Episodes
Monday Oct 30, 2017
Whither NAFTA?
Monday Oct 30, 2017
Monday Oct 30, 2017
Richard Epstein responds to the Trump Administration's proposals for revising NAFTA, answers some frequent criticisms of free trade, and explains whether a legal challenge to a NAFTA withdrawal would hold up in court. (Playing time: 18:45)
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Trump's Health Care Triumph
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Richard Epstein explains the contents of President Trump's new executive order on healthcare, explores the controversy around a White House proposal to cut subsidies to insurers, and explains why conservatives who fretted about President Obama's use of executive orders shouldn't be bothered by this exercise of executive power. (Playing time: 19:54)
Wednesday Oct 11, 2017
The Trump Tax Plan
Wednesday Oct 11, 2017
Wednesday Oct 11, 2017
Richard Epstein grades the Trump Administration's proposal for tax reform, explains the first principles of effective tax systems, and challenges the notion that progressivity is essential to an equitable tax code. (Playing time: 16:41)
Wednesday Oct 04, 2017
Catalonia and the Secessionist Urge
Wednesday Oct 04, 2017
Wednesday Oct 04, 2017
Richard Epstein uses the recent push for independence in Spain's Catalonia region to consider the question of when separatist movements are justified in pursuing independent statehood—and how they should go about it. (Playing time: 17:13)