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by Richard A. Epstein
by Richard A. Epstein
May 22, 2012
Corporations Are People, Too
Jeffrey Toobin plays fast and loose in his assault on Citizens United.
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by Richard Epstein
May 22, 2012
Corporations Are People, Too
Jeffrey Toobin plays fast and loose in his assault on Citizens United.
May 15, 2012
Michael Sandel Is Wrong on Markets...
...and (no surprise!) Tom Friedman is wrong, too.
May 8, 2012
Higher Education for All?
The federal government needs to rein in the business of making student loans.
April 24, 2012
The Handicaps of the Disabilities Act
Let the government pay for wheelchair ramps and chairlifts.
April 17, 2012
Term Limits for Judges
It’s time to reform the Courts and the administrative agencies.
April 10, 2012
My Primer for Obama
On the differences between Social Darwinism and laissez-faire economics.
April 3, 2012
Justice Kennedy's Million Dollar Question
Can you create commerce in order to regulate it?
March 26, 2012
Obamacare: An Unconstitutional Misadventure
How the individual mandate unravels the core of the health-care law.
March 20, 2012
City Planners Run Amok
How to wreck a neighborhood in New York while seeking to preserve its character through land use regulations.
March 13, 2012
Is Women’s Empowerment a Bureaucratic Imperative?
The European Union considers gender quotas in corporate boardrooms.
March 6, 2012
Government By 'Expert'
The modern administrative state is a behemoth incompatible with the rule of law.
February 29, 2012
The Austerity Morass
Who has handled the economic crisis worse, the European Union or the United States?
February 20, 2012
The Oil Market Panic
Politicians on both sides of the aisle must embrace the principle of laissez-faire.
February 14, 2012
Obamacare's Bully Mandate
Can the federal government seize state revenues to pay for Medicaid?