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The Libertarian

The Libertarian

著者： The Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin
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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.The Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin 世界 政治・政府 政治学
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  • Can Social Media Platforms Be Held Liable for User Speech?

    Can Social Media Platforms Be Held Liable for User Speech?
    2026/01/31
    Can social media companies be held legally responsible for the harms caused by their users? Richard Epstein examines the surge of lawsuits targeting social media platforms, particularly claims tied to speech, adolescent harm, and platform design. Epstein explains why traditional tort law places responsibility on the individual wrongdoer rather than intermediaries, how Section 230 is meant to shield platforms from derivative liability, and why efforts to carve out “bad faith” or promotion-based exceptions risk collapsing those protections altogether. He also explores the high costs and perverse incentives of jury-driven liability, the limits of causation in complex social harms, and a deeper concern often overlooked: government pressure on platforms that threatens free speech more than platform misconduct itself.
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    25 分
  • Trump Flirts with Price Controls

    Trump Flirts with Price Controls
    2026/01/15
    President Trump’s recent embrace of economic proposals run sharply against free-market orthodoxy, exploring three headline-grabbing ideas: capping credit-card interest rates, banning institutional investors from buying single-family homes, and restricting dividends and stock buybacks by defense contractors. Why is a Republican president is advancing policies more commonly associated with progressive populism? Drawing on economic history, constitutional law, and real-world market behavior, Epstein argues that price controls, capital restrictions, and politicized contracting consistently backfire, harming consumers, workers, and innovation alike. The conversation situates Trump’s proposals within a broader populist strategy, assesses the political incentives behind them, and warns that ignoring basic economic lessons risks repeating some of the most durable policy failures of the past.
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    23 分
  • Who Decides When America Goes to War?

    Who Decides When America Goes to War?
    2025/12/19
    Who actually decides when the United States goes to war—Congress or the president? Richard Epstein traces the Constitution’s original division of war powers from 1789 to the present and explain how practice, politics, and modern warfare have steadily shifted authority toward the presidency. Along the way, they explore declarations of war that never happen, authorizations that never expire, emergency actions that become routine, and why Congress so often prefers not to decide at all. Professor Epstein argues that America now operates under two constitutions—the one we wrote and the one we live with.
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    27 分
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