{"podcast":{"title":"The Libertarian","slug":"the-libertarian-172554","podcast_index_feed_id":172554,"rss_url":"https://HooverInstitution.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/on-liberty--6680461","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/36cb2b2be993f299d31f625853e36477.jpg","author":"The Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin","episode_count":24,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T04:19:15.220835+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-libertarian-172554"},"episode":{"title":"Trump Flirts with Price Controls","slug":"trump-flirts-with-price-controls","published_at":"2026-01-15T18:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-libertarian-172554/trump-flirts-with-price-controls","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-libertarian-172554","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-flirts-with-price-controls--69455825","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69455825/the_libertarian_podcast_1_15_26.mp3","summary":"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.","meta_description":"President Trump’s recent embrace of economic proposals run sharply against free-market orthodoxy, exploring three headline-grabbing ideas: capping credit-…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1369,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-libertarian-172554/episodes/trump-flirts-with-price-controls/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-libertarian-172554/trump-flirts-with-price-controls.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}