Richard Epstein
Richard Allen Epstein is an American legal scholar known for his writings on torts, contracts, property rights, law and economics, classical liberalism, and libertarianism. He is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at New York University and the director of the Classical Liberal Institute.
Background
- Born in
- New York City
- Educated at
- Columbia UniversityYale Law SchoolJohn L. Miller Great Neck North High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown firstWorks & Publications
No works or publications documented yet.
Timeline
1943
Born
Birth
Influenced By
Thinkers whose ideas shaped Richard's philosophy
No known influences documented.
Influenced
Thinkers whose work was shaped by Richard's ideas
No influenced thinkers documented yet.
Source Attribution
Information about Richard Epstein is sourced from curated knowledge bases and cross-referenced for accuracy. Influence relationships are scored by thematic overlap and historical plausibility.
Related Thinkers
See all →Explore Further
Related Quotes
"I personally have great skepticism about the theories extolling the wonders of "Asian values." They are oft…"
— Amartya Sen"A new global financial environment has unfolded in several stages since the collapse of the Bretton Woods s…"
— Michel Chossudovsky"This progress among the people through Dhamma has been done by two means, by Dhamma regulations and by pers…"
— Ashoka"The reduction of a society and culture to dependence on mathematical abstraction has infantilised a grown-u…"
— David Fleming (writer)"Economists can take a good deal of credit for the stabilization policies which have been followed in most W…"
— Kenneth Boulding"Man came from the bowels of the earth, naked and primitive. So clever he thinks he has become. But I ask, i…"
— L. K. Samuels
Related Thinkers
Related Topics
Deep Dives
- David Cay Johnston on politics
- David Cay Johnston on time
- David Cay Johnston on justice
- David Cay Johnston on life
- David Cay Johnston on knowledge
- David Cay Johnston on art
- David Cay Johnston on philosophy
- David Cay Johnston on money
- David Cay Johnston on books
- David Cay Johnston on power
- knowledge & Beauty
- knowledge & Change

