Richard A. Epstein
Hoover Institution
Palo Alto, CA, United States
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The Libertarian: Against ‘Common Good Constitutionalism'
Adrian Vermeule’s vision for American law is a recipe for disaster. → Read More
The Assault On Wealth
There’s something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear. There’s a man with a gun over there, Telling me I’ve got to beware. --from Buffalo Springfield, “For What It’s Worth,” 1966. During the last few years, and especially this year, we have seen a growing attack on the very wealthy and even, to some extent, the very idea of wealth. In September, for example, Sen. Bernie Sanders, a… → Read More
Trump’s Economic Policies: An Assessment, Part-1
In this essay: What the president has done right. → Read More
The Progressive Feeding Frenzy
The progressive agenda assumes that no amount of taking will ever lead to less earning. → Read More
Universal Basic Income, In Perspective
How should poor people climb the ladder to economic success? → Read More
A License To Hate
Why America’s progressives flaunt their abusive disdain for Trump voters. → Read More
The Intellectual Poverty Of The New Socialists
Forgetting the lessons of history. → Read More
The Great German Meltdown
When Germany resents and blames others for its own problems, disaster ensues. → Read More
Restoring Civility In A Hostile World
The polarized state of America is alarming. But what can ordinary citizens do? → Read More
Death By Agriculture
Stalin's drive to collectivize farms was a historic disaster. → Read More
Why Socialism Fails
The Soviet disaster shows that modern economies are too complex to plan. → Read More
Single-Payer Health Care Is A Terrible Option
Yes, everyone has insurance, but that’s meaningless when people are dying in line for care. → Read More
Israel And The Arab Turmoil
The Jewish state is facing a new Middle East. How should it respond? → Read More
Lots Of Cap, Very Little Trade
There’s a market solution to climate change but regulators and special interests are getting in the way. → Read More
The Virtue Of Party Politics
Partisanship plays an indispensable role in a democratic society. → Read More
The Fire And Fury Of Presidents
History shows that bombastic rhetoric is often less dangerous than silence and appeasement. → Read More
The Benefits Of Nuclear Power
It won’t solve our energy problems, but our energy problems can’t be solved without it. → Read More
The Troubled Status of Russian Sanctions Legislation—with the President’s Signing Statement attached
"Anyone who claims to know how this situation will play out going forward has too much confidence in his or her power of analysis or prediction" → Read More
Russia Wrestles With Islam
Putin merely poses as the Muslim's world's best friend. → Read More
Trump Vs. Merkel: Friends Or Frenemies?
The relationship between the United States and Germany is in flux—for better and worse. → Read More