If you’ve ever wondered why so many young people are confused about capitalism, skeptical of markets, or convinced that government control is the answer to rising prices and shrinking opportunity, this episode gets straight to the root of the problem.

Economic ignorance isn’t accidental. It’s the predictable outcome of bad policy, bad education, and a culture that treats inflation and government growth as unavoidable facts of life rather than man-made choices. That’s why this conversation matters.

My guest is Diogo Costa, president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)—one of the most important institutions advancing free markets, individual liberty, and economic understanding. Diogo didn’t come to these ideas through theory alone. He lived through inflation firsthand while growing up in Brazil, watching savings evaporate and trust in institutions collapse. That experience shaped his worldview long before he ever led one of the most influential freedom organizations.

Today, Diogo is focused on a long game most politicians ignore: building a liberty pipeline by educating students before politics hardens their views and bad ideas take root.

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