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When Rules Replace Trust – Richard Smith

3 weeks ago | lawliberty.org | Barry Lam |Richard Smith |Jodi Bruhn |John Berlau

It’s late winter as I write this review, and Elon Musk is on a rampage at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Stomping around like the proverbial bull in a china shop, he’s canceling contracts, firing government employees, and shutting down entire departments of the federal government. And why? Part of the reason is cost.
Playing Beyond the Rules – Richard Smith

Nov 25, 2024 | lawliberty.org | Kelly Clancy |Richard Smith |Daniel Mahoney |Nadya Williams

Give credit where credit is due: Kelly Clancy put her best foot forward. Contributing an article entitled “The Original War Game” to The Wall Street Journal’s Saturday edition back in June, the MIT- and UC Berkeley-trained biophysicist and neuroscientist adapted what was arguably the most engaging chapter of her new book, Playing with Reality.
In Search of the True Orwell – Richard Smith

Jul 16, 2024 | lawliberty.org | Laura Beers |Richard Smith |Isaac Willour |David Goldman

Surprisingly, it turns out that he was a progressive culture warrior. In 2022, in the months after Russia’s President Putin announced his “special military operation” to “denazify” Ukraine, George Orwell’s 1984 rocketed up the charts to become the top-selling e-book in Russia—and no wonder! The verbal gymnastics employed to avoid calling the Ukraine war a “war” did indeed seem pretty Orwellian.
The Corporate Takeover of Copyright – Richard Smith

May 7, 2024 | lawliberty.org | David Bellos |Richard Smith |David Schaefer |Adam White

Thirty years ago, give or take, I sauntered into class as a lowly “2L” law student, sat down, and opened the textbook for my first day of studying copyrights and trademarks. One hour later, I walked out of that classroom—utterly confused—and proceeded to drop the course and sign up for something a bit less arcane. (Immigration law, if I recall correctly.)I never did go back to re-take that course in copyright law.
A Friendly China? – Richard Smith

Mar 12, 2024 | lawliberty.org | David Li |Richard Smith |David Schaefer |Emina Melonic

Give David Daokui Li credit for knowing his audience—and himself. In his first full-length book written for a Western audience, Tsinghua University economics professor and director of the Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT), Li makes the case that China is no threat to America.