Podcasts

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Nathan Lewis of the Discovery Institute to discuss his new book with Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames, Inflation: What It Is, Why It's Bad, and How to Fix It. They discuss how we’ve gotten into the inflationary predicament we’re in, what remedies are available to decrease inflation, and why we should ignore calls to pursue heedless money-printing economic policies like Modern Monetary Theory.

Get the book here: https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/inflation/

Show Notes:

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: How to Fix Inflation (VIDEO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJuItmnRr14

National Review: George Leef – “The Book to Read If You Want to Understand Inflation”
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-book-to-read-if-you-want-to-understand-inflation/

The Spectator (U.S.): Steve Forbes, Nathan Lewis, & Elizabeth Ames – “The moral cost of inflation”
https://spectatorworld.com/topic/the-moral-cost-of-inflation/

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 349 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about the upcoming January 6 hearings, the general state of the economy, and the Biden Administration’s doubling down on renewable energy. We talk about all this and more on episode 349 of the In the Tank Podcast.

AWAITING A FINANCIAL HURRICANE?

POTUS TWEET – “America has achieved the most robust recovery in modern history”
https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1533811782367727616

White House - Remarks by President Biden on the May Jobs Report
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/06/03/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-may-jobs-report-2/

CNBC - Jamie Dimon says ‘brace yourself’ for an economic hurricane caused by the Fed and Ukraine war
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/01/jamie-dimon-says-brace-yourself-for-an-economic-hurricane-caused-by-the-fed-and-ukraine-war.html

Fortune - Former U.S. Treasury head Larry Summers says a recession is ‘the most likely thing’
https://fortune.com/2022/04/14/larry-summers-recession-likely-interest-rates-unemployment/

Yahoo - Tesla: Musk’s Economy Warning Demands Attention, Says Morgan Stanley
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-musk-economy-warning-demands-221538694.html

Markets Insider – (Counterpoint: JPMorgan's chief economist says there's no reason to be worried about a US recession, with the private sector in 'remarkable' shape
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/us-recession-no-reason-worry-jpmorgan-economist-consumer-corporate-spending-2022-6

NPR - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she was wrong about the risks of inflation
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/01/1102364460/yellen-inflation

(video) Janet Yellen ignores question about inflation and government spending
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzH2CpumOHE

DOUBLING DOWN ON UNRELIABLE ENERGY

Barron’s - Yellen Says New Biden Investments Can Counter Inflation
https://www.barrons.com/news/yellen-says-new-biden-investments-can-counter-inflation-01654618508?tesla=y

USA Today - Biden is using the Defense Production Act to make more solar panels, other clean-energy technology
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/06/06/biden-defense-production-act-solar-panels/7532045001/

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Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Bruce Gilley, professor of political science at Portland State University and member of the board of the National Association of Scholars, to discuss his new book, The Last Imperialist: Sir Alan Burns' Epic Defense of the British Empire. They discuss Burns’ important role at the United Nations, his many appointments in different British colonies, his views on the benefits of British imperialism, and Gilley’s view that decolonization was incredibly mismanaged and executed far too hastily.

Get the book here:  https://www.regnery.com/9781684512171/the-last-imperialist/

Show Notes:

The Caravan Notebook: Bruce Gilley – “The Case for Colonialism in the Middle East”
https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/research/docs/gilley_webreadypdf.pdf

Claremont Review of Books: Helen Andrews – “Rule, Britannia!”
https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/rule-britannia/

The New Criterion: Barnaby Crowcroft – “Good faith impugned”
https://newcriterion.com/issues/2022/4/good-faith-impugned

Third World Quarterly: Bruce Gilley – “The Case for Colonialism”
https://www.nas.org/academic-questions/31/2/the_case_for_colonialism/pdf

Wall Street Journal: Bruce Gilley – “The Cancel Mob Comes Back for More”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cancel-mob-comes-back-for-more-11602091733

Hugh McTavish, gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota of the Independence Alliance Party, is an outspoken critic of COVID-19 lockdown measures. These lockdowns prompted him to make a bid to be Minnesota’s next governor, unseating Gov. Tim Walz (D). McTavish, a Ph.D. immunologist, biochemist, patent attorney, entrepreneur, and author, is proposing an innovative “jury democracy” system. Before McTavish signs any important or controversial bill into law, he will submit it to a statistically significant citizen jury of at least 500 people. “If the jury approves the bill, I will sign it into law; if it rejects the bill, I will veto it. Effectively, I will not be governor—WE ALL WILL BE! I will give the power to you!”

