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How are local governments blocking churches from caring for the homeless? What's the difference between a government shutdown and hitting the debt ceiling? And how do markets work to get Christmas presents on time?
Christian Britschgi joins the show to discuss.
Christian Britschgi is a reporter at Reason who covers property rights, housing policy, transportation policy, and regulation.
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What is financialization? What do people think of healthcare in the United States? And what is the relationship between socialism and violence?
David Bahnsen joins Dominic today to discuss.
David Bahnsen is the founder and managing partner of The Bahnsen Group, a national private wealth management firm managing over $4 billion in client assets. Prior to launching The Bahnsen Group, he spent eight years as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and six years as a Vice President at UBS. Bahnsen is also a contributor to several prominent outlets and a best-selling author.
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How to special interests influence trade policy? Is Milton Friedman making a comeback? And why is milk never on sale?
Scott Lincicome joins Econception with Dominic Pino to discuss.
Scott Lincicome is the vice president of general economics and Cato Institutes’s Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies. He writes on international and domestic economic issues, including international trade; subsidies and industrial policy; manufacturing and global supply chains; and economic dynamism.
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What are the economics of podcasts? Is the CHIPS Act working? And are China’s corporate tax rates better than ours?
Emily Jashinsky joins Dominic today to discuss.
Emily Jashinsky is UnHerd's Washington D.C. Correspondent and a writer at several outlets, including The Federalist.
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Why is the government spending so much more money than it was five years ago? How do tariffs hurt the people they're supposed to help? And is Canada poor?
Matthew Dickerson joins the podcast today to discuss.
Matthew D. Dickerson is the Director of Budget Policy at the Economic Policy Innovation Center (EPIC). Dickerson is recognized as an expert on fiscal policy issues, including the budget, appropriations, and entitlement reform.
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What is the impact of immigration on the federal budget? How does the East Coast Dockworker’s Union work? And are union bosses paid too much?
Daniel Di Martino joins Dominic Pino to discuss.
Di Martino is a PhD candidate in Economics at Columbia University and a graduate fellow at the Manhattan Institute—where he focuses on high-skill immigration policy.
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What are popular economic fallacies, and why are they wrong? What is holding Africa back from economic development? And Cuba still has bread rations?
Dominic breaks these questions down on today’s episode of Econception.
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Why is the national accounting system so valuable? Can we trust economic data not to be politically biased? And what does it mean to say that complexity is a subsidy?
Joining Dominic today is William Beach to discuss.
Dr. Beach is a Senior Fellow at the Economic Policy Innovation Center and the former Commisioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Why is the national debt a bigger issue now than it was in the past? Is it a problem that people making minimum wage can’t afford a two-bedroom apartment? What is the economic rationale behind gift cards?
Brian Riedl joins Dominic Pino to discuss.
Brian Riedl is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, focusing on budget, tax, and economic policy. A prolific researcher, Riedl has published nearly 600 studies and articles since 2001 on federal spending, taxes, deficits, and economic policy, and has assisted in the writing of several New York Times best-selling books.
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How should we think about the relationship between free trade and national security? How did economists come to think of free trade as a good thing? Did Paris make good use of $1.5 billion to clean up the Seine River for the Olympics?
Samuel Gregg joins Econception today to discuss.
Samuel Gregg is the Friedrich Hayek Chair in Economics and Economic History at the American Institute for Economic Research. He has a D.Phil. in moral philosophy and political economy from Oxford University, and an M.A. in political philosophy from the University of Melbourne.
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Do we still need to create jobs? What are labor unions, and how do they actually work?
Scott Lincicome joins host Dominic Pino to discuss all things labor market.
Scott Lincicome is the Cato Institute’s vice president of general economics and Cato’s Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies. He writes on international and domestic economic issues, including international trade; subsidies and industrial policy; manufacturing and global supply chains; and economic dynamism.
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Why does the money supply matter? Do most Americans hate their jobs? And how can it make sense to spend millions of dollars on an election you’ll win anyway?
Joining the show today is Patrick Horan to discuss.
Patrick Horan is a research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, where he focuses on monetary policy and the Federal Reserve System. His writings have been published in Barron’s, The Hill, City Journal, National Review Online, US News & World Report, Discourse, and InsideSources.
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What is the state pension fund crisis? Why are government subsidies for internet service a bad idea? Did tariffs cause the Great Depression?
Dominic Pino and Thomas Savidge sit down to discuss these questions and more.
Thomas Savidge is a Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. He earned his Master in Public Policy from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy from SUNY New Paltz.
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How does the tax code screw up healthcare?
On the latest episode of Econception, Theo Merkel sits down with Dominic to discuss how healthcare and health insurance are closely tied to tax policy, and how the tax code can be changed to address some of our healthcare system’s biggest problems.
Theo Merkel is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, focusing on improving the sustainability of U.S. entitlement programs, the effectiveness of our safety net, the international competitiveness of U.S. industry, the balance between the federal government and the states, and the transition from policy development to implementation.
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Does worker pay track with worker productivity? Do bureaucrats represent the American people? What does smuggling alcohol have to do with supporting tariffs?
Scott Winship sits down with Dominic Pino to discuss these questions and more on this episode of Econception.
Scott Winship is the Director of the Center for Social Mobility and Opportunity at the American Enterprise Institute.
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Tariffs are one of those economic topics that never seem to go away. With new tariffs from the Biden Administration and a proposed 10% universal tariff for President Trump’s potential second term, we have to ask: What’s the real story behind them? Are they rightfully understood in our discourse today? What would the impact of more tariffs be?
To discuss these questions, host Dominic Pino sat down with tax policy expert Erica York.
Erica York is Senior Economist and Research Director with Tax Foundation’s Center for Federal Tax Policy. Her analysis has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Politico, and other national and international media outlets.
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Why is 2025 an important year for government spending? Does the rise of China mean free trade no longer applies? Is it a good idea to devalue the U.S. dollar?
Paul Winfree sits down with host Dominic Pino to discuss these questions.
Dr. Paul Winfree is an economist and a trusted public policy advisor. He has served in top management and policy roles in the White House, the US Senate, and in think tanks. Currently, he serves as President and CEO of the Economic Policy Innovation Center in Washington, DC.
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What is industrial policy, and does it work? What really is the “China shock”? Do the rich pay their fair share?
Dr. Samuel Gregg sits down with host Dominic Pino to discuss these questions.
Samuel Gregg is the Friedrich Hayek Chair in Economics and Economic History at the American Institute for Economic Research. He has a Doctorate in moral philosophy and political economy from Oxford University, and an M.A. in political philosophy from the University of Melbourne.
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How does trade policy actually get made? Does steel need protectionism? And what is the planner mindset?
Dominic Pino sits down with Ed Gresser to discuss these questions and more.
Ed Gresser is Vice President and Director for Trade and Global Markets at the Progressive Policy Institute. Previously, he worked at the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office during both the Barack Obama Administration and the Donald Trump Administration.
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Do we live in a market economy? Why should politicians stay away from monetary policy? And why is the chicken a good mascot for free markets?
Host Dominic Pino sits down with Daniel Hannan to discuss these questions and more.
Lord Hannan of Kingsclere is an author and columnist, and is a member of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom. Lord Hannan also serves on the UK Board of Trade, one of the British government’s highest-profile advisory bodies on trade and economic matters.
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