DATE: February 12, 2008

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Richard Epstein schedules Clemson appearance

CLEMSON – Richard Epstein, a well-known law professor at the University of Chicago, will present “The Moral and Economic Foundations of Capitalism: Is there a Difference?” from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, in the Self Auditorium of the Strom Thurmond Institute at Clemson University.

Epstein’s visit is part of the John William Pope Lecture Series through the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism in the College of Business and Behavioral Science.

Epstein is the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago Law School and is director of the university’s law and economics program. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including “Takings,” “Principles for a Free Society: Reconciling Individual Liberty with the Common Good” and “Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation.” He has published hundreds of articles on antitrust law, property rights, intellectual property, medical ethics, eminent domain, tort law, contracts, legal theory and constitutional history.

The Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism was founded in 2006 with a grant from the BB&T Charitable Foundation. The institute explores the moral, legal, constitutional, political and economic foundations of capitalism with a particular interest in fostering a serious examination of a free society.