Daniel Klein

1 month ago | lawliberty.org | John O. McGinnis |Larry P. Arnn |Daniel Klein |Zena Hitz

America’s central economic problem is preserving the nation’s capacity to sustain growth vigorous enough to counteract an impending fiscal crisis of escalating national debt. Part of the reason that growth has declined in the last decades is the stifling force of over-regulation. The new administration’s sweeping agenda for regulatory rollback thus need not represent merely political posturing, but has the potential to address one of the most profound threats confronting contemporary America.

1 month ago | lawliberty.org | Veronique de Rugy |Daniel Klein |Zena Hitz |Bradley J. Birzer

When COVID-19 emerged in early 2020, policymakers across the world scrambled to respond. Their instincts failed them—and us. They locked economies, confined healthy people with sick ones, and closed schools, leaving children with learning deficits from which they might never recover. Every government threw gobs of money out windows as if this largesse were costless. It was as shortsighted and destructive as government responses usually are.

1 month ago | lawliberty.org | Neil Gorsuch |Jace Lington |Daniel Klein |Zena Hitz

So much for the administrative state. The case studies Justice Neil Gorsuch and his co-author Janie Nitze marshal in Over Ruled show that the system the Progressives erected is not equal to the challenges of modern government. Whatever noble intentions might have motivated abandoning the original constitution, the authors’ critique eviscerates the idea that unleashing detached administrators is the best way to establish justice in America.

Dec 10, 2024 | lawliberty.org | Daniel Klein |Rachel Lu |Mark Pulliam |David Goldman

Big data is often a big bust, but not always. Big data has resolved a longstanding debate about when “liberal” first acquired a political meaning. And, what do you know, Friedrich Hayek was right. I use big data in a scholarly article published in the Journal of Contextual Economics, showing decisively that a political meaning was christened “liberal’’—for the first time—by a bevy of Scottish thinkers.

Nov 19, 2024 | lawliberty.org | Daniel Klein |Robert G. Natelson |Juliana Geran Pilon |John O. McGinnis

Law & Liberty published “The Electoral College in Context” by Robert G. Natelson—who provides historical context to help us appreciate the wisdom behind the Electoral College in the US system of electing the executive. The main point of controversy today is that, as compared to a straight national popular-vote determination, the Electoral College apportions a bit more sway to less-populous states.