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Benjamin Domenech: Oregon Medicaid Study

HCN PODCAST: Benjamin Domenech discusses the important new Oregon Medicaid study.

Roy Cordato: Here's Why We Need to Question Economic Development Claims

FIRE PODCAST: Time and time again, businesses and industries looking for government handouts have produced studies that predict big paybacks. Roy Cordato of the John Locke Foundation says there's a great reason to take these studies with a shaker or two of salt: They look only at benefits and ignore the high costs of such handouts.

James Guthrie: Pay Teachers $200,000 a Year

SRN PODCAST: Nevada’s education system is on a downward spiral, says former state Superintendent James Guthrie. He recommends one dramatic change: Paying top teachers $200,000 per year. Dr. Guthrie joins the podcast to discuss his proposal, which he published recently in a Nevada Policy Research Institute paper. We talk about why Nevada has so many rotten teachers, how to pay the best a lot more without increasing the budget, and how anti-elitism is a barrier to getting kids a good education.

Patrick Michaels: Is Government Money Corrupting Science?

ECN PODCAST: Climate scientist Patrick Michaels rips the U.S. Global Change Research Program Draft National Climate Assessment and explains how government money is corrupting science.

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.
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