Earlier this week, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt gave a speech at a conference on free enterprise. Energy Policy Analyst William Yeatman points out the irony of a career rent-seeker extolling free markets. GE spent $47 million in 2007 lobbying for an…
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July 14, 2011: The Incandescent Light Bulb Ban
by Ryan Young
July 14, 2011 @ 2:45 pm
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February 3, 2011: The EPA vs. West Virginia
by Ryan Young
February 03, 2011 @ 4:14 pm
Energy Policy Analyst William Yeatman looks over the EPA’s recent decision to deny a mining permit in Logan County, West Virginia that would have created 250 jobs. William believes the EPA has overestimated the proposed mine’s environmental effects. Jobs, he contends, are…
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Episode 63: Suing the Government into Honesty
by Ryan Young
October 05, 2009 @ 1:18 pm
Your host Richard Morrison welcomes guest co-host Jeremy Lott and Editorial Director Ivan Osorio for episode 63. We start with CEI’s FOIA fight with the U.S. Treasury, 7-Eleven’s attempt to give consumers a big gulp of government and the solution to a jobless recovery. We then…
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Episode 31: What in Dodd’s Name?
by Ryan Young
February 23, 2009 @ 3:20 pm
This week, host Cord Blomquist and co-host William Yeatman, along with guest commentator Ryan Young (Richard Morrison is off this week) take a whiff of the bank nationalizations floating through the air, and say they stink. Sen. Chris Dodd’s dodgy dealings in real estate come…
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Episode 19: Will Obama Torture the Constitution?
by Cord Blomquist
December 02, 2008 @ 11:23 am
This week your hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist bring you the latest in free market news from our new location and studio on L Street NW in Washington, D.C. We start with the success of Christopher C. Horner’s new book on global…
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Episode 18: The Lost Episode
by Cord Blomquist
November 25, 2008 @ 11:23 am
Note: Due to a change in studios during the Thanksgiving Holiday, Episode 18 was not released according to the usual LibertyWeek schedule. Enjoy it now, however, and give a listen to what has already become our most mysterious and sought-after production:…
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Episode 11: Wall Street Punching Bag
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October 07, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
Regular hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist welcome special guest commenter and friend of LibertyWeek William Yeatman back to the program.
We start out by re-capping the weekend’s entertainments, including films presented at the American Film Renaissance annual film festival here in Washington, D.C., the…
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Episode 9: Bailouts & Ballparks
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September 23, 2008 @ 5:13 pm
Cord Blomquist and guest-host William Yeatman tackle the subsidy for Yankee stadium, falling DSL prices, Sarah Palin’s hacked email, the no-drilling energy bill, and continue to track the saga of London 2012.
SPECIAL GUEST: John Berlau joins us to discuss the…
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Episode 4: Oil Addiction, A Disturbing Trend Amongst Teens
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August 18, 2008 @ 9:28 pm
This week, your host Richard Morrison and special guest host William Yeatman talk through the Progress and Freedom Foundation’s technology summit in Aspen, the oil connection to Russia’s invasion of Georgia, hope for reform at the Food and Drug Administration and…
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