Let People Prosper

Updated: 23 Oct 2025 • 314 episodes
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What works best to let people prosper? Join leading free-market economist Vance Ginn, Ph.D. as he works to understand this question through weekly interviews with interesting people on Tuesdays and weekly economic updates on Fridays. His insights build on past lessons, being president of Ginn Economic Consulting, and contributing to more than 15 think tanks while formerly teaching economics in academia and serving as chief economist of the White House's OMB. Dr. Ginn is a Christian, husband, father of three kids, classical liberal, and rock drummer who resides near Austin, Texas.

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Can a man find freedom inside a prison cell? Today’s guest did—and he’s using that hard-won wisdom to help others do the same. In this week’s Let People Prosper Show, I sit down with Michael Liebowitz, host of The Rational Egoist podcast, author, and prison reform advocate who spent 25 years behind bars before transfor

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As of this recording, forecasts suggest this could become the longest federal government shutdown in modern American history. In Washington, tensions are high over mass layoffs and congressional gridlock. Yet across much of the country, it’s business as usual—aside from the twenty-two states sliding toward recession an

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Is America’s debt crisis the biggest threat to prosperity—and can we fix it before it’s too late? In this week’s Let People Prosper Show, I sit down with Romina Boccia, one of the nation’s top fiscal minds and a fearless reformer when it comes to Washington’s runaway spending. Romina is the Director of Budget and Entit

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As I record this, the federal government is in yet another shutdown. Sadly, this isn’t new. Washington has become addicted to chaos in budgeting, marked by shutdowns, continuing resolutions, and bloated omnibus bills. We must be clear that this shutdown is just a symptom. The disease is runaway government spending.The

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What if our approach to vaccines—one of the greatest medical achievements in history—has lost sight of its most important principle: trust? In this week’s Let People Prosper Show, I talk with Dr. Monique Yohanan, a physician, policy leader, and innovator who’s spent more than 20 years at the crossroads of medicine, tec

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Washington is once again at a standstill. The latest federal shutdown is more than a partisan clash—it’s a reminder of how badly America needs real fiscal discipline. Endless spending battles, continuing resolutions, and bloated budgets have left taxpayers footing the bill for a government that refuses to live within i

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