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Greg Forster: The Research Conclusively Supports School Vouchers

SRN PODCAST: Opponents frequently claim that school choice does not benefit participants, it hurts public schools, costs taxpayers, facilitates segregation and even undermines democracy. What does the research say? Greg Forster, a senior fellow with the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice joins the School Reform News Podcast to discuss the research on school vouchers.

Randall Holcombe: Crony Capitalism: By-Product of Big Government

BTN PODCAST: Economics professor and author Randall Holcombe explains how big government begets big increases in the amount of cronyism that rewards and protects politically connected businesses, individuals and interest groups at the expense of everyone else.

Benjamin Domenech: Obamacare train wreck

HCN PODCAST: Benjamin Domenech discusses Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus's warning against the coming Obamacare train wreck.

Pete Sepp: It's Not Economic Development, It's Corporate Welfare

FIRE PODCAST: Local officials in thousands of communities around the country love to do "economic development" that doles out tax breaks, taxpayer-backed loans and other "incentives" to attract specific businesses. Pete Sepp of the National Taxpayers Union says it's really corporate welfare that sends the message, "Don't come here unless you're willing to invest a lot of lobbying clout. Perhaps even some campaign contributions to elected officials in the future would help."

Curtis Dubay: Internet Taxes

ITTN PODCAST: Benjamin Domenech speaks with Curtis Dubay from The Heritage Institute about Internet Taxes.

Kyle Pomerleau: The Harmful Effects of the Medical Device Tax

BTN PODCAST: At the start of this year makers of medical devices became subject to a federal excise tax on their products. It's an especially bad way to fund Obamacare, says the Tax Foundation's Kyle Pomerleau, because it could reduce innovation, raise costs of medical care, and cause conflict within the medical industry over who should ultimately bear the burden of the tax.
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