Reason’s Nick Gillespie interviews University of Chicago Law School professor Richard Epstein here. Near the beginning of the interview, Epstein explains why he didn’t think much of Barack Obama when he was on the faculty at Chicago: Obama isolated himself and his thinking from the rough and tumble academic environment. And that’s still true, Epstein says. Obama is “set in concrete,” and unable to deviate from his preconceived ideas about the world.
The interview proceeds on to other topics, including the impact of recent legislation including Obamacare and Dodd-Frank.
Professor Epstein delivers his cogent thoughts without the aid of a teleprompter.
