SOTU 2014: Promise Zones or Potholes? (Audio: Podcast)
Giovanetti and Matthews offer a preview of what to expect the president to address in next week's State of the Union.
Overdue for an Overhaul (Audio: Podcast)
IPI's Tom Giovanetti and Bartlett Cleland discuss why it's time to reform the U.S. tax code in order to compete in a 21st century global economy.
Health Insurance Companies: The New Public Utility (Audio: Interview)
Where is the line drawn between offering a “honey pot” to insurers suffering from expensive high-risk pools versus bailing out companies with bad business models using funds from successful ones?
Obamacare's "Shared Sacrifice": Multibillion Dollar Bailout for Insurance Companies (Audio: Interview)
Obamacare's “risk adjustment mechanism” will bail out poorly performing health insurance companies with money from successful companies. Health insurance never became so expensive until government tried to make it affordable, says Merrill Matthews to WINA's Rob Schilling.
Obamacare Bailout for Health Insurance Companies? (Audio: Interview)
HHS plans to open up the money spigots if that's what it takes to get the insurers on board in a last ditch effort to make Obamacare work. Merrill Matthews talks to WWNC's Pete Kaliner.
Lift the Crude Oil Export Ban, Jumpstart the Economy (Audio: Podcast)
Matthews and Giovanetti discuss the tremendous economic benefits to lifting the archaic ban.
Hillary's Roadblocks in 2016: Benghazi and Bill (Audio: Interview)
Is Hillary inevitable in winning the presidency in 2016? Merrill Matthews joins Janet Mefferd to say not so fast.
Hillary: Too Much Baggage for Smooth Landing in 2016? (Audio: Interview)
Is Hillary Clinton really as much the heir apparent for the White House as the media says she is?
Grand Bargain or Grand Boondoggle? (Audio: Podcast)
IPI's Tom Giovanetti and Merrill Matthews discuss how raising the federal minimum wage harms the very people it's designed to help.
Effort to Reduce Income Inequality Helped or Harmed by Big Box Stores? (Audio: Interview)
What’s the impact of wage standards and workers’ benefits to taxpayers in relation to large employers, including Wal-Mart and Costco? Merrill Matthews on the Jan Mickelson Show, heard on WHO-AM in Des Moines.