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DISNEY CHANGING OPINION? #Florida: Disney enters the arena with DeSantis. Richard Epstein, Hoover (Original post May 1, 2023)

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🗓️ 24 September 2023

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DISNEY CHANGING OPINION? #Florida: Disney enters the arena with DeSantis. Richard Epstein, Hoover (Original post May 1, 2023)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/disney-plans-60b-expansion-of-theme-parks-business/ar-AA1gWC5M#image=1

https://www.wsj.com/articles/disney-ron-desantis-florida-bob-iger-lawsuit-c82ee25e
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CBSI in the world, I'm John Bachelor and Professor Richard Epstein of the Hoover Institution,

0:25.4

a senior fellow, Jesus Law at NYU in the University of Chicago, is here to

0:32.3

comment on a news story that is likely to head to many courts over many years,

0:38.9

depending upon how the fortunes of the players proceed. Right now Walt Disney is in a retraction mode,

0:47.2

Walt Disney Corporation, a global firm, very successful, layoffs, considerations of streaming,

0:54.8

the usual corporate conversation during a supposed or imminent or uponist recession.

1:02.8

At the same time, the governor of Florida, and a very obliging legislature,

1:08.0

are in a mode to finish their business because the governor is much mentioned as a presidential

1:13.4

candidate. His fate awaits in politics, but right now, Walt Disney, headed by a man named Bob

1:21.9

Iger, who's extremely successful, but retired and then came back, we think to rescue the firm

1:27.7

from its troubles. Well, Bob Iger has advanced a case against Florida, against Mr. DeSantis,

1:35.0

for what is said to be a violation of freedom of speech, and there are other details here,

1:40.8

it gets very, well, it gets swampy, so I welcome Richard to comment, I will read one opening paragraph

1:48.8

of the Wall Street Journal editorial, which sounds amused. The Donnie Brook between Disney and

1:54.3

Ron DeSantis keeps escalating, and what should be a dispute over corporate welfare has devolved

2:00.1

into an unfortunate political brawl that both could lose. Richard, I love cases where both sides lose.

2:07.6

You've told me, the best outcome of any dispute is when nobody's happy entirely. What is the

2:14.8

likelihood of this case? My guess is, in the end, probably the governor will prevail,

2:22.0

but there's sort of a lot of very deep ironies in this case. One could say that the Disney

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