Where Oppression is on the Menu
Texans’ electricity bills are skyrocketing. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we examine how Texas politicians’ refusal to end renewable energy subsidies is increasing the price of electricity while reducing the reliability of the grid.
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Though we have seen some good things come out of Texas government in recent years, economic liberty continues to suffer. Please join us on this week’s Liberty Cafe as we discuss the contribution of Texas Republicans to the collapse of liberty.
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Texans are paying billions more for electricity than needed. On Episode 74 of the Liberty Cafe, we take a look at how faulty economics and greed have led to this and to the decline of Texas’ once world-class electricity market.
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Texas politicians and regulators have used mainstream economic theories–and self-interest–to run the Texas electricity market into the ground, at the cost of billions to Texas consumers. In Part 1 of this three-part series, we take a look at the bad economics behind what Texas regulators are trying to do to the market in the wake of Winter Storm Uri.
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Renewable energy is increasing electricity’s cost while decreasing its reliability across the globe, including Texas. On Episode 67 of the Liberty Cafe, we talk with energy analyst and Fox News contributor Chuck DeVore about just how bad things might get-and how people might react.
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Texas regulators are spending billions of consumer dollars on the Texas grid in response to the blackout last winter. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we discuss why this fear-driven spending is doing next to nothing to address the problems (renewable subsidies and intervention in markets) that led to the blackout.
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Twenty years ago Texas began its experiment allowing competition in the electricity market. Despite its great successes, it looks like competition may succumb to fearful politicians and rent-seeking generators and Wall Street bankers. On Episode 34 of the Liberty Cafe, we examine how and why all this happened.
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Dealing with the Great Texas Blackout of 2021 was near the top of the to do list for Texas Legislators this session. This week on the Liberty Café we take a look how the Texas Legislature failed to deal with both the causes and the fallout of the blackout–though we’ll suggest different reasons than are being offered by progressives and the mainstream media.
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In Episode 34 of the Liberty Café, economist Robert Murphy and I revisit the Texas blackouts and look at the role renewable energy played in turning the lights off in Texas. But we don’t stop there. We take a look at how the Bible informs us of God’s wisdom about how to deal with the many public policy issues of the day.
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Mainstream media and liberal politicians almost always coordinate their response when something goes wrong with their progressive narrative. Well, they are at it again when it comes to trying to absolve big government and corporate cronyism from the blame for last week’s Texas blackouts. This week on the Liberty Café, we take a look at the real causes of why the Texas grid couldn’t handle the cold weather.
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