Richard A. Epstein is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor at NYU; a senior fellow at the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas-Austin and a senior lecturer and professor emeritus at the University of Chicago. He is the author of many books and articles, including Takings (1985), Simple Rules for a Complex World (1995) and the Classical Liberal Constitution (2014). He is a regular podcaster and columnist whose work widely.