Here's everything you need to understand about the federal minimum wage, why it's unnecessary, why it's harmful, and how it will harm the very segment of the labor force it is supposedly designed to help. With valuable contributions by IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.

All of our rights are important and worth defending, but none of our rights are absolute. And assuming a right is an absolute right leads to bad policy thinking, as explained by IPI President Tom Giovanetti.

IPI President Tom Giovanetti, joined by Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews, explains that while the meaning of "net neutrality" has morphed several times over the last decade, it has always been driven by a distrust of privately owned networks, a bias against private ownership of infrastructure, and trust that government regulation makes things better.

IPI President Tom Giovanetti explains that government is itself a special interest, and it more often looks after its own interests than those of the country. Too often, policy and political discussions talk about the federal government as if it is a proxy for the country. But more often than not, what's best for the federal government is not what's best for the country, and vice versa. In this podcast Tom is ably assisted by IPI Director of Development & Events, Addie Crimmins.

IPI President Tom Giovanetti, with the help of Dr. Merrill Matthews, explains why policy should put what's best for consumers ahead of what's best for producers and competitors in the areas of trade and antitrust, and also ahead of what's best for politicians.

Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explains how government price controls distort price signals and thus cause distortions in markets, which harm competition, innovation, and consumer choice.

IPI President Tom Giovanetti explains the important policy concept of F.A. Hayek's "knowledge problem" from his 1947 essay "The Use of Knowledge in Society" and its relevance to policy, central planning, and humility in government.

IPI President Tom Giovanetti explains the famous 1958 policy essay "I, Pencil" by Leonard Read, and its clever illustration of the superiority of voluntary economic cooperation over top-down central planning.

Importing drugs from other countries was first embraced by Democrats and now by some Republicans as a way of lowering Americans' drug spending. But if there's such a great demand, why has it never worked when implemented at scale? And why won't anyone take FL Governor Ron DeSantis' $30 million offer for a company to implement it in Florida? Hint: It might have to do with Medicare Part D, generic drugs, and the danger of counterfeiting.

IPI President Tom Giovanetti discusses the "broken window fallacy," and three key lessons it teaches us about how to think about policy.