{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcast.techfreedom.org%2Fepisodes%2F125-an-economics-free-zone-38WjnyYP","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"#125: An Economics-Free Zone","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f13f55/f13f55de-516b-46b3-b4a2-9f057f21ad71/3c6cd5d8-edbb-4063-863b-541f640ca5a2/125-podbean-economics-free-zone.png","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/3c6cd5d8-edbb-4063-863b-541f640ca5a2\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"#125: An Economics-Free Zone\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Is the FCC an “economics-free zone?” The agency routinely issues regulations that will have a major impact on businesses and consumers. But does the Commission truly weigh the trade-offs — the costs and benefits of its policies? Not nearly enough, says Hal Singer, Senior Fellow at the GW Institute for Public Policy. In an op-ed for the Hill, he charges that this FCC in particular is more preoccupied with politics than economics. What does it mean to be “economics-free?” What can the agency do differently. Evan and Hal discuss.\n\n\nFor more, Read Hal Singer's report, \"The Curious Absence of Economic Analysis at the Federal Communications Commission: An Agency in Search of a Mission.\""}