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He's no fan of Wickard and Filburn: http://youtu.be/wiMHivRnQU4

Richard is great at distinguishing classical liberalism from strict libertarianism of the anarcho tradition. You can really see the contrast in this debate between him and Walter Block: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8PXEnWWRE0

I think all libertarians believe that you have to have some kind of mechanism to enforce the standard libertarian prohibitions against force (and usually fraud too). Guys like Milton Friedman's son, David D. Friedman, argue that this could be accomplished through a system of private courts; but most libertarians, like Epstein and Milton Friedman, believe this is the proper function of the limited state.

Recently Senator Elizabeth Warren asked why the minimum wage hasn't risen with productivity to $22 / hr. Why weren't any of the professionals in the room smart enough to explain it to her?

He wrote this article on patents yesterday: http://www.hoover.org/publications/defining-ideas/article/142741

lol mea culpa!