Episodes
Thursday Aug 30, 2018
Elizabeth Warren’s Surreptitious Socialism
Thursday Aug 30, 2018
Thursday Aug 30, 2018
Richard Epstein describes how a new proposal to nationalize corporate regulation would devastate the American economy.
Thursday Aug 23, 2018
What Cohen Means for Trump
Thursday Aug 23, 2018
Thursday Aug 23, 2018
Richard Epstein explains what the guilty plea of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen -- and the conviction of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort -- means for the president's future.
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Harvard, Affirmative Action, and Diversity
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Richard Epstein examines a recent lawsuit by a group of Asian-American students who claim that Harvard systematically discriminates against them in the admissions process, explaining how current legal standards can often lead to shadow affirmative action programs.
Thursday Aug 09, 2018
Federalism and the Resistance
Thursday Aug 09, 2018
Thursday Aug 09, 2018
Richard Epstein looks at current controversies about federalism — including over environmental regulation and immigration — and discusses the Founders’ concept of subsidiarity and how it has changed over the years.
Thursday Aug 02, 2018
Regulating Big Tech?
Thursday Aug 02, 2018
Thursday Aug 02, 2018
Richard Epstein looks at proposals to regulate tech companies over antitrust, privacy and free speech issues — and takes a look at the tech world’s embrace of a Universal Basic Income as the salve for automation-driven job losses.