McTavish’s inspiration to empower regular Americans comes from Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln said that government should be “of the people, by the people, for the people.” McTavish discusses how “jury democracy” would work and how it could produce better policy outcomes. Juries would be selected in a similar fashion to juries in a court case. He envisions every registered voter would have a chance to weigh in on bills every four years.

McTavish considers himself an out of the box thinker, in line with Jesse Ventura, Minnesota’s governor from 1999 – 2003. Both men are part of the Independence Alliance Party. Incumbent Governor Tim Walz is seeking reelection on the Democrat ticket. There are also a number of candidates seeking the Republican nomination.

McTavish has written several books. His latest, “Covid Lockdown Insanity” was published in June 2021 and makes the case from a scientific point of view why the lockdowns are failures in trying to stop a virus like COVID-19.

Kevin McGary of the Fredrick Douglas Foundation of California and Every Black Life Matters says liberals and progressives are wrong. The 2nd amendment is absolute and essential for African Americans. More, public schools and socialism are terrible for the black community in America. Individual initiative and free choice are critical to success. African American's should embrace gun ownership for self-protection and protection against tyranny; school choice; and a ban of teaching Critical Race Theory, which embraces the "virtues" of socialism in our public schools. The culture of dependency pushed by liberals is the biggest road block to black Americans' succeeding.

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Daniel J. Mahoney, professor emeritus at Assumption University and a senior fellow with the RealClear Foundation, to discuss his new book, The Statesman as Thinker: Portraits of Greatness, Courage, and Moderation. They discuss a number of statesmen who struggled to preserve freedom in times of crisis, what qualities make a great statesman and what defines statesmanship, how the study of it has fallen on hard times, and how we can revive it.

Get the book here:  https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/the-statesman-as-thinker/

Telehealth was allowed in the early days of COVID-19 under the emergency declaration. Josh Umbehr, M.D, a pioneer in free market health care delivery and founder of Atlas MD, believes telehealth is here to stay. He discusses some of the tough questions that may arise as the gates close on telehealth beyond the emergency declaration for the pandemic.  How do we protect patient privacy? How do we stop waste, fraud and abuse? Patients and health care professionals embraced telehealth during the pandemic. What steps must Congress take to make sure it stays and can be successful.

Patient rights are under threat as the emergency declaration enacted during COVID-19 concludes as expected in mid-July. This theoretically leads to the end of telehealth. Josh Umbehr is the founder of Atlas MD, one of the first direct primary care practices (DPC) in the U.S. DPC has long been using telehealth to help patients faster and more affordably. Because DPC is independent and not reliant on third-party payers, it can bypass restrictions on telehealth. Umbehr also talks about tele-care, gathering patient data using high tech devices, sharing the data to help patients and deliver better care, and related privacy concerns. Additionally, he discusses the recent case where a telehealth company was red-flagged for writing an unusual number of prescriptions for a controlled substance.

Dr. Josh Umbehr’s March 3 op-ed on telehealth is in RealClearHealth: https://www.realclearhealth.com/articles/2022/03/03/is_telehealth_here_to_stay_yes_but_only_if_we_stick_the_landing__111324.html

Atlas MD:  https://atlas.md/wichita/about-us/our-team/josh-umbehr-md/

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Matthew Hennessey of the Wall Street Journal to discuss his new book, Visible Hand: A Wealth of Notions on the Miracle of the Market. They discuss why a new book explaining the beauty of the free market to people who normally blanche at all things economics was needed, detour into some Jersey inside baseball, and chat about a very valuable life lesson Hennessey learned in middle school from his science teacher.

