About this episode

The episode discusses differing viewpoints on whether FEMA should be eliminated.

On this episode of Future of Freedom, host Scot Bertram is joined by two guests with different viewpoints about eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). First on the show is Chris Edwards, Kilts Family Chair in Fiscal Studies at the Cato Institute and is the editor of Down​siz​ing​Gov​ern​ment​.org. Later, we hear from Jerry Theodorou, Director of the Finance, Insurance and Trade Policy Program at the R Street Institute. You can find Chris on X at @CatoEdwards and the R Street Institute at @RSI. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

People in this episode

Host: Scot Bertram

Guests: Chris Edwards, Jerry Theodorou

Topics covered

• FEMA
• government agency
• disaster management
• fiscal policy
• political debate

Keywords

• FEMA
• Chris Edwards
• Jerry Theodorou
• government
• disaster response

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cato Institute, R Street Institute

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