The Libertarian

The Libertarian

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  • The Trump Economy
    Richard Epstein examines the deregulatory progress being made by the Trump Administration, explains the new tax law's implication for blue states, and imagines the consequences of a world in which the US withdraws from NAFTA. (Playing time: 21:33)
    22 min
  • Privacy Rights in the Digital Age
    Richard Epstein examines Carpenter v. United States, a Supreme Court case testing the limits of the government's ability to engage in digital surveillance, and explains the ideal balance between liberty and security. (Playing time: 19:20)
    20 min
  • Another Special Counsel?
    Richard Epstein responds to suggestions that the Justice Department may appoint a special prosecutor to probe corruption allegations around Hillary Clinton. Also on the docket: exactly how independent of presidential prerogative should attorneys general be? Is it time for Jeff Sessions to step aside? And are the legal suspicions around both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton evidence of a decline in America's leadership class -- or proof that, for all its flaws, the system still works? (Playing time: 22:02)
    23 min
  • Analyzing the GOP Tax Plan
    Richard Epstein reacts to the tax plan released by congressional Republicans and explains what steps are most essential for jumpstarting economic growth. (Playing time: 19:08)
    20 min
  • Whither NAFTA?
    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)
    19 min
  • Trump's Health Care Triumph
    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)
    20 min

About The Libertarian

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The inimitable Richard Epstein offers his unique perspective on national developments in public policy and the law. 

The Libertarian is a podcast of the Civitas Institute at the…

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