“On the Balance of Power” recognizes that just causes are often pushed too far.
Daniel Klein
Liberal bromides do not offer a solution to our creeping tyranny, but liberal norms and values do help check it.
It is tempting to think “it can’t happen here.” But Americans are more concerned about tyranny than they have been in many years.
Neither religious conservatism nor liberalism should be discarded.
According to Oren Cass, Adam Smith applied his principles of free trade only to domestic investment. This is balderdash.
Hugo Grotius addressed the morality of enforcing bad laws.
Daniel Klein is professor of economics and JIN Chair at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, where he leads a program in Adam Smith. He is also associate fellow at the Ratio Institute (Stockholm), research fellow at the Independent Institute, chief editor of Econ Journal Watch, and author of Smithian Morals.