IPI Policy Basics Podcast
An audio library of basic policy topics and concepts, for those who need to get up to speed on a particular policy topic, or those who want to learn how to think about policy from a free-market, limited government viewpoint. A project of the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI).Podcasts
IPI Policy Basics: What Are Tax Extenders and Why Do They Matter? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Dec. 18, 2023, 1:52 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: The Wealth Effect (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Oct. 2, 2023, 12:50 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: A Look At the Gender Pay Gap (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Aug. 14, 2023, 7:23 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: How Third-Party Candidates Affect Presidential Elections (Audio: Podcast)
Published: July 31, 2023, 3:10 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: How Should We Think About Artificial Intelligence? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: July 7, 2023, 6:31 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: In Politics, Compromise Is a Virtue, Not a Vice (Audio: Podcast)
Published: June 19, 2023, 1:39 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: What Is Intellectual Property, Why Is it Important, and Why Is it Controversial? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: April 24, 2023, 2:21 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: What Is Industrial Policy, and Why Shouldn't We Have One? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: March 31, 2023, 8:33 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Modern Monetary Theory, R.I.P. (Audio: Podcast)
Published: March 24, 2023, 2:10 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: There's Nothing Wrong with Stock Buybacks (Audio: Podcast)
Published: March 10, 2023, 2:09 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Every Law Should Have an Expiration Date (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Feb. 10, 2023, 1:03 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: The Role of Layoffs in the Economy (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Jan. 27, 2023, 12:05 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Should We Limit the Debt Limit? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Jan. 13, 2023, 3:05 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Regular Order, How Congress Is Supposed to Work (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Dec. 16, 2022, 1:07 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Who Are the Uninsured? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 4:36 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: The Student Loan Problem--Causes and Solutions (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Aug. 26, 2022, 3:01 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Why Fossil Fuels Became our Dominant Source of Energy (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Aug. 20, 2022, 4:06 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: What Is a Supply Chain? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: July 29, 2022, 3:01 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: What Is a Recession and Why Does It Matter? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: July 22, 2022, 2:02 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Self-Government and the Superiority of the Legislative Branch (Audio: Podcast)
Published: May 27, 2022, 2:12 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: The Private Space Revolution (Audio: Podcast)
Published: May 20, 2022, 4:31 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Permissionless Innovation vs. the Precautionary Principle (Audio: Podcast)
Published: May 6, 2022, 4:08 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: The Impact of Inflation on Your Taxes (Audio: Podcast)
Published: April 22, 2022, 3:04 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Tax Rates vs. Tax Revenues (Audio: Podcast)
Published: April 15, 2022, 2:04 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: When the Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates (Audio: Podcast)
Published: March 18, 2022, 2:32 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: The Perils and Pitfalls of Modelling (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Feb. 23, 2022, 3:17 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: When Congress Doesn't Act, Congress Still Has Acted (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Jan. 29, 2022, 12:03 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: The Three Types of Taxes (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Jan. 14, 2022, 5:06 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: The Debt Obligations of the Federal Government Are Much Bigger than You Think (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Dec. 19, 2021, 5 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Is Antitrust the Right Solution to the Problem? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Dec. 15, 2021, 12:05 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Social Media Regulation, Section 230, and the First Amendment (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Dec. 10, 2021, 1:39 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Why Are Lower Taxes Better than Higher Taxes? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Nov. 11, 2021, 8:01 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Supply Creates Its Own Demand (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Oct. 21, 2021, 3:56 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Not All Tax Cuts Are Created Equal (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Oct. 14, 2021, 2:11 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: What's Wrong with Social Security, and How Do We Fix It? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Oct. 7, 2021, 1:32 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: What Is Compelled Speech and Why Is It Important? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Sept. 30, 2021, 11:22 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: The Goal Should be Energy Abundance (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Sept. 17, 2021, 3:05 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Where Do Our Rights Come From? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Aug. 26, 2021, 10:14 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: The Proper Use of Eminent Domain (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Aug. 20, 2021, 3:38 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: What Is Dynamic Scoring? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Aug. 6, 2021, 12:53 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: What is a Price? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: July 29, 2021, 4:11 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Put Not Your Trust in Polling (Audio: Podcast)
Published: July 22, 2021, 8:41 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Why is Zero Sum Economic Thinking Wrong? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: July 16, 2021, 12:49 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Local Control Is NOT a Governing Principle (Audio: Podcast)
Published: July 1, 2021, 3:02 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: The Failure of the Market Failure Excuse (Audio: Podcast)
Published: June 18, 2021, 1:12 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Facts about the Presidential Election (Audio: Podcast)
Published: June 11, 2021, 12:06 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: The CIA's History, Mission and Challenges in a Changing World (Audio: Podcast)
Published: June 3, 2021, 5:01 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Tax Competition is a Feature, Not a Bug (Audio: Podcast)
Published: May 28, 2021, 3:03 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Inflation Is the Most Miserable Tax of All (Audio: Podcast)
Published: May 21, 2021, 4:04 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Pro-Markets, not Pro-Business (Audio: Podcast)
Published: May 13, 2021, 3:04 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Why Attempting to Regulate Speech on Social Media Platforms Is a Bad Idea (Audio: Podcast)
Published: May 6, 2021, 2:52 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: 'Right to Repair' Is a Trojan Horse and a Threat to American Innovation (Audio: Podcast)
Published: April 30, 2021, 2:33 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: What Is Intellectual Property and Why Is it Important? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: April 22, 2021, 2:31 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics Podcast: No, Markets Aren't Perfect--They're Just Better than the Alternatives (Audio: Podcast)
Published: April 1, 2021, 2:36 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: What Is Moral Hazard? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: March 26, 2021, midnightDuration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Fixing the Filibuster (Audio: Podcast)
Published: March 12, 2021, 1:10 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Prescription Drug Development and the Miracle of the Covid-19 Vaccine(s) (Audio: Podcast)
Published: March 5, 2021, 12:41 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Increasing the Federal Minimum Wage Is Unnecessary and Harmful (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 12:35 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Our Rights Are Not Absolute (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Feb. 5, 2021, 7:40 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: What is Net Neutrality, and Why Doesn't It Matter? (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 2:40 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: The Government and the Country Are Not the Same Things (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Jan. 22, 2021, 12:11 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Consumer Welfare Should Always Come First (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 6:40 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: A Primer on Price Controls (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 1:34 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: The Knowledge Problem (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Dec. 11, 2020, 3:34 a.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: No One Knows How to Make a Pencil (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Dec. 3, 2020, 8:41 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Why Prescription Drug Importation Is a Bad Idea (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 3:52 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: The Broken Window Fallacy (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Nov. 12, 2020, 8:42 p.m.Duration: N/A
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IPI Policy Basics: Five Key Turning Points in the Quest for US Energy Independence (Audio: Podcast)
Published: Nov. 5, 2020, 5:30 p.m.Duration: N/A
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