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#Bestof2022: #Federalism in the 21st Century: Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution.

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 18 November 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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#Bestof2022: #Federalism in the 21st Century: Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution.

https://ricochet.com/podcast/the-learning-curve/nyu-law-prof-richard-epstein-on-the-founders-constitution-federalism/

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Hoover Institution in conversation with Ricoche, a very helpful discourse on federalism in many areas.

0:47.0

However, I'm going to focus on something that Richard says towards the end of the interview

0:52.0

about the contest of the end of the interview about the contest the competition the

0:55.3

challenge between the classical liberal Richard Epstein the professor and the

1:01.5

New Deal progressives or their

1:03.8

inheritors today in the 22nd century.

1:07.0

As I understand it, Richard, the way you presented is,

1:10.0

classical liberals are concerned with excessive state power and prefer the

1:16.3

mild and easy hand when it comes to the state power. The new dealers and I'm going back now to 1937 were interested in establishing what

1:27.6

we can call today monopolies or national cartels.

1:33.0

Who is ahead in this contest if 1937 to 2022?

1:39.0

Has it tipped one way or another because you say balance is very difficult to maintain.

1:44.0

Yes, look I mean it turns out the Commerce Clause at the federal level

1:48.0

had to worry about two issues. One is could state block the movement of

1:52.2

interstate commerce

1:53.8

by putting excessive safety regulations

1:56.0

that made it impossible to shift goods.

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