
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Industrial organization is much more complicated than big = bad. hits the nail on the head: “Khan is running into a wall because she wants to politicize the process of antitrust itself rather than following the evidence of consumer harm…”
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Check out the video version of this week's podcast interview w/ of / / . We talk about the SVB bailout, financial regulation, and the state of organized labor:
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Economic development in places without access to reliable energy supplies is rough. A modern economy needs energy abundance to grow.
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"Just the disruption and lack of ability to make long-term plans is itself a major drag on national prosperity. Imagine building a factory in a place where you can’t be sure you’ll be able to operate it each day?" bit.ly/3lM2UMI
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Being pro-nuclear energy means being pro-green energy. It means increasing America’s energy independence. It means being for national security as it helps better position ourselves to wean other countries off the oil of dictatorships. This is a good step in the right direction
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ILLINOIS SENATE VOTES PASSES BILL TO REMOVE 1984 NUCLEAR CONSTRUCTION BAN
In a surprise move Senator Rezin's bill, to remove the largest nuclear-producing state's ban on new nuclear reactors, hit the floor.
Several senators spoke in favor.
Bill passed 39 YEA, 13 NAY, 2 Present
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Great to see standing up for our constitutional liberties in opposing the awful RESTRICT Act.
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Abundant energy will make everything else in our economy cheaper and more plentiful. Read the latest from CEI's
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.@melugin_p will be speaking at our Ideas Summit in Washington, D.C. on March 30-31.
Get your ticket for #NRISummit23 here bit.ly/2023IdeasSummit
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The U.S. tax and transfer system is highly progressive. The bottom quintile sees income INCREASE by 127% after taxes and transfers, while the top quintile has income eroded by 31% after taxes and transfers.
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JUST IN: 
US Senator Elizabeth Warren launches "anti-crypto" re-election campaign.
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Dominic and I had a great time talking about SVB, bailouts, creative destruction, moral hazard, and risk aversion. (Interview starts at 11:30 in).
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New @freethe_economy episode out today, feat. @DominicJPino @NRO
We review the situation with the Silicon Valley Bank bailout, financial regulation, the state of organized labor and more! Listen here ->apple.co/3KkAiUg
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Buy-America policy is “pushing our African allies closer to China, killing jobs for the fastest-growing populations, and slowing the energy transition in exactly the places that need it the most.”
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"The idea of an abundance agenda in American law & policy is generating an increasing amount of interest from Americans across the political spectrum,& it’s no surprise, given the... topics on which abundance-themed policies could have a positive impact." bit.ly/3lM2UMI
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The UK has been quietly adopting a lot of really great policies that the US should copy
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You can listen to the show on a variety of platforms. Apple Podcasts, for example:
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Reminder that you can also *watch* the video version of our weekly podcast interviews (like this week's w/ ) on YouTube:
youtube.com/watch?v=mKO2US
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We also take a look at the recent congressional testimony by of on how the gets its funding via an unconstitutional mechanism:
docs.house.gov/meetings/BA/BA
(Congress, please fix this!)
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