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Richard A. Epstein

Richard A. Epstein is a professor at the New York University School of Law, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a distinguished service professor of law emeritus and senior lecturer at the University of Chicago. His Review-Journal column appears monthly.

RICHARD A. EPSTEIN: The Biden bust-up

President’s intellectual rigidity courts political disaster.

RICHARD A. EPSTEIN: Will there be inflation under Biden?

Key experts inside of the Federal Reserve fear inflation will be exceed the benchmark 2 percent “core” inflation rate — a number that excludes highly variable prices for goods such as food and energy.

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RICHARD A. EPSTEIN: Red state, blue state

Anyone who takes a close look at the death tolls from the coronavirus cannot fail to be struck by an anomaly.

COMMENTARY: Washington’s bipartisan debt bonanza

The growth of national debt seems to be largely independent of which party is in power, even as the two parties have some difference in priorities.

EPSTEIN: Recollections on the moon walk

As Neil Armstrong reported, the Eagle had indeed landed on the moon, with one small step for man and one large leap for mankind. Here are two takeaways from this brief personal anecdote.