Alex Epstein (/lks pstan/; born 1980) is an American author, energy theorist and industrial policy pundit. He is the founder and President of the Center for Industrial Progress, a for-profit think tank located in San Diego, California, and a former fellow of the Ayn Rand Institute. Epstein is also the New York Times bestselling author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, which advocates the use of fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas. Epstein is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute.
