The Reason Roundtable
California's Wealth Tax Could Cost the State $39 Billion
Oct 26, 20261h 14m
Plus: the costs of France's welfare state, María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela, and Republicans brace for the midterms.
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Every Monday, the libertarian editors of the magazine of “Free Minds and Free Markets”—Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Peter Suderman—discuss and debate the week’s biggest stories and what fresh hell awaits us all.
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Every Monday, the libertarian editors of the magazine of “Free Minds and Free Markets”, Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Peter Suderman, discuss and debate the week’s biggest stories and what fresh hell awaits us all.
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Recent episodes include "California's Wealth Tax Could Cost the State $39 Billion" (26 October 2026, 74 minutes), "France's Welfare State Is Finally Imploding" (19 October 2026, 71 minutes), and "J.D. Vance Is Playing Dumb About Socialism" (12 October 2026, 73 minutes).
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The Reason Roundtable publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 70 minutes across 100 episodes.
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Sarah Isgur
ABC News legal analyst, co-host of Advisory Opinions podcast, editor of SCOTUSblog, author of The Last Branch Standing, Advisory Opinions
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