6 Quotes & Sayings By Richard A Epstein

Richard A. Epstein is the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, where he is also a Senior Fellow at the University's Initiative for Global Markets. He is also an Adjunct Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He has been named to the Library of Congress' 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America (twice), and was named by The New York Times as one of the "100 Most Influential Lawyers in the United States." He has written or contributed to fifteen books, including "Unfinished Business: The Left's Dangerous Obsession with Regulating Wall Street" (2002), "The Economics of Special Privilege: The Career of an Economist" (2008), "Rich Host, Poor Guest: The Benefits and Costs of Immigrants" (2010), "Free to Choose: A Personal Statement" (2010), "A Theory of Antitrust Law" (2011),"The Case Against Competition: Why Ownership Still Matters" (2011), and "In Defense of Capitalism: A Free Market Manifesto" (2012)."

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The sense that just about anything goes with the collection of public revenues and the making of public expenditure has contributed mightily to the current malaise. Richard A. Epstein
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The pillars of classical liberalism call for flat taxes, with revenues put to limited uses; strong property rights; and free markets. Richard A. Epstein
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The desire to avoid short-term hardships leads to major dislocations in [housing] markets. Richard A. Epstein
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That effort to undermine competitive markets is no better in the market for labor than it is for goods and services. Richard A. Epstein
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Securing, not prohibiting, the orderly transfer of wealth from A to B, based on wealth differentials, is the raison d'être of the [New Deal programs]. The contrast between the modern progressive and classical liberal agendas could not be more explicit. Richard A. Epstein