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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 University of Texas at Austin.

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every 12 days
Average duration
27 minutes
Episodes
105
Years Active
2025
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Protesting the War in Gaza: Anti-War or Anti-Semitic? | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Protesting the War in Gaza: Anti-War or Anti-Semitic? | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein discusses Israel and Iran trading missiles, Columbia University’s decision to arrest protestors, and how far protests are allowed to go.

00:23:59  |   Fri 19 Apr 2024
Kahneman, A Rational Appreciation | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Kahneman, A Rational Appreciation | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein remembers the late psychologist Daniel Kahneman and discusses the long-running debate between Kahneman's research on behavioral economics and the rational-choice models popularized by…

00:30:01  |   Wed 03 Apr 2024
Divest or Ban? The Ticking Clock on TikTok’s Future | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Divest or Ban? The Ticking Clock on TikTok’s Future | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein weighs in on First Amendment concerns with the possibly of shutting down TikTok due to its ties to the Chinese Communist Party.

00:23:36  |   Fri 15 Mar 2024
The Future of Hamas, Gaza, and the Two-State Solution | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

The Future of Hamas, Gaza, and the Two-State Solution | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein comments on the possibility of a two-state solution, future Israel operations in the south of Gaza, and the Palestinian notion that Israel is a settler-colonialist nation.

00:23:33  |   Fri 23 Feb 2024
The Law and Grumpy Old Men: POTUS Edition | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

The Law and Grumpy Old Men: POTUS Edition | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein discusses Colorado’s Supreme Court arguments for removing Trump from the ballot and then analyzes potential 25th Amendment concerns brought about by a special prosecutor’s analysis of…

00:23:38  |   Fri 09 Feb 2024
Libertarian Twofer: Chevron Deference and Border Line Madness Explained | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Libertarian Twofer: Chevron Deference and Border Line Madness Explained | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein predicts the demise of Chevron deference after two cases were argued in front of the Supreme Court and then he discusses Texas Governor Abbott’s spat with the Biden administration on …

00:25:22  |   Fri 26 Jan 2024
Seal Team 6 and the Limits of Presidential Immunity  | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Seal Team 6 and the Limits of Presidential Immunity | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein discusses whether Donald Trump has immunity with regard to January 6th and whether states should be allowed to remove him from their ballots due to the 14th Amendment.

00:26:08  |   Fri 12 Jan 2024
Libertarian Potluck: Trump’s Trials, Impeachment Inquiries, and Ignored Subpoenas | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Libertarian Potluck: Trump’s Trials, Impeachment Inquiries, and Ignored Subpoenas | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein judges whether former President Trump’s January 6th trial should be fast-tracked to make sure it is not delayed until after the election, and weighs in the House GOP’s impeachment inq…

00:20:59  |   Fri 15 Dec 2023
It Can Happen Here: The Ivy League and “Context Dependent” Antisemitism | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

It Can Happen Here: The Ivy League and “Context Dependent” Antisemitism | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein reacts to the appalling congressional testimony from presidents of Harvard, MIT, and UPenn regarding antisemitism on their campuses.

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00:22:53  |   Thu 07 Dec 2023
What Constitutes a War Crime? | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

What Constitutes a War Crime? | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein explains what constitutes a war crime and how Israel and Hamas differ in their culpability for the tragic loss of life among civilians.

00:22:33  |   Fri 10 Nov 2023
Life During War Time: Israel’s Fight For Hearts and Minds | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Life During War Time: Israel’s Fight For Hearts and Minds | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein responds to the argument that Hamas’s actions were justified because Israel is a colonizer, an occupier, and an apartheid state.

00:29:07  |   Fri 27 Oct 2023
Word Salads and Rockets: Fighting Hamas On Campus and In Israel | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Word Salads and Rockets: Fighting Hamas On Campus and In Israel | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein discusses the pro-Hamas attitudes on college campuses and weighs in on Israel’s end goal for Hamas.

00:22:47  |   Fri 20 Oct 2023
Moral Clarity on Hamas, Israel, and Terrorism | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Moral Clarity on Hamas, Israel, and Terrorism | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein reacts to the terrorist acts committed by Hamas in Israel and the disappointing responses from many university student groups.

00:34:22  |   Wed 11 Oct 2023
Free Delivery on Trial: Lina Khan and the FTC Go After Amazon | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Free Delivery on Trial: Lina Khan and the FTC Go After Amazon | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein picks apart a new antitrust suit against Amazon brought by the FTC and several states for a lack of demonstrable harm to consumers or prices.

00:26:49  |   Fri 06 Oct 2023
Labor Pains: The UAW Tests The Auto Maker’s Limits | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Labor Pains: The UAW Tests The Auto Maker’s Limits | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein evaluates the demands of the United Auto Workers and judges the likelihood that their strike will end in success.

00:23:25  |   Fri 22 Sep 2023
Learning To Be Civil Again | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Learning To Be Civil Again | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein weighs in on recent attempts to revive the tradition of Western civilization in American universities.

00:28:55  |   Fri 15 Sep 2023
Oyez, Professor Epstein: The Making of a SCOTUS Amicus Brief | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Oyez, Professor Epstein: The Making of a SCOTUS Amicus Brief | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein takes us behind the scenes on the Amicus Brief he wrote with John Yoo about a Supreme Court case that has important implications for what kind of income is allowed to be taxed.

00:27:30  |   Fri 08 Sep 2023
Say It Ain’t So, Joe: The Downsides of Bidenomics | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Say It Ain’t So, Joe: The Downsides of Bidenomics | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein contrasts President Biden’s economic policy with the Trump and Obama administrations, and judges the success of the Inflation Reduction Act one year later.

00:23:21  |   Thu 31 Aug 2023
Free Speech or Insurrection? The Legal Case Against Trump Holding Office Again | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Free Speech or Insurrection? The Legal Case Against Trump Holding Office Again | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein discusses a new legal argument that would prevent Donald Trump from ever holding office again and responds to guilty scenarios in Georgia and Washington D.C.

00:20:24  |   Fri 25 Aug 2023
Not So Peachy: Trump’s Georgia Indictment | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Not So Peachy: Trump’s Georgia Indictment | Libertarian: Richard Epstein | Hoover Institution

Richard Epstein dissects the Georgia RICO case brought against Donald Trump and 18 other defendants and finds several areas that may give the prosecution trouble as the case moves forward.

00:26:56  |   Thu 17 Aug 2023
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