free markets

Vintage Friedman in CNBC Ad

by Fran Smith on March 10, 2011

in Economy, Personal Liberty, Trade

This is a current CNBC ad — gasp — produced from a 1979 interview of Milton Friedman by Phil Donohue. Can hardly get a better defense of free markets.

H/T Cato, David Boaz

LibertyWeek 93: Tea Party Euro Trip

by Richard Morrison on May 17, 2010

in CEI Projects, Features, Podcast, Zeitgeist

Richard Morrison and Jeremy Lott welcome Reason magazine Senior Editor Michael Moynihan to Episode 93 of the LibertyWeek podcast. We take on the high-profile congressional primaries, Chuck Schumer’s hypocritical stance on privacy, the fight for wine liberation in New York, passing the buck on debit card fees and we embark on a Tea Party Euro Trip.

LibertyWeek 89: Tax the Sin, Love the Sinner

by Richard Morrison on April 19, 2010 · 1 comment

in CEI Projects, Features, Podcast, Zeitgeist

Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott, Marc Scribner and Lee Doren bring you Episode 89 of the LibertyWeek podcast. We chew over sin taxes, enviro attacks on Al Gore, free booze, Eric Massa’s $40,000 payoff and the recent Tax Day Tea Party protests in D.C.

LibertyWeek 88: Facebook Confidential

by Richard Morrison on April 13, 2010

in CEI Projects, Features, Podcast, Zeitgeist

Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott and Marc Scribner bring you Episode 88 of the LibertyWeek podcast. We take on utility bureaucrats in the Southland, wine freedom in New York, Facebook privacy fears and World Series scandal.

LibertyWeek 87: Digital Due Process

by Richard Morrison on April 5, 2010

in CEI Projects, Podcast

Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott, Marc Scribner and Ryan Radia bring you Episode 87 of the LibertyWeek podcast. We take on the politics in the land of Lincoln, the chances of a union pension fund bailout, the fallout from Climategate and the strange bedfellows of electronic privacy.

LibertyWeek 86: Maximum Toyota Overdrive

by Richard Morrison on March 29, 2010

in CEI Projects, Features, Podcast, Zeitgeist

Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott, and William Yeatman bring you Episode 86 of the LibertyWeek podcast. We cover the unfolding Obama agenda on Capitol Hill, Wayne Crew on manufacturing and innovation, roadblocks for U.S. companies in China, the Toyota sudden acceleration story and a media roundup from Human Achievement Hour.

LibertyWeek 85: Health Care in Our Time

by Richard Morrison on March 23, 2010

in CEI Projects, Features, Podcast, Zeitgeist

Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott, Greg Conko and Michelle Minton bring you Episode 85 of the LibertyWeek podcast. We put the big vote on health care front and center, while also touching on protests over immigration and legal challenges to the EPA’s greenhouse gas rules. We wrap up with a discussion of WWF’s Earth Hour and its scrappy competitor, Human Achievement Hour.

LibertyWeek 84: Detroit Seizes the Day

by Richard Morrison on March 18, 2010

in CEI Projects, Features, Podcast, Zeitgeist

Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott and Dave Weigel come together bring you Episode 84 of the Liberty Week podcast. We cover Washington state’s death wish, new polling on the politics of healthcare, private investment in space exploration, eminent domain abuse in Detroit and the effects of cocaine use on global warming.

LibertyWeek 83: What Would Reagan Do?

by Richard Morrison on March 8, 2010

in CEI Projects, Podcast

Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott and Marc Scribner collaborate to bring you Episode 83 of the LibertyWeek podcast. We cover the ever-growing deficit, the Reagan legacy, Cablevision v. ABC, the RNC’s fundraising strategy and David Paterson on scandal watch.

LibertyWeek 82: Lessons from Chile

by Richard Morrison on March 1, 2010

in CEI Projects, Podcast

Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott and Brooke Oberwetter unite to bring you Episode 82 of the LibertyWeek podcast. We cover lessons from Chile, heathcare legislation on life support, a perfect storm for the IPCC, underage iPod assemblers and Charlie Rangel’s fairy godmother.

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