Libertarian

The Libertarian: Net Neutrality and the FCC

Richard Epstein critiques President Obama’s call for net neutrality regulations and explains how to preserve online innovation. (Playing time: 15:38)

The Libertarian: Free Markets and Paid Transplants

Richard Epstein decries the current lack of market forces in the field of organ donations and explains why more freedom would lead to better outcomes. (Playing time: 15:17)

The Libertarian: The Libertarian Looks at the Midterms

Richard Epstein examines the outcomes of the 2014 midterm elections and makes his predictions for what’s to come from President Obama and a Republican-dominated Congress. (Playing time: 18:42)

The Libertarian: Voting Rights and the Midterms

Richard Epstein considers the fight over voting rights in the context of the 2014 midterm elections. (Playing time: 14:11)

The Libertarian: Innovation, Regulation, and Airbnb

Richard Epstein looks at efforts in New York to tighten regulation on Airbnb, a service that allows individuals to rent out living space to travelers. (Playing time: 16:53)

The Libertarian: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: The Silent Scandal

Richard Epstein explains the process by which the government’s bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac became a Treasury department money grab. (Playing time: 18:24)

The Libertarian: Gay Marriage and the Supreme Court

Richard Epstein analyses the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear any gay marriage cases this session and ventures a prediction as to what it means for the issue’s future. (Playing time: 18:07)

The Libertarian: The Legacy of Eric Holder

Richard Epstein reacts to the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder, renders his verdict on Holder’s time in office, and speculates about a successor. (Playing time: 15:24)

The Libertarian: Classical Liberalism and the Democratic Party

In part two of a two-part series on the major political parties, Richard Epstein examines the Democratic Party’s drift from classical liberalism to modern progressivism—and whether the trend can be reversed. (Playing time: 17:06)

The Libertarian: Classical Liberalism and the Republican Party

As part two of a two-part series on the major political parties, Richard Epstein looks at when the Republican Party has embraced classical liberal principles—and when it has abandoned them—during the last hundred years and at how effective the modern GOP is at advancing the cause of limited government. (Playing time: 16:09)