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Principles Over Politics is a Modern Superpower
Two expert policy communicators walk into a podcast…
One was a rock drummer whose car accident sent him down the road to Milton Friedman. The other, a high school leftist who discovered Reason Magazine and never looked back. Both ended up spending their careers fighting for economic freedom — and neither has stopped since.
In a world where institutions bend their principles with every new administration, consistency is a superpower. Vance Ginn and Richard Morrison have it in abundance.
I’m excited to share with you our recent conversation, where we connect the dots between the ideas they’ve spent decades defending and the real-world outcomes those ideas produce.
About This Episode’s Guests
Vance Ginn, Ph.D. took the long road to economics. A homeschooled kid from Houston, he was an aspiring rock star until a bad car accident changed his trajectory. Milton Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom changed his worldview. Since then he has taught economics at Sam Houston State University, served as Chief Economist at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and worked as Chief Economist in the first Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget. Today he runs Ginn Economic Consulting and hosts the Let People Prosper show.
Richard Morrison has been at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in various roles since 1999 — rare consistency in a city where people cycle in and out with every administration. As a precocious high school leftist, he stumbled onto Reason Magazine and was captivated. His work at CEI spans economic regulation, climate and energy policy, and FDA reform — unglamorous work, but deeply consequential work that quietly shapes everyday American life. He hosts the Free the Economy podcast where he examines news, policy, and economics of the day.
Together, they bring decades of hard-won experience from the places where economic ideas meet political reality.
What You’ll Take Away
Why real policy innovation is happening at the state level, and why DC is the last place to look for it.
How to maintain principles across administrations while still making an impact.
Why the abundance agenda is a unifying platform, and what gets in the way.
The case against AI doomerism, and a 1957 romantic comedy that predicted everything we’re worried about today.
Why podcasting is one of the most powerful tool for communicating economic ideas to the people who need them most.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fromideastoinnovation.substack.com
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By Justin CallaisTwo expert policy communicators walk into a podcast…
One was a rock drummer whose car accident sent him down the road to Milton Friedman. The other, a high school leftist who discovered Reason Magazine and never looked back. Both ended up spending their careers fighting for economic freedom — and neither has stopped since.
In a world where institutions bend their principles with every new administration, consistency is a superpower. Vance Ginn and Richard Morrison have it in abundance.
I’m excited to share with you our recent conversation, where we connect the dots between the ideas they’ve spent decades defending and the real-world outcomes those ideas produce.
About This Episode’s Guests
Vance Ginn, Ph.D. took the long road to economics. A homeschooled kid from Houston, he was an aspiring rock star until a bad car accident changed his trajectory. Milton Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom changed his worldview. Since then he has taught economics at Sam Houston State University, served as Chief Economist at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and worked as Chief Economist in the first Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget. Today he runs Ginn Economic Consulting and hosts the Let People Prosper show.
Richard Morrison has been at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in various roles since 1999 — rare consistency in a city where people cycle in and out with every administration. As a precocious high school leftist, he stumbled onto Reason Magazine and was captivated. His work at CEI spans economic regulation, climate and energy policy, and FDA reform — unglamorous work, but deeply consequential work that quietly shapes everyday American life. He hosts the Free the Economy podcast where he examines news, policy, and economics of the day.
Together, they bring decades of hard-won experience from the places where economic ideas meet political reality.
What You’ll Take Away
Why real policy innovation is happening at the state level, and why DC is the last place to look for it.
How to maintain principles across administrations while still making an impact.
Why the abundance agenda is a unifying platform, and what gets in the way.
The case against AI doomerism, and a 1957 romantic comedy that predicted everything we’re worried about today.
Why podcasting is one of the most powerful tool for communicating economic ideas to the people who need them most.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fromideastoinnovation.substack.com