Episodes
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Biden’s Tax-and-Spend Excesses
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Richard Epstein analyzes a raft of progressive tax proposals: big increases to capital gains and corporate tax rates, plus the continuing quest to repeal the cap on state and local tax deductions. Then a look at the other side of the ledger: what consequences should we expect from the Biden Administration’s torrent of new spending proposals?
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Anti-Discrimination Laws vs. Freedom of Association
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Richard Epstein analyzes the Equality Act, a progressive proposal that would expand the definition of sex discrimination and set the stage for a legal battle between trans activists and advocates for religious liberty.
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Amazon and Organized Labor
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Richard Epstein analyzes why a recent effort to unionize an Amazon facility in Alabama went down to a lopsided defeat, parses congressional Democrats’ new labor legislation, and explains why the zero-sum mindset behind private-sector union efforts are likely to fail.
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Infrastructure Delusions
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Richard Epstein analyzes the Biden Administration’s sweeping infrastructure proposal, including its attempts to redefine transfer payments as vital public investments, its push for widespread adoption of electric vehicles, and its suggestion that corporations should be subject to a global minimum tax.
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
College Sports at the Supreme Court
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Richard Epstein analyzes a Supreme Court case that could force the issue of whether college athletes should be paid to a head.