Get the book here:  https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/visible-hand/

Show Notes:

Forbes: John Tamny – “Book Review: Matthew Hennessey’s Very Enjoyable ‘Visible Hand’”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2022/03/02/book-review-matthew-hennesseys-very-enjoyable-visible-hand/?sh=71fbcf677048

Law & Liberty: Alexander William Salter – “Economics for Everyone”
https://lawliberty.org/book-review/economics-for-everyone/

Wall Street Journal: Matthew Hennessey – “An Economics Lesson From a Science Teacher”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-econ-lesson-from-a-science-teacher-choices-trade-offs-capitalism-economics-high-school-parenting-11650917230

Washington Free Beacon: Dominic Pino – “The Proof Is All Around Us”
https://freebeacon.com/culture/the-proof-is-all-around-us/

The big hospital healthcare systems have left the rural town of Newaygo, Michigan in the dust. Residents in this small, rural community have had to travel sometimes an hour to get basic primary health care service. In comes Christian Health Care Centers to the rescue.

Newaygo community leaders ask the direct primary care practice (DPC) if it would consider opening a second facility in their town. Christian Health Care Centers is a facility-based DPC that opened in 2017 and has had remarkable success. The community and CHC worked together to make it happen and on May 10, 2022, they celebrated the grand opening of a new 8,150 square foot facility. Residents are thrilled they don’t have to travel for basic health care and they’ll save a bundle of money under the direct-pay, membership model.

Websites:

Christian Health Care Centers: https://www.chcenters.org

Heartland articles featuring Mark Blocker: https://heartlanddailynews.com/?s=blocher

Research Fellow for the Center for Socialism Research Donald Kendal joined the Shaun Thompson Show to talk about new Rasmussen poll results that show an overwhelming majority of likely voters are very concerned about rising energy and gasoline prices. They discuss how these results represent a message of the importance of cheap, abundant energy that transcends the modern political dichotomy.

We’ve heard the saying that treatment can be worse than the disease. Sometimes too many choices and treatment options make health outcomes, worse, not better. Every treatment presents a risk. This includes over the counter, self-help measures. It is hard to measure the benefit of doing nothing versus seeking some sort of treatment. Sometimes, conditions resolve more quickly with no intervention.

George Hosu, founding engineer of Eureka Health, joins the show to discuss his recent article on Medium, “Why Doesn’t Healthcare Improve Health?” Hosu cites the extensive work of Robin Hanson, presents several hypothesis on why spending more and increasing access may not improve outcomes, and explains how he personally determines the value of an intervention.

Throughout the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control, the Department of Education, and school districts claimed ordering children to wear masks would keep schools open.  Phil Kerpen, president of American Commitment, along with Emily Burns and Josh Stevenson, looked back to see if that was actually the case. The researchers examined school closure in 500 of the nation’s largest school districts to find out if mask mandates kept schools open more often. What they found was the opposite. The report, “No Masks Don’t Help Keep Kids in School” can be found here.

The most pernicious mask mandates existed in the nation’s public schools.  If schools were open, in many school districts, children were ordered to mask-up. Kerpen has a hypothesis as to why masked schools closed their doors more often than those that made masks voluntary. Kerpen also discusses the work he did on the latest analysis by the National Bureau of Economic Research, A Final Report Card on the States’ Response to COVID 19, that ranked states on economic, health and education outcomes during the pandemic.  At the top of the list, were states that had the least heavy handed COVID policies.

In wake of the opioid epidemic (overdose deaths in 2020, 91,799), doctors and patients are turning to a FDA cleared, non-drug approach to treating pain called photobiomodulation (PBM). PBM uses red and near-infrared light to stimulate cell growth and reduce inflammation. It is increasingly being used at cancer centers, on veterans, and on individuals who want non-drug alternatives. Scot Faulkner is a senior advisor to the PBM Research Foundation. He discusses how there have been over 800 randomized clinical trials showing the effectiveness of PBM and how the treatment is changing the lives of millions of patients.

PBM has been around for about 60 years. It is now getting more attention as patients and physicians seek alternatives to prescription pain medication which can lead to chronic dependence. Since its inception, PBM has been used on 100 million people. Patients can get treated at centers or self-treat at home using FDA approved devices. Faukner discusses how PBM provides a long-lasting solution to pain by repairing the cell structures that lead to pain, how much the treatment costs, how long it takes to be effective, and training providers to use PBM, including a new center that opened at Shepherd University in West Virginia.

