The Libertarian

Richard Epstein looks at an effort to make corporations directly responsible for the employees of their franchise locations.

Richard Epstein looks at the factors that the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department will consider in determining whether Comcast and Time Warner should be allowed to merge.

Richard Epstein is joined by Yuval Levin, editor of National Affairs and the Hertog Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, for a wide-ranging discussion on the progressive legacy of the Obama years and how conservatives and libertarians should respond.

Richard Epstein considers how much government intervention is permissible when it comes to parents’ vaccinating their children.

Richard Epstein critiques the policy proposals contained in Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address and presents his own diagnosis of the nation’s most pressing concerns.

Richard Epstein discusses the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, what the West should do in response, and whether the Obama administration is up to the challenge of combating radical Islam.

Richard Epstein discusses Nebraska’s and Oklahoma’s attempts to take Colorado to court over its marijuana legalization policy.

Richard Epstein discusses the recent hacking of Sony e-mails, including whether the media are within their rights to publish the content of those messages and whether current legal standards adequately protect privacy in the digital age.

Richard Epstein looks at the recent tumult at the New Republic and what it says about the state of both modern media and modern liberalism.

Richard Epstein tackles the controversies over policing and prosecutorial powers that have emerged in the wake of the grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson.

Richard Epstein scrutinizes the recent agreement between the United States and China on carbon emissions, gives advice on how both sides of the global warming debate should reframe the argument, and explains why policy makers should focus more on technology than on regulation.

Richard Epstein critiques President Obama’s call for net neutrality regulations and explains how to preserve online innovation.

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.

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.

Richard Epstein considers the fight over voting rights in the context of the 2014 midterm elections.

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.

Richard Epstein explains the process by which the government’s bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac became a Treasury department money grab.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Does President Obama have a strategy to confront ISIS? Maybe, but Richard Epstein doesn’t think it’s up to snuff. In this podcast, Epstein explains why an emphasis on multilateralism and air strikes won’t get the job done and why the root of the trouble may lie with the president’s temperament.

Is Rand Paul’s approach to the rise of ISIS in the Middle East even worse than President Obama’s? Richard Epstein examines that question and other as he argues that Libertarians should avoid clinging to noninterventionism when it comes to the threat of terrorism.

Richard Epstein examines the many missteps that have fueled tension and anger in Ferguson, Missouri.

Richard Epstein weighs whether libertarianism is coming into its own as a political movement and explains the steps necessary to translate the philosophy into an actual system of governance.

Richard Epstein weighs in on the shortcomings of Barack Obama’s foreign policy, explains the necessity of a Pax Americana, and argues that libertarians need a more muscular approach to international affairs than that offered by the likes of Rand Paul.

Richard Epstein analyzes the DC circuit’s recent ruling on Obamacare subsidies and considers the implications were the Supreme Court to uphold the ruling against the Obama administration.

Richard Epstein looks at Seattle’s move to a $15-an-hour minimum wage, dispels myths about employment practices (including why the salaries paid by Henry Ford weren’t a model for public policy), and explains how market mechanisms can help the poor.

Richard Epstein takes listeners on a guided tour through the ranks of some of the most underappreciated justices in the history of the Supreme Court.

Richard Epstein looks at the FCC’s controversial handling of a dispute between a proposed broadband network and the GPS industry.

Richard Epstein analyzes the Supreme Court’s decision in the Hobby Lobby case and delivers his take on what it means for the future of religious liberty and free association.

Richard Epstein weighs in on the Patent Office’s recent decision to rescind copyright protection for the Washington Redskins and considers whether the franchise should change its name.

Richard Epstein describes how classical liberals should think about environmental protection, addresses arguments that the debate over global warming is over, and explains the controversial legal process that allowed the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate carbon emissions.

Richard Epstein responds to recent efforts by Democrats in the US Senate to advance a constitutional amendment giving Congress broad new powers to regulate political speech.

Richard Epstein examines the arguments over reparations and considers whether there are better methods for fostering African American mobility.

Richard Epstein takes a critical look at contending interpretations of the Second Amendment and considers whether gun control measures can prevent mass shootings like the one that recently occurred in California.

Richard Epstein responds to recent criticisms of his book The Classical Liberal Constitution from legal scholar Cass Sunstein.

Richard Epstein dissects the flaws in French economist Thomas Piketty’s best-selling Capital in the 21st Century.