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Richard Allen Epstein was born on April 17, 1943 in New York City, New York, United States. Richard Allen Epstein is listed as a lawyer, jurist and editor. The age as of 2026 is 83. Schooling on record includes John L. Miller Great Neck North High School and Columbia University. Recorded honors include Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
My Take
What draws me to Richard Allen Epstein is his sheer intellectual stubbornness, in the best sense. Born in New York in 1943, Columbia-educated, he has spent a career insisting that property rights and classical liberalism deserve a rigorous defense rather than a fashionable dismissal. I admire scholars who refuse to drift with the academic tide, and Epstein clearly built his reputation on argued conviction rather than consensus. His fluency across torts, contracts, and law-and-economics signals a mind that connects fields most people keep apart. Even if his views provoke, that provocation is the point. A genuinely consequential thinker worth wrestling with.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Richard Allen Epstein
- Name (Japanese)
- リチャード・エプステイン
- Reading
- りちゃーど・えぷすていん
- Born
- April 17, 1943 (age 83)
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Occupation
- lawyer / jurist / editor / university teacher
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Goat
2. Background
- High school
- John L. Miller Great Neck North High School
- University
- Columbia University
Awards & achievements
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
3. Links
4. About this entry
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- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
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When was Richard Allen Epstein born?
Richard Allen Epstein was born on April 17, 1943 and is 83 years old.
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Richard Allen Epstein is from New York City, New York, United States.
What does Richard Allen Epstein do?
Richard Allen Epstein works as lawyer, jurist, editor, university teacher.
Where did Richard Allen Epstein study?
Richard Allen Epstein attended Columbia University.
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