Free The Economy
Competitive Enterprise Institute
4.7from 33 ratings
- 198
- Episodes
- 120
- Transcribed
- 33
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About Free The Economy
Free The Economy is a weekly podcast hosted by Richard Morrison of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, examining the intersection of news, policy, and economics featuring guests that include writers, policymakers, explorers, contrarians, and free thinkers of all kinds.
- Publisher
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Dec 2022
- Latest episode
- 22 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
120 of 198 episodes have a transcript.
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Grim Old Days with Chelsea Follett
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Future of Fusionism with Stephanie Slade
8 Oct 2026
Competition and Innovation with Jack Nicastro
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The Grim Old Days with Chelsea Follett
Published 22 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But even more than these particularly shocking standout stories, I'd say the thing that has stuck with me the most would simply be the omnipresence of death in the past. The fact that practically every parent knew death firsthand the death of a child. Most knew it more than once. Practically everyone had lost a sibling, had a parent pre-deceased them in childhood. Mortality rates were higher at every age, and the rates of death for children in particular were astronomical. I don't think most people, even if you tell them that in the abstract, truly comprehend what that would mean. Those who imagine that in the past We were poor, but perhaps we were happy. […]
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- Chelsea Follett
- Stephanie Slade
- Jack Nicastro
- Paul Mueller
- Sam Raus
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 26 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.1 / 5
- 7 ratings
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- Quality
- 83
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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