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 is Prof. Jeremy Horpedahl, director of the Arkansas Center for Research in Economics, associate professor of economics at the University of Central Arkansas, and contributor at Economists Writing Every Day. We talk about economic statistics and what we often get wrong about inflation, unemployment, wages, and tariffs. Free the Economy i...
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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 is Prof. Jeremy Horpedahl, director of the Arkansas Center for Research in Economics, associate professor of economics at the University of Central Arkansas, and contributor at Economists Writing Every Day. We talk about economic statistics and what we often get wrong about inflation, unemployment, wages, and tariffs. Free the Economy i...
Energy Diversity and Abundance with Stephen Perkins
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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 jobs data, how market trade builds social capital, and a new article on the managerial tyranny of Boomer environmentalism. Our interview this week is with Stephen Perkins, Chief Operating Officer of the American Conservation Coalition. We talk about oil and gas, wind and solar, permitting and zoning, transmission lines, and the future of U....
Free The Economy
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 is Prof. Jeremy Horpedahl, director of the Arkansas Center for Research in Economics, associate professor of economics at the University of Central Arkansas, and contributor at Economists Writing Every Day. We talk about economic statistics and what we often get wrong about inflation, unemployment, wages, and tariffs. Free the Economy i...