For more information:
https://pbmfoundation.org

Clinical trials:
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?cond=&term=Photobiomodulation&cntry=&state=&city=&dist

One of the most important parts of elites' plan for a Great Reset of the global economy is the widespread use of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores, which are a kind of social credit system. After we, working closely with Glenn Beck, revealed what has been going on, state lawmakers across the country stepped up to the plate, launching a wave of anti-ESG legislation. Is your state one them, and what kinds of bills are state lawmakers considering? In this episode of Justin and Donald Save America, Stopping Socialism’s Justin Haskins and Donald Kendal explain the incredible details.

If you're a state lawmaker looking to fight back against ESG scores, email The Heartland Institute's GR team at: [email protected].

Self-avowed socialist Greg Casar, running as a Democrat, destroyed his nearest primary opponent by 40 points in the primary election in Texas' 35th Congressional District. What does this mean for the future of the country? Are socialists becoming more influential in American politics? Donald Kendal and Chris Talgo break down this story in their latest episode of "Justin and Donald Save America."

To read the story on FICO's website, go here:
https://stoppingsocialism.com/2022/03/socialist-cruises-to-victory-in-texas-35th-congressional-district-primary/

As a defense against the federal government sinking into tyranny, the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States prohibits the government from abrogating or otherwise interfering with the average person’s right to keep and bear arms. Elites have been chipping away at this right ever since. Courts, often composed of elites, have failed to defend American’s Second Amendment rights.

Stephen P. Halbrook, Ph.D., Senior Fellow with the Independent Institute and author of The Right to Bear Arms: A Constitutional Right of the People or a Privilege of the Ruling Class?, explains why the courts are trending towards supporting the right to keep and bear arms.

Freedom of speech is an unalienable right. It is not granted by government. It preexists the government itself. The Founding Fathers established the United States of America to protect our unalienable rights. Today, freedom of speech is under a direct threat. In the United States, there are three corporations that control 97 percent of social media activity. One company controls 75 percent. Three companies controlling 97 percent isn’t problematic in and of itself, but the suppression of Americans’ right to free speech is.

The problem worsened when the White House press secretary admitted that the White House directs Big Tech on what should be censored and removed from the internet. This is antithetical to the vision the Founding Fathers had for the purpose of government.

James Taylor, president of The Heartland Institute, testifies in Ohio in favor of protecting freedom of speech on social media platforms. States across the country must draw a line in the sand and prohibit social media companies and the federal government from suppressing speech that they deem unfavorable for their agenda.

The Great Reset poses a significant threat to individual liberty, and unfortunately, it seems like there are Great Reset developments occurring nearly every week. Fortunately, a new bill was introduced in New Hampshire that prohibits banks or businesses from using social credits scores in business activities. Social credit scores rank individuals on standards such as where their energy comes from, what their values social values are, and how in line they are with the politically favored ideology.

This episode of Stopping Socialism comes from our new show Justin and Donald Save America. Check it out on YouTube with this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrKn9XoFXV633ycPGa5_iOQ.

The terms "socialism" and "fascism" are misused all too often. Are these ideologies really found on the opposite side of the political spectrum? Spoiler: no; they have far more in common then you might believe. Stopping Socialism’s Donald Kendal and Jake McPherrin explain in this episode of “Stopping Socialism.”

Read the full article here: https://the1818.com/2022/01/fascism-socialisms-smarter-brother/

A new report recently released by The Heartland Institute, based on FBI data, reveals a massive increase of killings of law enforcement officers in 2021. Stopping Socialism’s Donald Kendal and Chris Talgo go over the findings in this episode of “Stopping Socialism.”

To see Donald's past work, go here: https://heartland.org/about-us/who-we-are/donny-kendal

For more information about Chris, go here: https://heartland.org/about-us/who-we-are/chris-talgo

To read the report in full, go here: https://heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/policy-brief-felonious-killings-of-law-enforcement-officers-in-2021