Reasonable Disagreements

Reasonable Disagreements: New Reforms for Misguided Financial Regulations

Introducing Reasonable Disagreements with Richard Epstein and Adam White—who discuss and analyze the top legal issues of the day, and debate points of disagreement between their libertarian and conservative perspectives.

Reasonable Disagreements•March 30, 2018
Reasonable Disagreements: New Reforms for Misguided Financial Regulations

Introducing Reasonable Disagreements with Richard Epstein and Adam White, a new Hoover Institution podcast where two lawyers and Hoover fellows discuss and analyze the top legal issues of the day, and debate points of disagreement between their libertarian and conservative perspectives. Richard Epstein and Adam White’s inaugural episode begins with a discussion of Epstein’s Defining Ideas column, “The Troubled Legacy of Dodd-Frank,” concerning proposals to reform the Dodd-Frank financial law and delves into a broader conversation on Dodd-Frank’s inherent problems.

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Richard A. Epstein

Richard A. Epstein

Adam J. White

Adam J. White

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