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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.
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)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Goat
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Occupation
- lawyer / jurist / editor / university teacher
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
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Richard Allen Epstein born?
Born April 17, 1943 (age 83).
Where is Richard Allen Epstein from?
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.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.